3-5.8 Fire Mitigation Fee Ceiling Established.
The fire mitigation fee shall be equal to or lesser than the ceiling amount established. The fire mitigation fee shall be established in part by the cost of construction for fire protection facilities and the cost of new equipment. The fire mitigation fee ceiling may be increased or decreased in proportion to the increase or decrease in the cost of facilities and/or equipment for fire protection. The newly established fire mitigation fee ceilings shall be as follows:
a. Single-family residential including but not limited to private garages, carports, sheds, barns and structures which are appurtenant to the single-family residential use.
1. Unsprinklered and under twenty (20') feet in height Sixty ($.60) cents per square foot.
2. Sprinklered and under twenty (20') feet in height Fifty ($.50) cents per square foot.
3. Unsprinklered and over twenty (20') feet in height Ninety ($.90) cents per square foot.
4. Sprinklered and over twenty (20') feet in height Seventy-five ($.75) cents per square foot.
b. Multi-family residential including but not limited to townhouses, condominiums, apartments, clustered units, private garages, carports and accessory structures which are appurtenant to the multi-family use.
1. Unsprinklered and under twenty (20') feet in height Eighty ($.80) cents per square foot.
2. Sprinklered and under twenty (20') feet in height Sixty-five ($.65) cents per square foot.
3. Unsprinklered and over twenty (20') feet in height One dollar and five cents ($1.05) per square foot.
4. Sprinklered and over twenty (20') feet in height Ninety ($.90) cents per square foot.
c. Commercial, industrial and educational including but not limited to offices, garages, carports and accessory structures which are appurtenant to the applicable use.
1. Unsprinklered and under twenty (20') feet in height Fifty ($.50) cents per square foot.
2. Sprinklered and under twenty (20') feet in height Thirty-five ($.35) cents per square foot.
3. Unsprinklered and over twenty (20') foot in height Seventy-five ($.75) cents per square foot.
4. Sprinklered and over twenty (20') feet in height Sixty ($.60) cents per square foot. (Ord. #84, S8; Ord. #36-93)