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Clerk 11/19/2002
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the King County plumbing code; authorizing fees under the King County plumbing code; making technical corrections; and amending Ordinance 6746, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.32.080 and Ordinance 8330, Section 34, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.32.085.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance proposes changes in the fees assessed related to permits under the plumbing code.
B. These fees are assessed pursuant to K.C.C. 2.99.030.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 6746, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.32.080 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Fees - permit fees - double permit fee requirements - fees for reinspection service - refund of permit fees.
A. ((Permit fees.)) Effective January 1 ((1999)), 2003, and thereafter, an applicant for a permit to do work under this code shall pay for each permit, at the time of issuance, a fee in accordance with the following schedule, and at the rate provided for each permit classification shown in the schedule:
SCHEDULE OF FEES
Base plumbing permit fee for one ((through four )) fixture((s)) or trap((s)), other than double check valve assemblies or reduced pressure principle backflow prevention devices, for which a separate permit shall be obtained at the rates in this schedule (($75.00)) $95.00
For each additional plumbing fixture or trap including water drainage vent piping and backflow protection therefore 10.00
For each atmospheric vacuum breaker in irrigation systems, tanks, vats, etc. or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures including necessary water piping
Vacuum breaker - one to five - each device 10.00
Vacuum breaker - over five - each devices 5.00
Pressure vacuum breaker or double check valve assembly 10.00
Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device or double check valve assembly:
Base plumbing permit for one device or assembly ((75.00)) 95.00
Each additional device or assembly 10.00
FEES FOR MISCELLANEOUS INSPECTION SERVICES
Fees for inspection service outside regular working hours or for inspection service requested but not covered by a permit will be charged at a rate equal to the cost of performing the service.
Fees for permanent location inspection of factory housing or modular unit containing plumbing -
For each single family dwelling or each modular unit containing plumbing 20.00
Plumbing permit includes onsite connections of building drain extensions, water service and necessary as piping connections.
Additional plumbing fixtures installed after factory installation of plumbing for each plumbing fixture or trap 10.00
Fees for reconnection and retest of plumbing systems in relocated buildings - For each building containing plumbing 20.00
Plumbing permit includes on-site connections of building drain extensions, water service and necessary gas piping connections.
Additional plumbing fixtures installed after relocation of building for each plumbing fixture or trap 10.00
For the purpose of this section, "fixture" means an appliance that is connected with a water, drain, or vent pipe, but a sillcock faucet or hose bibb is not considered a fixture. A sanitary plumbing outlet on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or attached is a fixture.
B. ((Double permit fee requirements.)) A person who commenced work for which a permit is required by this code without first having obtained the permit, shall upon subsequent application for the permit pay double the fee fixed by the schedule of fees for the work in subsection A of this section unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the administrative authority that the work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit before the commencement of the work. In all such emergency cases, a permit shall be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining the permit, a double fee shall be charged as provided in this code.
C. ((Fees for reinspection service.)) A reinspection fee of (( forty )) one hundred dollars may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection if the portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or if corrections called for are not made. This subsection does not require inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with this code, but as controlling the practice of calling for the inspection or reinspection.
Reinspection fees may be assessed if the permit is not properly posted on the work site, the work to be inspected is not under test, for failure to provide access on the date for which inspection is requested or for failure to make required corrections. Requests for reinspection shall be made in writing upon forms furnished for that purpose, and shall be accompanied by the reinspection fee in accordance with this section. If reinspection fees have been assessed, additional inspection of the work shall not be performed until the required fees have been paid.
D. ((Refund of permit fees.)) If the work for which a permit fee has been paid is not started, the administrative authority, upon proper application for refund and surrender of the permit for cancellation, shall issue a refund. In determining the amount of refund due, the administrative authority shall deduct the amount of the basic fee to cover the cost of administration of the permit. A refund shall not be made for an expired permit.
SECTION 3. Ordinance 8330, Section 34 as amended, and K.C.C. 16.32.085 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Gas piping permit and inspection fees. Health department gas piping permit and inspection fees. ((Effective January 1, 1998.))
A. Additional outlets (each) $10.00
B. Each gas piping permit (basic fee for one
((through four)) outlet((s)) (($75.00)) $95.00
C. A reinspection fee of ((forty)) one hundred dollars may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when ((such)) the portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. This subsection is not to be interpreted as requiring inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspection or reinspection.
Reinspection fees may be assessed when the permit is not properly posted on the work site, the work to be inspected is not under test, for failure to provide access on the date for which inspection is requested, or for failure to make required corrections. To obtain a reinspection the applicant shall file an application ((therefore)) for the reinspection in writing upon a form furnished for that purpose, and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with this section. In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, ((no)) additional inspection of the work ((will)) shall not be performed until the
required fees have been paid.
SECTION 4. This ordinance takes effect January 1, 2003.