§ 16.20.250. Fee schedule—Electrical permits.

A.

No electrical 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.

In addition to any other penalty imposed for failure to obtain a permit where electrical work of any type, for which a permit is required, is commenced before a permit is issued, the permit fees shall be tripled.

C.

Permit fees for the installation of any electrical system or part thereof, including but not limited to the installation of both new electrical systems and additions, alterations and repairs to existing electrical systems, the installation of electrical fixtures, equipment and devices and appurtenances thereto, shall be as follows:

1.

Lighting circuits or any circuit where outlets are intended to be installed for low-voltage devices or lamp-holding devices and receptacles for the attachment of small, portable electrical devices and appliances; 130 volts or less:

For the installation of 10 or less such outlets ..... $5.70

For additional outlets over 10, each ..... $0.50

2.

Motors and generators:

One horsepower or less each ..... $2.00

Over 1 and including 10 horsepower, each ..... $7.55

Over 10 horsepower, each ..... $13.25

Motor-generator sets ..... $19.00

3.

Electric ranges:

Residential, each ..... $19.00

Commercial, each ..... $22.75

4.

Water heaters:

Residential, each ..... $15.00

Commercial, each ..... $19.00

5.

Electric heat and electrically heated appliances other than ranges and water heaters:

Over 1 kw and including 5 kw, each ..... $7.55

Over 5 kw and including 10 kw, each ..... $13.25

Over 10 kw, each ..... $19.00

6.

Electric dryers:

Residential, each ..... $9.50

Commercial, each ..... $13.25

7.

Electric signs (excluding service), each ..... $19.00

8.

Lunch wagons, bookmobiles, medical service vehicles, and similar structures on wheels, for lighting only ..... $19.00

(Motors, appliances and devices installed in such lunch wagons and similar structures shall be charged the same rate as prescribed for such motors, appliances and devices.)

9.

Service, new installation, increasing size, or relocation, per meter ..... $11.50

10.

Installation of any wiring, device, apparatus, appliance or equipment not specifically covered herein, such as but not limited to disconnects, 220 volt receptacles, each ..... $7.55

11.

Distribution, lighting or switch panels:

Up to and including 200 amperes, each ..... $9.50

201 to 400 amperes, each ..... $19.00

401 to 800 amperes, each ..... $28.50

801 to 1600 amperes, each ..... $47.25

1601 to 3000 amperes, each ..... $75.50

3001 to 6000 amperes, each ..... $142.00

Each additional 100 amperes or fraction thereof ..... $2.85

12.

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

(Including permit for the installation of any electrical system or part thereof, including but not limited to the installation of both new electrical systems and additions, alterations and repairs to existing electrical systems, the installation of electrical fixtures, equipment and devices and appurtenances thereto, temporary services, etc.)

13.

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

14.

Service releases:

Residential, one-family or two-family, except condominium units, each service riser ..... $75.00

Residential, more than two-family, and condominium units, each service riser ..... $75.00

Commercial or industrial, each service riser ..... $100.00

15.

Emergency re-connection of service, each ..... $100.00

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 § 9, 2010; Ord. BL2004-175 § 3, 2004; Ord. 91-1583 § 1, 1991; Ord. 91-1558 §§ 9, 10, 1991; Ord. 91-1526 § 2, 1991; Ord. 89-821 §§ 1—3, 1989; prior code § 14-1-39)