2004-217 RE VISED
ORDINANCE NO. 2004-217
Att ordinance antending the fees charged by the City of danesville in the Building, Plumbing,
Electrical, and HFA C Code of General Ordinances of the City of danesville, with a penalty,
injunctive and other relief for violations thereof as set forth in danesville General Ordinance
Chapter 15.80
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 15.01.140 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville
(Building Code) is hereby amended as follows:
BUILDING PERMITS
A.
II.
IIi.
IV.
CITY OF JANESVILLE
BUILDING PERMIT FEES
(Effective Date: June 1, 2004 )
Residential
1. New Construction, Additions and Alterations
2. Foundations, Garages
3. Accessory Buildings, Swimming Pools, Hot Tubs/spas & fences
B. Commercial
1. New Construction, Additions and Alterations
2. Tents/Canopies
3. Foundation Only
RESIDENTIAL PLAN APPROVAL
A. 1-2 Family Dwellings
B. Erosion Control
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL
A. 0 - 2,500 Sf
B. Over 2,500 Sf
C. Tents/Canopies
MOVING BUILDINGS
A. Principal Building
$0.085/s.£
$75.00
$35.00
$0.075/s.£
$0.05/s.£
$75.00
$45.00/unit
$75.00
$0.17/s.£
Same as Doc Building & Safety Fees
$0.10/s.£
$500.00
VI.
VII.
VIII.
VIII.
II.
B. Garage under 750 sf
DEMOLITION
A. Residential Structure (per building)
B. Minor Interior (per project)
C. Commercial (per building - $300.00 maximum)
D. Garage/Shed (per building)
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A. Dwelling Unit
B. Commercial Industrial
C. Tents/Canopies
RE-INSPECTION FEE
$100.00
$100.00
$50.00
$150.00
$50.00
$20.00/unit
$50.00
$25.OO
$5O.OO
A re-inspection fee shall be charged on residential building/remodeling projects if the work for
which an inspection is requested is not complete so as to be ready for an inspection, or if the work
is complete but not in conformance with the applicable building code requirements and the work is
still not in conformance with the applicable code requirements upon re-inspection. The property
owner or general contractor shall be notified of any re-inspection fee(s) due at the time the
occupancy inspection is requested. Such fees shall be paid prior to an occupancy inspection.
MINIMUM FEE $50.00
Exceptions: Accessory Buildings, Swimming Pools, Hot tubs/spas & fences
FAILURE TO OBTAIN PERMIT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK WILL
RESULT IN A FEE OF $100, PLUS PERMIT AMOUNT, OR DOUBLE THE PERMIT
FEE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
NEW RESIDENTIAL
A.
B.
CITY OF JANESVILLE
HVAC PERMIT FEES
(Effective Date: June 1, 2004)
1 & 2 Family Dwellings (per dwelling unit)
3 units and more (apartments, CBRF's, etc. - per dwelling unit)
RESIDENTIAL REPLACEMENT OR ADDED FURNACES,
OR ADD-ON COOLING UNITS (all sizes)
$60.00/unit
$60.00/unit
$60.00/unit
III.
IV.
Vo
VII.
VIII.
COMMERCIAL NEW OR ADDITION
HEATING AND COOLING UNITS, ALL SIZES
(with or without an added heating or cooling unit)
A. Group 1
$0.06/s.f.
This group shall include new and additions to:
general offices, barber shops, beauty parlors,
bowling alleys, dry cleaning establishments, clinics,
natatoriums, shelters, hotels and motels, taverns,
restaurants, cafeterias, retail establishments, where
manufactured products are bought and sold, repair
garages, service stations, churches, assembly halls,
theaters, exhibition buildings, educational institutions,
hospitals, nursing homes, places of detention, gymnasiums,
arenas, laboratories, lodge halls, funeral homes, libraries,
skating rinks, dance halls, armories, and vehicle storage
garages
B. Group 2
$0.04/s.f.
The use group shall include new and additions to:
warehouses, freight terminals, storage buildings, refriger-
ation storage, factories, machine shops, transformer vaults,
sewage treatment plants, heating plants, steam and electric
generating plants and other buildings not classified in
Groups 1 & 2
COMMERCIAL REPLACEMENT OR ADDED
HEATING AND COOLING UNITS, (all sizes)
$60.00
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD
$50.00/hood
RE-INSPECTION FEE
$50.00
A re-inspection fee shall be charged on residential building/remodeling projects if the work for
which an inspection is requested is not complete so as to be ready for an inspection, or if the work
is complete but not in conformance with the applicable building code requirements and the work is
still not in conformance with the applicable code requirements upon re-inspection. The property
owner or general contractor shall be notified of any re-inspection fee(s) due at the time the
occupancy inspection is requested. Such fees shall be paid prior to an occupancy inspection.
MINIMUM FEE $50.00
FAILURE TO OBTAIN PERMIT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK WILL
RESULT IN A FEE OF $100, PLUS PERMIT AMOUNT OR DOUBLE THE PERMIT
FEE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
Square Footage Definition
New and Additions
Square Footage:
Interior Alterations
Outside dimension of useable building area length x width
(Useable means floor area with at least a 4' ceiling height).
Square Footage: Inside dimensions of room(s) length x width
II.
III.
CITY OF JANES¥ILLE
ELECTRICAL PERMIT FEES
(Effective Date: June 1, 2004 )
NEW RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL PERMITS
A. 1 & 2 Family Dwellings, Including Attached Garages
1. 0-4,500 Sf
2. Over 4,500 Sf
B. New Apartments (3 units or more)
RESIDENTIAL ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS OR UPGRADES
A. Service Entrance and Generators
B. Temporary Service
C. Outlets, Switches, and Lighting Fixtures
D. Heating and Ventilation (see heating code)
1. Electric Baseboard Heaters (per section)
2. Oil Heating Systems
3. Gas Fired Heating Systems
4. Exhaust and Ventilation Fans
5. Central Air Conditioning (see heating code)
6. Duct Heaters/Electric Furnaces
E. Miscellaneous
1. Feeder or Subfeeder Changes
2. Audible or Visual Electric Signal Communication
3. Fire Alarm Systems (per device)
FIRE/SMOKE ALARM SYSTEMS (3 units or more)
A. Plan Review (per unit)
$115.00/unit
$140.00/unit
$50.00/unit
$35.00
$35.00
$0.75
$0.75
$10.00
$10.00
$2.00
$10.00/unit
$10.00
$10.00
$1.00
$2.00
$10.00
B. Testing Fee (per device) $2.00
IV.
V.
VI.
MINIMUM FEE $50.00
RE-INSPECTION FEE
$50.00
A re-inspection fee shall be charged on residential building/remodeling projects if the work for
which an inspection is requested is not complete so as to be ready for an inspection, or if the work
is complete but not in conformance with the applicable building code requirements and the work is
still not in conformance with the applicable code requirements upon re-inspection. The property
owner or general contractor shall be notified of any re-inspection fee(s) due at the time the
occupancy inspection is requested. Such fees shall be paid prior to an occupancy inspection.
FAILURE TO OBTAIN PERMIT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK WILL
RESULT IN A FEE OF $100, PLUS PERMIT AMOUNT OR DOUBLE THE PERMIT
FEE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
VII. COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL PERMITS
A. New Commercial Buildings and Additions
1. Group 1 $0.07/s.f.
This group shall include new and additions to:
general offices, barber shops, beauty parlors,
bowling alleys, dry cleaning establishments, clinics,
natatoriums, shelters, hotels and motels, taverns,
restaurants, cafeterias, retail establishments, where
manufactured products are bought and sold, repair
garages, service stations, churches, assembly halls,
theaters, exhibition buildings, educational institutions,
hospitals, nursing homes, places of detention, gynmasiums,
arenas, laboratories, lodge halls, funeral homes, libraries,
skating rinks, dance halls, armories, and vehicle storage
garages
2. Group 2
$0.04/s.f.
The use group shall include new and additions to:
warehouses, freight terminals, storage buildings, refriger-
ation storage, factories, machine shops, transformer vaults,
sewage treatment plants, heating plants, steam and electric
generating plants and other buildings not classified in
Groups 1 & 2
B. Commercial Alterations and Upgrades
Service Entrance & Generators
Temporary Service
$35.00
$35.00
VIII.
IX.
X.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Outlets, Switches, and Incandescent Fixtures
Light Fixtures (Fluorescent, Metal Halide, and Mercury Vapor)
Trole-duct, Bus Duct, and similar systems
Electric Baseboard Heaters (per section)
Exhaust and Ventilation Fans
Motors
a.
Machines w/Electric Motors
1). Less than 5 horsepower
2). 5 horsepower and larger
b. Heating and Cooling Units (per unit)
Miscellaneous
a. Transformers, Reactors, Rectifiers, Capacitors,
Heaters, Converters and similar devices
b. Feeder/Subfeeder Changes
c. Audible or Visual Electric Signal Communication
$1.00
$2.00
$10.00
$2.0O
$5.00
$10.00
$10.00
$35.00
$10.00
$10.00
$1.00
FIRE/SMOKE ALARM/SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS
A. Plan Review (maximum fee of $5,000)
$.0510/s.f.
B. Testing Fee (per device)
$2.00
MINIMUM FEE $50.00
FAILURE TO OBTAIN PERMIT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK WILL
RESULT IN A FEE OF $100, PLUS PERMIT AMOUNT OR DOUBLE THE PERMIT
FEE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
CITY OF JANESVILLE
PLUMBING PERMIT FEES
(Effective Date: June 1, 2004 )
RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING PERMITS
A. Per Fixture Opening, Water Heater, and Water Softener
$7.00
B. Excavation $50.00
C. Air Admittance Valves (per valve)
$25.00
D. Re-inspection Fee $50.00
A re-inspection fee shall be charged on residential building/remodeling projects if the
work for which an inspection is requested is not complete so as to be ready for an
inspection, or if the work is complete but not in conformance with the applicable building
code requirements and the work is still not in conformance with the applicable code
requirements upon re-inspection. The property owner or general contractor shall be
notified of any re-inspection fee(s) due at the time the occupancy inspection is requested.
Such fees shall be paid prior to an occupancy inspection.
E. Minimum Fee $50.00
II. COMMERCIAL PLUMBING PERMITS
II1.
IV.
A. Per Fixture Opening, Water Heater, and Water Softener
$7.00
B. Excavation $50.00
C. Air Admittance Valves (per valve)
$25.00
C. Minimum Fee $50.00
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR PLUMBING PERMITS
Permit Fees shall be submitted per Section 15.01.140 of the Code of General Ordinances of
the City of Janesville.
B. The Following are Subject to Permit Fees:
All new fixtures and appliances as indicated on the application form furnished the
applicant, including water heaters, water softeners, storm inlets, roof drains, and hose
bibs;
All plugged or capped openings left for future installation of fixtures;
When any change is made in the water, soil, waste or vent piping which necessitates
the resetting of any plumbing fixture or appliance, each fixture so affected;
All building sewers (sanitary), building sewers (storm) and water services;
Clear water, water only, water and wastewater, or wastewater only meters and related
piping.
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL PLUMBING PLAN APPROVAL
A. Plumbing Plan Approval required for the following installations:
3.
4.
5.
New installations, additions and alterations involving 6 or more fixtures, to be
installed in public buildings.
Grease interceptors to be installed for public buildings.
Garage catch basins and oil interceptors to be installed in public buildings.
Automatic car wash facilities.
Sanitary dump stations.
Fees for Plumbing Plan Approval per following table:
2.
3.
4.
5.
Sanitary drain and vent system
(per inch diameter of each building sewer)
Sanitary building sewer only, no drain and vent
(per inch diameter of each building sewer)
Building water distribution system.
(per inch diameter of each water service)
Building water service only, no water distribution system
(per inch diameter of each water service)
Building storm and clear water drain system
(per inch diameter of each building storm sewer)
$40.00
$25.OO
$4O.OO
$25.00
$10.00
Note:
V.
(per inch diameter of each building storm sewer)
6. Car wash interceptor (per interceptor) $70.00 o)
7. Garage catch basin (per basin) $70.00 (1)
8. Grease interceptor (per interceptor) $70.00 ¢)
9. Oil interceptor (per interceptor) $70.00 o)
10. Sanitary dump station (per station) $70.00 ti)
additional fee required if submitted with sanitary drain and vent system.
FAILURE TO OBTAIN PERMIT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK WILL
RESULT IN A FEE OF $100, PLUS PERMIT AMOUNT OR DOUBLE THE PERMIT
FEE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall take effect on June 1, 2004.
ADOPTED: April 12, 2004
APPROVED:
Steven E. Sheiffer, City Manager
ATTEST:
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J, ean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasmce)/'
APPROVED ,AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
MOTION BY: DeGarmo
SECOND BY: Williams
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
ADDLE X
MURPHY X
DEGARMO X
STEEBER X
WILLIAMS X
BRIEN X
WELLNITZ
Proposed by:
Prepared by:
Housing, Building, and Neighborhood
Services
Housing, Building, and Neighborhood
Services Director