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Home My WebLink About033457 ORD - 09/10/2024 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 18-4 Fire Prevention Permit fee schedule and Section 18-20 to include a supplementary charge for non-emergency Fire Department lift assistance to assisted living facilities. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. The Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 4 and Chapter 18, Section 20 is amended by adding the following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted) as delineated below: Sec. 18-4. Fire prevention permit fee schedule. The following fee schedules apply to activities under article I of this chapter. Corpus Christi Fire Department Fire Prevention Permit Fee Schedule Permit Fee Fee After Hours Overtime Inspections $100.00 per hour (3 hours minimum) pre- paid prior to scheduling inspection Airports, heliports and helistops 200.00 annually Assembly 150.00 annually Automatic sprinklers, standpipes, and fire lines (testing) 200.00 per visit Bars 150.00 annually Churches (one-time fee - no day care facility on premises) 150.00 Combustible fibers (storage and handling) 150.00 annually Commercial Vent-A-Hood cleaning 100.00 annually Compressed gas 100.00 annually Cryogenic fluids 150.00 annually Day care facilities (or similar short-term occupancies) 100.00 annually Dry cleaning plants 150.00 annually Exhibits/Trade Shows (Special Events) 250.00 per event Explosives, blasting agents and ammunition 150.00 annually Explosives, Demolition 250.00 per event Extinguishing systems 150.00 per inspection Fire Final Inspection (for C of O) 75.00 per inspection Fire alarm systems 150.00 200.00 per floor- per test visit Fire alarm systems (required 15,000 square foot zones) 150.00 200.00 per zone - per test visit Fireworks display (aerial) 150.00 200.00 per display 033457 SCANNED Fireworks display (non-aerial) 150.00 200.00 per display Flame Effects 359.09 200.00 per display Flammable and combustible liquids 150.00 annually Flammable finishes 150.00 annually Foster homes and group homes 100.00 annually Fumigation and thermal insecticide fogging 200.00 annually Hazardous chemicals 150.00 annually High piled combustible stock 100.00 annually High rise life safety system (testing before issuance of C. of O.) 250.00 per test Hospitals and nursing homes (per bed) 1.20 per bed + $250.00 flat fee Liquified natural gas 100.00 annually Liquified petroleum gas 100.00 annually Lumber storage 150.00 annually Mobile food vehicle/trailer (Annual permit) 50.00 per inspection Mechanical refrigeration 100.00 annually Open burning 750.00 per day Organic coatings 100.00 annually Plans Review-(This should have been removed in 20201 250.00 peF Plans Review-Sprinkler (up to 20 heads) 300,09 350.00 per review Plans Review-Sprinkler (21+ heads) SW nQ 600.00 per review Plans Review- Fire Alarm (up to 20 devices) ROO 99 350.00 per review Plans Review- Fire Alarm (216-200 devices) 550.0 600.00 per review Plans Review- Fire Alarm (201+ devices) 550.00 600.00 flat fee + 1.00 each additional device over 200 per review Plans Review- Fire Line 259.0 300.00 per review Plans Review- Standpipe or Fire Pump 250.00 300.00 per review Pressure Test (Fuel Storage Tanks and/or Product Lines) 150.00 per visit Repair Garages 150.00 annually Re-Review Fee % of original review fee Restaurants 150.00 annually Special Handling Fee (Less than 24-Hours' Notice) 100.00 per inspection Special Suppression Systems 300.00 per review Tank vehicles for flammable and combustible liquids 100.00 annually Tents and air-supported structures 100.00 ar a4y_er inspection Tire rebuilding plant 100.00 annually Underground/Above ground fuel tanks (installation and removal) 200.00 per inspection Visuals - Fire Alarm/Automatic Sprinkler (Above 100.00 per visit ground/Underground) Wrecking yard,junkyard or waste handling 100.00 annually Sec. 18-20. Ambulance rates. (a) Ambulance rates schedule. Ambulance rates for emergency medical service shall be charged pursuant to the ambulance rate schedule. The initial ambulance rate schedule will be approved by city council and must be filed with the city secretary. The ambulance rates schedule may be amended per the provisions of this chapter and such amended schedule must be filed with the city secretary. (b) Adjustment of ambulance rates.(1)In this section, "Consumer Price Index" means the annual revised South Region Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Medical Care, as published by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.(2)Any year in which the consumer price index increases by more than one (1) per cent from the previous year, ambulances rates may be adjusted by an amount equal to the annual change in the consumer price index. Ambulance rate schedule adjustments shall not exceed five (5) per cent in a single year and shall not be adjusted more often than annually. (c) The city manager is authorized to establish charges, not to exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service, for other supplementary services such as providing standby equipment and crews at special events and attending training courses. (d) Rates. Service or Item Fee Per Service or Item (1) EMS 911 base rate - Transport $1,426.55 (2) EMS 911 base rate - No Transport $154.50 (3) Oxygen $46.35 (4) Advance Life Support (ALS) Routine Disposables $51.50 (5) Basic Life Support (BLS) Routine Disposables $25.75 (e) Supplementary charges: (1) Providing a mileage charge of fifteen dollars and forty-five cents ($15.45) per mile from patient pick-up point to the hospital. (2) Providing a fee for responding to a medical alarm which is a malfunction, no one at home, no one injured, sixty-one dollars and eighty cents ($61.80). (3) Providing a charge of one hundred twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($128.75) for emergency medical services provided to non-residents. (4) Providing a charge of forty-six dollars and thirty-five cents ($46.35) for additional personnel when needed to provide patient care during transport. (5) Providing a charge of five hundred dollars and zero cents ($500.00) to the faGility two hundred fifty seven dollars a d fifty Gems ($25;.50) for fire department response to skilled nursing faGifity facilities, assisted living facilities, and adult family homes, for non-emergency lift assistance that does not require medical assistance, transport for medical care, or fare PiGk up of -a resident }hn} rJnes net rye transport to a hospital. Section 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for this purpose. Section 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. Section 4. This ordinance takes effect upon publication. Introduced and voted on the ��(6 day of 54 _V ( , 2024. PASSED and APPROVED on the io* day of , 2024, ATTEST: �1 Paulette Guajardo, Mayf----4"_ccaMuerta, ity Secretary EFFECTIVE DATE LocaliQ Texas/New Mexico PO Box 631667 Cincinnati, OH 45263-1667 GANNETT AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF Mariah Resendez ORDINANCE (S) Accounts Payable NO. 033457, Ordinance City of Corpus Christi-Secretary amending Corpus Christi POBox9277 Code Section 18-4 Fire Corpus Christi TX 78401 Prevention permit fee STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN schedule and Section 18-20 Ambulance rates to include a The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a newspaper published in the city supplementary charge f o r of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, State of Texas, generally g circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, non-emergency lift assist fee, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio Counties, effective October 1 , 2024. and personal knowledge of the facts herein state and that the notice hereto annexed was Published in said newspapers in the This ordinance was passed issue: and approved on second 09/30/2024 reading by the Corpus and that the fees charged are legal. Christi City Council on Sworn to and subscribed before on 09/30/2024 September 10, 2024. /s/ Rebecca Huerta City Secretary Legal Clerk Notary, e of WI,Co my of BVt1 My commission expires Publication Cost: $95.54 Tax Amount: $0.00 Payment Cost: $95.54 Order No: 10609584 #of Copies: Customer No: 1356906 1 PO#: IlIIS IS NOT AN INVOICE! Please do not use this form for payment remittance. VICKY FELTY Notary Public State of Wisconsin Page 1 of 1