Sec. 320.409. Schedule of permit fees.
Permit fees imposed and collected pursuant to F.S. § 166.222 and this Section shall be deposited into a segregated trust accounts of the City and shall be expended, as appropriated by the Council, only for the purpose of deferring the City's costs of inspection and enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter. Permit fees for required permits shall be as provided in the following schedule:
(a) Building or construction permit fees. For the purpose of determining fees, floor area shall be the gross overall, outside dimension, floor area of a building at each story, including all portions under roofs. Where a building permit fee is paid for a new building or addition, separate permits and fees shall not be required for fences, walls, dwelling, roofing, awnings, masonry fence walls, site work or other components normal to building construction. Separate fees shall be paid for electrical, plumbing, mechanical, miscellaneous or other permits shown elsewhere in this schedule. Development management fees shall be segregated and expended for activities such as commercial plan reviews, subdivision Inspections, commercial inspections, plat reviews, right-of-way permit issuance and inspection, building permit application review, and flood plain review. Zoning and addressing fees shall be segregated to be used for certificate of use issuance, building permit application review, and zoning variance and exception application review.
(1) New buildings and additions--for each 100 square feet of enclosed area or fractional part thereof for each story:
(i) Below grade and above grade up to and including the fourth story above grade:
Bid permit fee . . . $5.50
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 2.50
Development Management/Zoning and Addressing fee . . . 2.00
(ii) Above the fourth story above grade:
Bid permit fee . . . 6.05
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 2.75
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 2.20
(iii) For each 100 square feet of unenclosed area or fractional part thereof for each story:
Bid permit fee . . . 0.55
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.25
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.20
(2) Exceptions to subsection (1) are as follows:
(i) One-story portions of buildings with large undivided areas and used for storage occupancies only:
(A) For each 100 square feet of area or fractional part thereof up to 40,000 square feet:
Bid permit fee . . . 5.50
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 2.50
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 2.00
(B) For each 100 square feet of area or fractional part thereof in excess of 40,000 square feet:
Bid permit fee . . . 3.85
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 1.75
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 1.40
(ii) Greenhouses and structures not intended or used for human occupancy when used for agricultural purposes only, such as barns, farm sheds and chicken cages, are exempted.
(3) New construction other than buildings, including water towers, pylons, storage tank foundations, structural elements of industrial complexes not within a building, sewage treatment plants and similar construction:
(i) For each $1,000 of estimated cost or fractional part thereof up to $500,000:
Bid permit fee . . . 1.50
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.50
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.50
(ii) For each $1,000 of estimated cost or fractional part thereof greater than $500,000:
Bid permit fee . . . 0.45
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.15
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.15
(4) Alterations (including major repair to buildings or other structures), for each $1,000 of estimated cost or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 2.20
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 1.00
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.80
(5) Moving buildings on or across public thoroughfares:
(i) For each 100 square feet of area or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 0.55
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.25
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.20
Bid permit fee . . . 22.00
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 10.00
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 8.00
(6) Roofing (excluding original roofing on new buildings), for each 1,000 square feet or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 5.50
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 2.50
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 2.00
(7) Masonry fence walls, for each 50 lineal feet or fraction thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 1.65
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.75
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.60
(8) Awnings, for each ten lineal feet or fraction thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 0.55
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.25
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.20
(i) For the first 20,000 gallons capacity or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 22.00
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 10.00
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 8.00
(ii) For each additional 1,000 gallons capacity or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 0.55
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.25
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.20
(10) Demolition of buildings:
(i) For the first 1,500 square feet of area or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 2.75
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 1.25
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 1.00
(ii) For each additional 1,000 square feet of area or fractional part thereof:
Bid permit fee . . . 1.10
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 0.50
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 0.40
(11) Demolition of structures other than buildings, for each 10,000 cubic feet of volume or fractional part thereof of the cubic content described by the outside dimensions of the structure:
Bid permit fee . . . 2.75
Resource management and landscape fee . . . 1.25
Development management/zoning and addressing fee . . . 1.00
(i) Mobile signs, each (for each installation) . . . 60.00
(A) For each 20 square feet of area (for each display face) or fractional part thereof up to 100 square feet . . . 5.00
(B) For each additional 100 square feet . . . 10.00
(13) Minimum fee for a building permit, based upon the fee formulas contained in paragraphs (1) through (12) . . . 40.00
(14) Site clearing in connection with protected trees:
(i) Less than 1/2 acre . . . 50.00
(ii) One-half acre to 1 acre . . . 75.00
(iii) For areas greater than one acre, for each acre or fractional part thereof greater than one acre (plus $25 per each additional acre) . . . 25.00
(15) Site clearing without protected trees . . . 25.00
(16) Removal or relocation of private protected trees . . . 25.00
(17) Site development not associated with building construction, including new VUAs or additions; drainage improvements; landscaping and irrigation not associated with building construction, for each acre or fractional part thereof greater than 1 acre . . . 25.00
(18) Minor construction pursuant to Sec. 320.408(g) . . . 40.00
(b) Electrical permit fees. Service installations (conductors and equipment for delivering energy from the electrical utility supply system); each service or subservice requiring a utility-owned meter shall be considered a service for fee purposes.
(i) New single-family residential occupancy:
(A) 0--100 ampere service . . . 85.00
(B) 101--150 ampere service . . . 85.00
(C) 151--200 ampere service . . . 85.00
(D) For each additional 50 amperes or fractional part thereof . . . 10.00
(ii) Multifamily, for each dwelling unit . . . 40.00
(A) 0-100 ampere service . . . 40.00
(B) 101-150 ampere service . . . 40.00
(C) 151-200 ampere service . . . 50.00
(D) For each additional 50 amperes or part thereof . . . 10.00
(iv) Room additions . . . 50.00
(v) Mobile home service . . . 40.00
(vi) Swimming pools . . . 60.00
(vii) Repairs and miscellaneous . . . 30.00
(2) Commercial and other permits:
(A) 0-100 ampere service . . . 95.00
(B) 101-150 ampere service . . . 95.00
(C) 151-200 ampere service . . . 95.00
(D) For each additional 50 amperes or fractional part thereof . . . 10.00
(E) Temporary services . . . 40.00
(ii) Feeder, for each 100 amperes or fractional part thereof . . . 5.00
(iv) Switch and receptacle outlets (excepting new single-family, multifamily and room additions):
(A) Up to 30 amperes, each . . . 0.50
(B) 31 amperes to 100 amperes, each . . . 1.00
(C) 101 amperes to 200 amperes, each . . . 2.00
(D) Lighting outlets, including fixtures, each . . . 0.50
(v) Primary service . . . 40.00
(vi) Transformers, for each 20 kilovolt amperes or fractional part thereof . . . 5.00
(A) 0.0-10 kilowatts . . . 5.00
(B) 10.1-15 kilowatts . . . 10.00
(C) 15.1-24 kilowatts . . . 15.00
(D) Over 24 kilowatts . . . 15.00
(viii) Air conditioning circuit:
(A) 0-60 amperes . . . 5.00
(B) 61-100 amperes . . . 10.00
(A) 0--5 horsepower . . . 5.00
(B) For each additional 5 horsepower or fractional part thereof . . . 5.00
(x) Appliances, fixed or stationary:
(A) 0--30 amperes . . . 5.00
(B) 31--100 amperes . . . 10.00
(C) Over 100 amperes . . . 10.00
(xi) Smoke detectors wired into electrical systems (excepting single-family, multifamily and room additions), each . . . 1.00
(xii) Fire alarm and signaling systems, each . . . 40.00
(xiii) Minimum fee . . . 30.00
(xiv) Swimming pools . . . 60.00
(xv) Repairs and miscellaneous . . . 30.00
(xvi) Late fee: . . . Double fee
(c) Plumbing permit fees.
(1) Roughing-in and setting fixtures or plugged outlets-for water closets (toilets), bathtubs, showers, lavatories, sinks, slop sinks, laundry tubs, urinals, gas and oil interceptors, floor drains, drinking fountains, indirect waste pipe fixtures, sterilizers, autopsy tables, autoclaves and other plumbing fixtures having a water supply or waste outlet or both, including hot water tanks or boosters, and washing machines with sewer connection, for each roughing-in and fixture or plugged outlet (fee for new roughing-in includes fixture) . . . 6.00
(2) Rainwater roof inlets, each . . . 6.00
(3) Sewer connection-for each building sewer connection to a public or private sewerage system (not including septic tanks) . . . 6.00
(4) Water piping-for each service connection to a supply system and for each connection to or outlet for an appliance or fixture not covered by a fixture permit . . . 6.00
(5) Repairs-extending, remodeling, addition to or repair of water pipes, waste, soil, vent, building drain or sewer pipe (this does not include faucet, valve or water closet tank repairs, unstopping fixtures, waste, building drain or building sewer pipes or cleaning septic tanks), for each $100 estimated cost or fractional part thereof . . . 6.00
(6) Water softeners . . . 12.00
(7) Solar water heater . . . 12.00
(8) Minimum fee for a plumbing permit, based upon the fee formulas contained in paragraphs (1) through (7) . . . 40.00
(d) Mechanical permit fees.
(1) Air conditioning and refrigeration (total capacity in single installation), each apartment or business being considered a separate system, for each ton of capacity or fractional part thereof:
(i) For one to ten tons . . . 10.00
(ii) For each ton over ten tons or fractional part thereof up to 25 tons . . . 6.00
(iii) For each ton over 25 tons or fractional part thereof . . . 5.00
(2) Furnaces and heating equipment (total capacity in single installation) for each apartment or business:
(i) For the first 200,000 Btu an hour capacity or fractional part thereof . . . 20.00
(ii) For each additional 50,000 Btu an hour of fuel used or fractional part thereof . . . 10.00
(iii) Burner (not in heating system), each . . . 8.00
(3) Boilers, including heating element:
(i) For the first 500,000 Btu an hour input of fuel . . . 25.00
(ii) For each additional 100,000 Btu an hour input of fuel or fractional part thereof . . . 8.00
(i) For the first 2,000 cubic feet a minute capacity of air handled in duct system . . . 15.00
(ii) For each 1,000 cubic feet a minute over 2,000 cubic feet or fractional part thereof up to 10,000 cubic feet a minute . . . 6.00
(iii) For each additional 1,000 cubic feet a minute or fractional part thereof . . . 4.00
(5) Pumps, each . . . 5.00
(6) Tanks, all types, gasoline or LP:
(i) 0 to 600 gallons . . . 14.00
(ii) Over 600 to 10,000 gallons capacity or fractional part thereof . . . 20.00
(iii) For each additional 1,000 gallons or fractional part thereof . . . 3.00
(7) Service station automobile lifts . . . 15.00
(8) Elevators, escalators and manlifts:
(i) Hoists for the first four floors . . . 20.00
(ii) For each additional floor . . . 7.00
(9) Fire sprinkler systems:
(i) For the first 40 sprinkler heads or fractional part thereof . . . 25.00
(ii) For each additional 10 sprinkler heads or fractional part thereof . . . 3.00
(10) Fire standpipes, each . . . 10.00
(11) Fire hose cabinets, each . . . 10.00
(12) Prefabricated fireplaces, each . . . 20.00
(13) Alteration or repair of boiler or nonfired pressure vessel . . . 20.00
(14) Solar collector system . . . 20.00
(15) Commercial hood installation . . . 20.00
(16) Heat exchanger or coil in ducts . . . 7.00
(17) Minimum fee for a mechanical permit . . . 40.00
(18) For mechanical permits not listed above the fee shall be based on $6.00 per $1,000.00.
(e) Miscellaneous permit fees.
(1) Mobile home move-on permit . . . 40.00
(2) Construction of mobile home park (not including buildings, pools or other structures), for each mobile home space . . . 4.00
(1) Temporary/partial certificate of occupancy-residential, each . . . 100.00
(2) Temporary/partial certificate of occupancy-commercial, each . . . 150.00
(g) Private inspection fees.
(1) Building permit fees for residential new buildings and additions shall be reduced by $85.00 when being inspected by a private inspector.
(2) Building permit fees for commercial new buildings and additions shall be reduced by ten percent when being inspected by a private inspector.
(Ord. 2001-1160-E, § 1; Ord. 2004-711-E, § 3; Ord. 2004-1003-E, § 6; Ord. 2006-101-E, § 2; Ord. 2006-589-E, § 1)