§ 16.16.400. Fee schedule—Gas/mechanical permits and classification of appliances.

A.

No gas/mechanical 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 gas/mechanical systems, devices, equipment and fixtures, including but not limited to the installation of fixtures, repairs and alterations to existing gas/mechanical installations and systems, shall be as follows:

1.

Fee schedule.

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

*Gas and/or mechanical appliance (each appliance) ..... $10.00

Gas meter connection ..... $10.00

Hot water heater ..... $19.00

Fuel piping (underground fuel lines) ..... $48.00

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

* Each appliance outlet shall be counted as one appliance in figuring the total permit fee, whether or not the appliance is actually installed at the time the gas/mechanical system is installed.

2.

In addition, fees for heating, ventilating, ductwork (installation without heating/cooling equipment), air-conditioning and refrigeration systems or alterations or replacement and/or additions shall also be based upon total Btuh and/or kilowatts input of all appliances at the rate of thirty-two dollars ($32.00) per one hundred thousand Btuh or fraction thereof.

C.

The classifications listed below shall each be counted as one fixture, equipment or appliance:

Air-conditioning unit;

Air handling unit;

Alt. fuel system;

Boiler;

Broiler;

Collector, dust etc.;

Condensing unit or condenser;

Cooling tower;

Conversion burner;

Dryer;

Duct heater;

Duct system;

Exhaust fan, hood;

Factory built fireplace or insert;

Fire or smoke damper;

Fryer;

Furnace;

Gas logs unit;

Gas piping;

Grill or griddle;

Heat exchanger;

Humidifier or dehumidifier;

Incinerator;

Infrared heater;

Make up air unit;

Oven;

Package unit;

Pool or sauna heater;

Power venter;

Radon removal system;

Range or cook top unit;

Recirculating fan unit;

Refrigeration unit;

Rooftop unit;

Room heater;

Stationary gas engines, turbines;

Stove, solid fuel or laundry;

Tank, oil or LP;

Unit heater;

Water heater or circulation tank.

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.

(Ord. BL2010-788 § 1, 2010; Ord. BL2010-642 § 7, 2010; Ord. BL2004-175 § 2, 2004; Ord. 92-118 §§ 18, 19, 1992; Ord. 90-1253 § 1 (part), 1990; prior code § 19-1-61)