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1 An ordinance to amend Section 33.04(G) (7)
2 of the Saint Paui Legislarive Code; consolidating
3 the two pernuts currenUy needed to install a water
4 heater into one pemut and permit fee
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6 THE COUNCIL OF TFIE CITY OF SAINT PAiIL DOES ORDAIN:
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S Section 33.04 (G) (7) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is amended to read as follows:
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11 (7) Plumbing fees:
12 (a) Drain waste and vent, water suorolv and fixtures.
13 1. The fee for all initial permits issued by the Office o£ License, Inspections and Environmental Protection shall be
14 . fiftv-five doilars ($55.00). In addition to this fee, the fee for each fixture, whether set,
15 rough-in, or replaced shail be twenty dollars ($20.00). Each water su��ly fixture shall be $4.00.
16 (b) Building sewer permit fees ....$45.00
17 (c) Each private waste treatment system .... 155.00
18 (d) Gas burning water heaters, dryers, ranges or other devices including gas piping:
19 1. For devices up to 100,000 BTU's, each .... 20.00
20 2. Each additional 100,000 BTU's or portion thereof .... 8.00
21 3. Minimum fee .... 42.00
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Ordinance #
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ORDINANCE
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1 4. Maxunum fee .... 550.00
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This ordinance shall take effect and be in fixll force thirry (30) days following its passage, approval and publication
Requested by Department of:
Office of License, Inspections and
Adopted by Council: Date � Op ,
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
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Tom Ridderiag May 23 2001
266-9014 No . 103256 °�'�`�
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CTION REQUESTED:
ordinance to amend Section 33_04(G)(7) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code;
consolidating the two permits currently n�e�ed�ed to a water heater into
ne permit and permit fee. �
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COhII�ffiNDATIONS: APPROV& (A) OR REJEGT (R) BRSONIIL SBRVICS CONTRI�CfS MOST AIiSWSR THB POLLO➢PIIiG:
PLANNING CONAIISSION CIVIL SERVZCE COMMISSION 1. Has the person{fixm ever worked under a contract for this department?
CIB COhfi1ITTEE SUSINESS REVI&W COUNCIL � YSS NO
STAFF _ 2. Has this gerson/firm eves been a City employee?
D251RICT WURT . � . YES - - NO
3. Does tkti.s' possess a skill not normally possessed by any
UPPORTS WHICH COUNCIL OBJ&CTIVS? C�rrrent City employee?
YBS NO
lain all YSS aaswers oa a aepa;ate aheet and attach.
INITIATTNG PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNITY (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
wo permits are currently required to install a water heater; this ordinance
ill reduce the number of permits required to one. {please see the attached
explanation.)
VANTAGES IF APPROVED:
Permit applicants will fill out only one permit application; in some instances,
the permit fee will be reduced. (We intend this to be revenue-neutral.)
ISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED:
In some instances, permit applicants will experience a nominal permit fee
increase. (We intend this to be revenue-neutral.)
ISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED:
Permit applicants wi11 continue-=t•o -�fit-�-ro�-��wo permits and pay two permit
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fees.
OTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION � �I�J �'a �i^COST/REVENUE BUDGETED YES NO
FUNDING SOURCE �a§,��<. �e� ��VITY NUMBER
FINANCIAL INFORMATION: (EXPLAIN)
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C{TY ATTURNEY
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Explanahon:
This code amendment is a customer-friendly change designed to simpli£y the process of securing
plumbing and water supply pemuts. Presently, when someone wants to install a water heater,
two permits aze required, a permit for the water lines and a plumbing permit for the waste, vent
and gas lines. This has been a long time annoyance for customers and this proposal will
consolidate such permits into one while being essentially revenue neutral. A new permit form is
being designed to reflect these changes.
Although it appeazs that we are snnply proposing to increase a$25.00 fee to a$55.00 fee, we aze
also rolling "water supply" into the existing plumbing pernut so that a second water supply
permit, and its fees, will not be required. The $55.00 number was derived by averaging the
$25.00 base fee for residential water supply work and the $35.00 base fee for commercial water
supply work (see Section 92.06(1) SPLC) for an auerage base fee of $30.00 for water supply
pernuts. We then added the $25.00 base fee for the plumbing permit (from Section 33.04(G)(7))
for a consolidated base fee of $55.00. The existing per-fixture fees would then be added to the
base fee. No changes are proposed to the Water Utility permit fees. Fees before and after the
change aze shown below for some common permits.
Pernut
Office remodel (toilet, lauatory, sink,
floor drain, & water heater)
Kitchen sink replacement
Water heater replacement
Existine fee
$153AQ
$69A�
$42.00
Pronosed fee
$147.50
$79.5Q
$42.00
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