The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About022304 ORD - 07/25/1995AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, FIRE PREVENTION CODE, ARTICLE I, GENERAL, CHAPTER 4, PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES, SECTION 403, PERMIT FEES, OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY INCREASING FEES IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE PREVENTION PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE; REPEALING ALL PREVIOUS PROVISIONS OF SECTION 403, PERMIT FEES AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 403, PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 1995. WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi desires to amend the City of Corpus Christi Fire Prevention Code by with certain additions, deletions, and changes for regulatory purposes and in the interest of life and property protection; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corpus Christi is hereby amended by increasing fees in the Corpus Christi Fire Department Fire Prevention Permit Fee Schedule by repealing Chapter 18, Fire Prevention Code, Article I, General, Chapter 4, Permits And Certificates, Section 403, Permit Fees, and replacing with a new Section 403, Permit Fees as follows: ARTICLE I. GENERAL Sec. 18-1 Fire Prevention Code. CHAPTER 4 PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES ** * 403 PERMIT FEES Applications for permits shall be accompanied by the payment of fees in accordance with the Corpus Christi Fire Prevention Permit Fee Schedule, as follows: 95NH1189.201 CORPUS CHRISTI FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE PREVENTION PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE 022304 WC,R01I10ED Permit Type Fee Fire/Arson Reports $4.00 per page Airports, Heliports & Helistops 56.00 annually Assembly, A-1 or A-2 67.00 annually Automatic Sprinklers, Standpipes, & Fire Lines (testing) 52.00 per visit Churches (One Time Fee -No Day Care Facility on Premises) 67.00 Combustible Fibers (Storage & Handling) 83.00 annually Compressed Gas 61.00 annually Cryogenic Fluids 61.00 annually Day Care Facilities (Or Similar Short Term Occupancies) 38.00 annually Dry Cleaning Plants 67.00 annually Explosives, Blasting Agents & Ammunition 89.00 annually Extinguishing Systems 42.00 per insp. Flammable/Combustible Liquids 68.00 annually Flammable Finishes 67.00 annually Fire Alarm Systems 35.00 per floor Fire Alarm Systems (Required 15,000 sq. ft. zones) 35.00 per zone Fireworks Display (Aerial) 176.00 per disp. Fireworks Display (Non -Aerial) 104.00 per disp. Foster Homes/Group Homes 38.00 annually Fumigation & Thermal Insecticide Fogging 300.00 annually Fumigation & Thermal Insecticide Fogging 5.75 per job Hazardous Chemicals 83.00 annually High Piled Combustible Stock 60.00 annually High Rise Life Safety System (Testing Before Issuance of C. of 0.) 158.00 per test Hospitals & Nursing Homes (per bed) 1.15 annually Liquefied Natural Gas 60.00 annually Liquefied Petroleum Gas 60.00 annually Lumber Storage 60.00 annually Mechanical Refrigeration 29.00 annually Open Burning 89.00 per day Organic Coatings 60.00 annually Pressure Test (Fuel Storage Tanks and/or Product Lines) 53.00 per visit Repair Garages 57.00 annually Restaurants (Facilities that accommodate 100 or less occupants) 38.00 annually Restaurants (Facilities that accommodate more than 100 occupants) 67.00 annually Tank Vehicles for Flammable & Combustible Liquids 38.00 annually Tents & Air Supported Structures 67.00 annually Tire Rebuilding Plant 38.00 annually Underground/Aboveground Fuel Tanks (Installation and Removal) 53.00 per job Unvented Portable Fuel Burning Heater 29.00 annually Wrecking Yard, Junkyard or Waste Handling 38.00 annually 95NH 1189.201 t r If a site does not meet the standards for issuance of a permit after two (2) inspections, the applicant must submit a new application and pay a permit fee before any subsequent inspections will be conducted. Burning permits will not be issued unless both the Fire Prevention and the Environmental Control Division approve the material to be burned. 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 hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. This ordinance to become effective August 1, 1995. SECTION 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 25 day of , 1995. ATTEST: City Secretary MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI APPROVED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF JULY, 1995. JAMES R. BRAY, CITY ATTORNEY By: rbert J. Hart, A . City Attorney 95N111189.201 3 Corpus Christi, Texas 25 day of _J TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas , 19 0 5 For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, Council Members MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Dr. Jack Best Betty Black Melody Cooper Tony Heldenfels Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols 95M}11189.201 1' cue, at, at' 022304 4