§ 16.12.220. Fee schedule—Plumbing permits and fixture classifications.

A.

No plumbing permit shall be held valid until the fees prescribed in this section shall have been paid, nor shall an amendment or change to an existing permit be approved until such additional fees as may be due shall have been paid.

B.

Permit fees for the installation of plumbing systems, devices, equipment and fixtures, including but not limited to the installation of fixtures, sewer connections, septic tanks, hot water heaters, repairs and alterations to existing plumbing installations and systems, shall be as follows:

Minimum fee (each permit) ..... $75.00

*Plumbing fixtures (each fixture) ..... $9.25

Each additional building drain ..... $31.00

Sewer connection ..... $77.00

Water service connection ..... $77.00

Septic tank and disposal field ..... $77.00

Repair or alteration to an existing septic tank or field ..... $31.00

Hot water heater ..... $18.50

Re-inspection fee (each) ..... $45.00

* Each fixture outlet shall be counted as one fixture in figuring the total permit fee, whether or not the fixture is actually set at the time the plumbing system is installed.

C.

The classifications listed below, among others, shall each be counted as one fixture:

Area drains;

Backflow preventers;

Baptisteries;

Bathtubs (with or without overhead shower);

Boiler blow-off tanks;

Combination sink and tray;

Commercial icemakers.

Dental lavatory;

Dental unit or cuspidor;

Diluting tanks and interceptors;

Dishwasher (fixed unit);

Disposal units (commercial);

Drinking fountains;

Floor drains;

Grease traps and interceptors;

Kitchen sinks;

Lavatory;

Pools, fountains and aquaria;

Roof drains;

Shower drains;

Slop sinks;

Solar panels when connected to plumbing system;

Sump pumps;

Swimming pools;

Urinals;

Washers (clothes, domestic, fixed drains);

Washers (commercial, fixed drains);

Water closets;

Water tanks.

D.

Workforce housing fee adjustments.

1.

In order to facilitate the provision of workforce housing within the area of the metropolitan government, the permit fees provided in subsection B. of this section shall be reduced by twenty-five percent for new home construction, or the rehabilitation of existing dilapidated and vacant homes, to be used for workforce housing.

2.

For purposes of this subsection, "workforce housing" means housing that meets one of the following two criteria:

a.

Housing to be sold at a price at or below two and one-half times ninety-five percent of the median family income currently listed for Davidson County as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

b.

Housing to be rented for at least five years at an annual rental amount that is at or below thirty percent of seventy percent of the median family income currently listed for Davidson County as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

3.

The director shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subsection, provided such rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the express provisions of this subsection. Applicants obtaining the twenty-five percent reduction in permit fees for workforce housing shall provide the director with a sworn affidavit that the residences constructed will satisfy the criteria set forth above and shall file a deed restriction with the Davidson County Register of Deeds requiring that the property remain a workforce housing unit for at least five years. In the event the property does not remain a workforce housing unit for at least five years, the permit holder shall pay to the Metropolitan Government the amount of the permit fee reduction provided above plus interest at the rate of ten percent per annum.

(Subst. Ord. BL2010-788 § 1, 2010; Ord. BL2010-642 § 5, 2010; Ord. BL2004-175 § 1, 2004; Ord. 92-118 § 10, 1992; Ord. 89-1001 § 3, 1989; Ord. 89-820 §§ 1, 2, 1989; prior code § 33-1-37)