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Home My WebLink About034011 ORD - 09/08/2026Ordinance amending various sections of the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Fire Prevention and Protection, by revising applicable rates, fees, and charges related to service calls; and providing an effective date. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 18-3 of the Corpus Christi Code is amended to insert the red text shown as follows: "Sec. 18-3. — Hazardous material and debris clean-up fee. "The fee for clean-up of hazardous material and debris performed by the Corpus Christi Fire Department after a motor vehicle or other accident, inside or outside the city limits, shall be a minimum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), and up to the actual cost of clean-up, whichever is greater. In addition, to ensure full cost recovery associated with hazardous materials responses, the Fire Department is authorized to assess fees for gear set decontamination, repair, or replacement as deemed necessary. This includes when firefighter protective gear or response equipment is contaminated during an incident, the responsible party shall be assessed the actual cost of decontamination, cleaning, repair, or replacement, as applicable. This includes, but is not limited to, material turnout coats, turnout pants, gloves, helmets, boots, absorbent materials, and other equipment and supplies used during cleanup of hazardous material and debris." SECTION 2. Section 18-4 of the Corpus Christi Code is amended to insert the red text shown as follows: "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 0340f' SCArVV 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 0) 75.00 per inspection Fire alarm systems 200.00 per floor - per test visit Fire alarm systems (required 15,000 square foot zones) 200.00 per zone - per test visit Fireworks display (aerial) 200.00 per display Fireworks display (non -aerial) 200.00 per display Flame Effects 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 Mechanical refrigeration 100.00 annually Mobile food vehicle/trailer (Annual permit) 50.00 per inspection Open burning 750.00 per day Organic coatings 100.00 annually Plans Review - Sprinkler (up to 20 heads) 350.00 per review Plans Review - Sprinkler (21+ heads) 600.00 per review Plans Review - Fire Alarm (up to 20 devices) 350.00 per review Plans Review - Fire Alarm (21-200 devices) 600.00 per review Plans Review - Fire Alarm (201+ devices) 600.00 flat fee + 1.00 each additional device over 200 per review Plans Review - Fire Line 300.00 per review Plans Review - Standpipe or Fire Pump 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 1/2 of original review fee Page 2 of 4 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 per 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 ground/Underground) 100.00 per visit Wrecking yard, junkyard or waste handling 100.00 annually Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Plan Review Inverter Capacity Fee: < 15 kW $67.67 15 — 30 kW $135.35 31 — 60 kW $203.02 61 — 120 kW $270.69 121 — 240 kW $338.37 241 kW and over $406.04 Emergency Responder Radio Communications Systems Plan (ERRCS) Review $277.00 per review Emergency Responder Radio Communications Systems Plan (ERRCS) Inspection $466.00 per inspection High Piled Storage Combustible Fire Sprinkler Plan Review (HPS) $454.00 per application Early Assistance Meetings - Fire (EAMs) $100.00 per hour for each EAMs attended" 71 SECTION 3. Section 18-20 of the Corpus Christi Code is amended to delete the struck - through text and insert the red text shown as follows: "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, "AIF" means the annual revised Ambulance Inflation Factor, as published by the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). (2) Each year, ambulances rates may be adjusted by an amount equal to the AIF. Ambulance rate schedule adjustments shall not exceed ten (10) per cent of the previous year rates and shall not be adjusted more often than annually. Page 3 of 4 (c) (d) Rates. Service or Item Fee Per Service or Item (1) EMS 911 base rate - Transport $1,'160.79 $1,490.01 (2) EMS 911 base rate - No Transport $158.21 $161.37 (3) Oxygen $47.46-$48.41 (4) Advance Life Support (ALS) Routine Disposables $62,7-4-$ 53. 7 9 (5) Basic Life Support (BLS) Routine Disposables $26-37$26.90 (e) Supplementary charges: (1) Providing a mileage charge of fifteen dollars and eighty two cents sixteen dollars and fourteen cents ($15.82 $16.14) 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 thrce dollars and twenty eight cents sixty- four dollars and fifty-five cents ($63.28 $64.55). (3) Providing a charge of one hundred thirty-one dollars and eighty four cents one hundred thirty-four dollars and forty-eight cents ($131.84 $134.48) for emergency medical services provided to non-residents. (4) Providing a charge of forty-seven dollars and fort„ -six cents forty-eight dollars and forty-one cents 447.46 $48.41) for additional personnel when needed to provide patient care during transport. (5) SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. This ordinance takes effect October 1, 2026. Introduced and voted on the \-,(5T day of AKvv\\ , 2026. PASSED and APPROVED on the . day of witfvor , 2026. Paulette Guajardo, M ATT Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary EFFECTIVE DATE 034011 q, Page 4 of 4