§ 3-52. Fire department fee schedule—California Fire Code and special permits.

Fire department fees for Fire Code and Special Permits shall be as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

* Investigation Fees. The payment of this fee shall not relieve any person from fully complying with the requirements of the Butte County Code in the execution of the work, nor from other investigations prescribed therein. The fire chief may waive this investigation provision on written request by the applicant/permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant/permittee have prevented him/her from obtaining said permit. This investigation provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the fire chief that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of work. In all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, the investigation fee as herein provided shall be charged, in addition to the permit fee.

(Ord. No. 3880, § 5, 6-22-2004; Ord. No. 3940, § 10, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 7, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 8, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 13, 3-24-09)