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FIRE PREVENTION USE PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE Effective February 1, 2007 DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Aerosol products. An operational permit is required to manufacture, store or handle an aggregate quantity of Level 2 or Level 3 aerosol products in excess of 500 pounds (227 kg) net weight. Yes $75 2801.2 Amusement buildings. An operational permit is required to operate a special amusement building. Yes $75 107.2 Aviation facilities. An operational permit is required to use a Group H or Group S occupancy for aircraft servicing or repair and aircraft fuel- servicing vehicles. Additional permits required by other sections of this code include, but are not limited to, hot work, hazardous materials and flammable or combustible finishes. Yes $75 1101.3 Carnivals and fairs. An operational permit is required to conduct a carnival or fair. Yes $75 107.2 Battery systems. An operational permit is required to install stationary lead-acid battery systems having a liquid capacity of more than 50 gallons (189 Yes $75 107.2 Cellulose nitrate film. An operational permit is required to store, handle or use cellulose nitrate film in a Group A occupancy. Yes $ 75 301.2 Combustible dust-producing operations. An operational permit is required to operate a grain elevator, flour starch mill, feed mill, or a plant pulverizing aluminum, coal, cocoa, magnesium, spices or sugar, or other operations producing combustible dusts as defined in Chapter 2. Yes $75 1301.2 Combustible fibers. An operational permit is required for the storage and handling of combustible fibers in quantities greater than 100 cubic feet (2.8 m3). Exception: An operational permit is not required for agricultural storage. Yes $ 75 2901.3 JGM Page 1 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Compressed gas. An operational permit is required for the storage, use or handling at normal temperature and pressure (NTP) of compressed gases in excess of the amounts listed below. Exception: Vehicles equipped for and using compressed gas as a fuel for propelling the vehicle. PERMIT AMOUNTS FOR COMPRESSED GASES TYPE OF GAS AMOUNT (cubic feet at NTP) Corrosive 200 Flammable (except cryogenic fluids and liquefied petroleum gases) 200 Highly toxic Any Amount Inert and simple 6,000 Oxidizing (including oxygen) 504 Toxic Any Amount For SI: 1 cubic foot = 0.02832 m2 Yes $ 75 3001.2 Covered mall buildings. An operational permit is required for: 1. The placement of retail fixtures and displays, concession equipment, displays of highly combustible goods and similar items in the mall. 2. The display of liquid- or gas-fired equipment in the mall. 3. The use of open-flame or flame-producing equipment in the mall. Yes $ 75 107.2 Cryogenic fluids. An operational permit is required to produce, store, transport on site, use, handle or dispense cryogenic fluids in excess of the amounts listed below. Exception: Operational permits are not required for vehicles equipped for and using cryogenic fluids as a fuel for propelling the vehicle or for refrigerating the lading. Yes $ 75 3201.2 Cutting and welding. An operational permit is required to conduct cutting or welding operations within the jurisdiction. Yes $75 2601.2 JGM Page 2 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Dry cleaning plants. An operational permit is required to engage in the business of dry cleaning or to change to a more hazardous cleaning solvent used in existing dry cleaning equipment. Yes $75 1201.2 Exhibits and trade shows. An operational permit is required to operate exhibits and trade shows. Yes $75 107.2 Explosives, ammunition and blasting agents: Storage, approved overnight Transportation, each vehicle (valid 6 months) Use, each site or location Firm or company license Yes $ 75 $ 20 $ 50 $ 50 3301.2 3301.2 3001.2 3001.24 Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Yes $500 107.2 Fireworks Retailer and/or Wholesaler Private Display, not open to the public Yes $500 $ 0 3301.2 3308.2 Fire hydrants and valves. An operational permit is required to use or operate fire hydrants or valves intended for fire suppression purposes which are installed on water systems and accessible to a fire apparatus access road that is open to or generally used by the public. Exception: An operational permit is not required for authorized employees of the water company that supplies the system or the fire department to use or operate fire hydrants or valves. Permits or monitoring devices are issued through the respective utility company. No Fire Lane Plan Review Yes $75 107.2 JGM Page 3 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Flammable and combustible liquids. An operational permit is required: 1. To use or operate a pipeline for the transportation within facilities of flammable or combustible liquids. This requirement shall not apply to the offsite transportation in pipelines regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOTn) (see Section 3501.1.2) nor does it apply to piping systems (see Section 3503.6). 2. To store, handle or use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons (19 L) in a building or in excess of 10 gallons (37.9 L) outside of a building, except that a permit is not required for the following: 2.1. The storage or use of Class I liquids in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, , aircraft, motorboat, mobile power plant or mobile heating plant, unless such storage, in the opinion of the fire official, would cause an unsafe condition. 2.2. The storage or use of paints, oils, varnishes or similar flammable mixtures when such liquids are stored for maintenance, painting or similar purposes for a period of not more than 30 days. 3. To store, handle or use Class II or Class IIIA liquids in excess of 25 gallons (95 L) in a building or in excess of 60 gallons (227 L) outside a building, except for fuel oil used in connection with oil-burning equipment. 4. To remove Class I or Class II liquids from an underground storage tank used for fueling motor vehicles by any means other than the approved, stationary on-site pumps normally used for dispensing purposes. 5. To operate tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, processed, transported, stored, dispensed or used. 6. To remove, abandon, place temporarily out of service (for more than 90 days) or otherwise dispose of an underground, protected aboveground or aboveground flammable or combustible liquid tank. 7. To change the type of contents stored in a flammable or combustible liquid tank to a material, which poses Yes $ 75 3401.4 3401.4 3401.4 JGM Page 4 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- a greater hazard than that for which the tank was designed and constructed. 8. To manufacture, process, blend or refine flammable or combustible liquids. DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Floor finishing. An operational permit is required for floor finishing or surfacing operations exceeding 350 square feet (33 m2) using Class I or Class II liquids. Yes $ 75 1501.2 Fruit and crop ripening. An operational permit is required to operate a fruit- or crop-ripening facility or conduct a fruit-ripening process using ethylene gas Yes $ 75 1601.2 Fumigation and thermal insecticide fogging. An operational permit is required to operate a business of fumigation or thermal insecticide fogging and to maintain a room, vault or chamber in which a toxic or flammable fumigant is used. Yes $ 75 1701.2 JGM Page 5 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Hazardous materials. An operational permit is required to store, transport on site, dispense, use or handle hazardous materials in excess of the amounts listed below. PERMIT AMOUNTS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TYPE OF MATERIAL AMOUNT Combustible liquids See flammable and combustible materials Corrosive materials Gases See compressed gases Liquids 55 gallons Solids 1000 pounds Explosive materials See explosives Flammable materials Gases See compressed gases Liquids See flammable and combustible liquids Solids 100 pounds Unstable (reactive) materials Liquids Class 4 Any amount Class 3 Any amount Class 2 5 gallons Class 1 10 gallons Solids Class 4 Any amount Class 3 Any amount Class 2 50 pounds Class 1 100 pounds Water-reactive materials Liquids Class 3 Any amount Class 2 5 gallons Class 1 55 gallons Solids Class 3 Any amount Class 2 50 pounds Class 1 500 pounds For SI: 1 gallon = 3.785 L, 1 pound = 0.454 kg. Yes $500 2701.5 JGM Page 6 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE HPM facilities. An operational permit is required to store, handle or use hazardous production materials. Yes $ 75 1801.5 High piled storage. An operational permit is required to use a building or portion thereof as a high-piled storage area exceeding 500 square feet (46 m2). Yes $ 75 107.2 Hot work operations. An operational permit is required for hot work including, but not limited to: 1. Public exhibitions and demonstrations where hot work is conducted. 2. Use of portable hot work equipment inside a structure. Exception: Work that is conducted under a construction permit. 3. Fixed-site hot work equipment such as welding booths. 4. Hot work conducted within a hazardous fire area. 5. Application of roof coverings with the use of an open-flame device. 6. When approved, the fire official shall issue a permit to carry out a Hot Work Program. This program allows approved personnel to regulate their facility’s hot work operations. The approved personnel shall be trained in the fire safety aspects denoted in this chapter and shall be responsible for issuing permits requiring compliance with the requirements found in this chapter. These permits shall be issued only to their employees or hot work operations under their supervision. No Industrial ovens. An operational permit is required for operation of industrial ovens regulated by Chapter 21. Yes $ 75 2101.2 Lumber yards and woodworking plants. An operational permit is required for the storage or processing of lumber exceeding 100,000 board feet (8,333 ft3) (236 m3). Yes $ 75 1901.2 JGM Page 7 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Liquid- or gas-fueled vehicles or equipment in assembly buildings. An operational permit is required to display, operate or demonstrate liquid- or gas-fueled vehicles or equipment in assembly buildings. Yes $ 75 107.2 LP-gas. An operational permit is required for: 1. Storage and use of LP-gas. Exception: An operational permit is not required for individual containers with a 500-gallon (1893 L) water capacity or less serving occupancies in Group R-3. 2. Operation of cargo tankers that transport LP-gas. Yes 0-499 gals 500-+ gals $ 0 $ 75 3801.2 Magnesium. An operational permit is required to melt, cast, heat treat or grind more than 10 pounds (4.54 kg) of magnesium. Yes $75 3601.2 Miscellaneous combustible storage. An operational permit is required to store in any building or upon any premises in excess of 2,500 cubic feet (71 m3) gross volume of combustible empty packing cases, boxes, barrels or similar containers, rubber tires, rubber, cork or similar combustible material. Yes $75 315.1 Open burning. An operational permit is required to operate a special incineration device as defined by the State Air Pollution Control Board. Yes $100 307.2 Open flames and candles. An operational permit is required to remove paint with a torch; use a torch or open-flame device in a hazardous fire area; or to use open flames or candles in connection with assembly areas, dining areas of restaurants or drinking establishments. Yes Torches No Candles $75 308.4.1 Organic coatings. An operational permit is required for any organic-coating manufacturing operation producing more than 1 gallon (4 L) of an organic coating in one day. Yes $75 1501.2 Places of Assembly or Educational. An operational permit is required to operate a place of assembly or educational occupancy. Yes $75 107.2 JGM Page 8 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Private fire hydrants. An operational permit is required for the removal from service, use or operation of private fire hydrants. Exception: An operational permit is not required for private industry with trained maintenance personnel, private fire brigade or fire departments to maintain test and use private hydrants. No Pyrotechnic special effects material. An operational permit is required for use and handling of pyrotechnic special effects material. Yes $ 0 107.2 Pyroxylin plastics. An operational permit is required for storage or handling of more than 25 pounds (11 kg) of cellulose nitrate (pyroxylin) plastics and for the assembly or manufacture of articles involving pyroxylin plastics. Yes $ 75 4201.2 Refrigeration equipment. An operational permit is required to operate a mechanical refrigeration unit or system regulated by Chapter 6. Yes $ 75 601.2 Repair garages and service stations. An operational permit is required for operation of repair garages and automotive, marine and fleet service stations. Yes $ 75 2201.2 Rooftop heliports. An operational permit is required for the operation of a rooftop heliport Yes $ 75 1101.3 Spraying or dipping. An operational permit is required to conduct a spraying or dipping operation utilizing flammable or combustible liquids or the application of combustible powders regulated by Chapter 15. Yes $ 75 1501.2 Storage of scrap tires and tire byproducts. An operational permit is required to establish, conduct or maintain storage of scrap tires and tire byproducts that exceeds 2,500 cubic feet (71m3) of total volume of scrap tires and for indoor storage of tires and tire byproducts. Yes $ 75 2501.2 JGM Page 9 2/16/2007 ---PAGE BREAK--- DESCRIPTION PERMIT REQUIRED (yes or no) PERMIT FEE CODE REFERENCE Temporary membrane structures, tents and canopies. An operational permit is required to operate an air-supported temporary membrane structure or a tent. Exceptions: 1. Tents used exclusively for recreational camping purposes. 2. Tents and air-supported structures that cover an area of 400 square feet or less, including all connecting areas or spaces with a common means of egress. Yes $ 75 2403.2 Tent Event. An operational permit is required for an event with 20 tents of any size. Yes $300 per every 20 tents 107.2 Tire rebuilding plants. An operational permit is required for the operation and maintenance of a tire- rebuilding plant. Yes $ 75 2501.2 Waste handling. An operational permit is required for the operation of wrecking yards, junk yards and waste material-handling facilities Yes $ 75 107.2 Wood products. An operational permit is required to store chips, hogged material, lumber or plywood in excess of 200 cubic feet (6 m3). Yes $ 75 107.2 JGM Page 10 2/16/2007