11 - DISCUSS AND ACT ON AMENDING ORDINANCE... 2015 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE

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Section 109, FEES, shall be amended by adding Section 109.7, Re- inspection fee, to read as follows: 109.7 Re- inspection fee. A fee as established by city council resolution may be charged when: 1. The inspection called for is not ready when the inspector arrives; 2. No building address or permit card is clearly posted; 3. City approved plans are not on the iob site available to the inspector; 4. The building is locked or work otherwise not available for inspection when called; 5. The iob site is red - tagged twice for the same item; 6. The original red tag has been removed from the iob site. 7. Failure to maintain erosion control, trash control or tree protection. Any re- inspection fees assessed shall be paid before any more inspections are made on that iob site. Section 109, FEES, shall be amended to add Section 109.8, Work without a permit; Section 109.8.1, Investigation; Section 109.8.2, Fee; and 109.9, Unauthorized cover up fee; to read as follows: 109.8 Work without a permit. 109.8.1 Investigation. Whenever work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining a permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work. 109.8.2 Fee. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee required by this code or the city fee schedule as applicable. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt the applicant from compliance with all other provisions of either this code or the technical codes nor from penalty prescribed by law. 109.9 Unauthorized cover up fee. Any work concealed without first obtaining the required inspection in violation of Section 110 shall be assessed a fee as established by the city fee schedule. Section 110.3.5, Lath, gypsum board and gypsum panel product inspection, shall be amended to delete the exception as follows: ExG ep tion . Gypsum board and gypsum panel pred- tha t _aFe nGt paiq of a fire re 6 iste n Ge rate d assemb�y or -a Shear a6ssembiy. Section 202, DEFINITIONS, shall be amended to amend the definition of AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY to read as follows: AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY. Buildings or portions thereof used to provide medical, surgical, psychiatric, nursing or similar care on a less than 24 -hour basis to individuals who are rendered incapable of self - preservation by the services provided. This group may include but not be limited to the following: - Dialysis centers - Sedation dentistry - Surgery centers - Colonic centers - Psychiatric centers Section 202, DEFINITIONS, shall be amended to amend the definition of ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES to read as follows: ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. A building or part thereof housing persons, on a 24 -hour basis, who because of age, mental disability or other reasons, live in a supervised residential environment which provides personal care services. The occupants are capable of responding to an emergency situation without physical assistance from staff. 2015 IBC Amendments