| Fee Description | Fees |
| 1. General Service Fees | |
| Documents: | |
| Incident Reports | $15 per incident, $0.25 per page thereafter |
| Publications and Various Reproductions | Actual Cost |
| Photocopies/Printing Charges | $0.25 per page |
| City Council: | |
| Appeals to the City Council | $100 |
| Agenda & Minutes | Free via website or Photocopy/Printing Charge |
| Agenda Only | Free via website or Photocopy/Printing Charge |
| Returned Check Fee: | |
| First Returned Check | $25 |
| Subsequent Returned Checks | $36 |
| Finance: | |
| Financial Statement | Free via website or Photocopy/Printing Charge |
| Budget, Bound Copy | Free via website or Photocopy/Printing Charge |
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| 2. Staff Time Consultation | |
| Fire Chief | $230 per hour |
| Fire Marshal | $184 per hour |
| Battalion Chief | $193 per hour |
| Fire Inspector | $117 per hour |
| Administrative Staff | $92 per hour |
Per Section 5: Penalties of the City of San Carlos Fire Code, the City shall be permitted to impose
a cost recovery fee based on actual hours and hourly rates (as noted above) for works required by
Fire personnel to gain compliance of a violation of the Fire Code. |
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| 3. Inspection Fees | |
| 3.1 State of California Mandated Annual Fire Inspection | Cycle |
| Conducted by Fire Company Inspection Program | |
| Group E, Public and Private School, K-12th Grade | Annual |
| Exempt from fees by state law | |
| Group I, In-Patient Medical Care | Annual |
Appropriate hourly rate when requested by State
Licensing | |
Group R-2, Hotel, Motel, Condo/Town-Home
Apartment Buildings | Annual |
Defined as Multi-Family Dwelling Units accommodating
three or more units | |
| 10 or fewer units: | $162.75 |
| 11 to 25 units: | $272 |
| 26 or greater: | $325.50 |
3.2 International Fire Code Related Inspections by occupancy
classification and frequency. These inspections are conducted
by the fire companies and Fire Inspector of the San Carlos Fire
Department. | |
Group A, Assembly related Occupancy for 50 or more
person's | 12-24-month |
Group B, Office Complex and Assembly Occupancy with
49 or less occupant's | 12-24-month |
Group F, Moderate Hazard, Industrial and Factory
Occupancy | 12-24-month |
Group H, High Hazard, Industrial/Chemical, Factory
Occupancy | 12-24-month |
| Group M, Mercantile/Sale of Merchandise Occupancy | 12-24-month |
| Group S, Light Hazard and Storage Occupancy | 12-24-month |
These fees for the fire company inspection program are based on flat rate of $125 for a three person engine
company for conducting the fire code inspections. Inspections conducted by the fire inspector are based on a
rate of $65 per hour. Second and subsequent re-inspections for delinquent fire safety compliance will be
charged the total hourly rate for all staff involved in gaining compliance for a reasonable degree of fire and
life safety. |
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| 4. Construction Inspection Plan Check and Fees | |
| Development Service Plan Check | |
| Building or Planning Plan Check | $268 |
| Specialized Permits and Specific Cost Recover Fee | |
| (Includes Inspections and False Alarm Fee) | |
| Fire Alarm Systems: | |
| Plan Check | $616 |
| Permit for Monitoring Systems | $190 |
| Permit for Manual Systems | $190 |
| Permit for Automatic Systems | $280 |
| Permit for Combination Systems | $375 |
| False Alarm Fee: | |
1. More than two reported ringing alarms at a building site which requires a response assignment in
a 90-day cycle, in which the system was activated maliciously. Person or persons responsible for
the malicious activation will be billed. |
2. Reported alarm activation(s) in which the system has continually malfunctioned, or is in disrepair,
and a response assignment was dispatched. |
This fee only required, when the third and any such there after alarm response for malfunctioning alarm
has been reported in a 90-day cycle. |
| Property owner shall receive the bill for: | $600 |
| Sprinkler Systems & Special Systems | |
One or Two Family Dwelling Fire Sprinkler System
(NFPA 13D) | |
| Plan Check | $616 |
| Permit | $190 |
| Fire Protection Underground PRIVATE (NFPA 24) | |
| Plan Check | $600 |
| Permit without a Fire Pump | $190 |
| Permit with a Fire Pump | $285 |
Residential or Commercial Fire Sprinkler System
(NFPA 13 or 13R) | |
| Plan Check | $616 |
| Permit - Single Story (includes T.I.) | $285 |
| Permit - Multi-Story | $375 |
| Fire Extinguishing Systems | |
| Plan Check | $285 |
| Permit | $190 |
| Standpipe Systems | |
| Plan Check | $285 |
| Permit | $190 |
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| 5. Other | |
The city staff has the authority to charge actual cost incurred including time, material, and overhead if a fee
does not approximate actual cost incurred. |
| Penalty for Delinquent Payments | Doubling of Original Fee |
Delinquent more than 30 days
(Per Fire Code Section 105.1.2) | |
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