Butte County Municipal Code Art. V Fire Department Processing Fees

The fees specified in this article for the processing of applications for land use entitlements shall be paid at the time of the filing of the application. In no event will an application be determined or deemed complete unless and until the applicable fees have been paid in full.

(Ord. No. 3070, § 2, 5-11-93)

Fire department fees for Fire Protection Planning shall be as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

(Ord. No. 3070, § 2, 5-11-93; Ord. No. 3269, § 5, 6-11-96; Ord. No. 3880, § 4, 6-22-04; Ord. No. 3940, § 9, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 6, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 7, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 12, 3-24-09)

Fire department fees for Fire Code and Special Permits shall be as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

* Investigation Fees. The payment of this fee shall not relieve any person from fully complying with the requirements of the Butte County Code in the execution of the work, nor from other investigations prescribed therein. The fire chief may waive this investigation provision on written request by the applicant/permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant/permittee have prevented him/her from obtaining said permit. This investigation provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the fire chief that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of work. In all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, the investigation fee as herein provided shall be charged, in addition to the permit fee.

(Ord. No. 3880, § 5, 6-22-2004; Ord. No. 3940, § 10, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 7, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 8, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 13, 3-24-09)

Fire department fees for Emergency Response shall be as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

(Ord. No. 3880, § 6, 6-22-2004; Ord. No. 3940, § 11, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 8, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 9, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 14, 3-24-09)

Fire department fees for Non-Emergency Response shall be as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These rates are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

(Ord. No. 3880, § 7, 6-22-2004; Ord. No. 3940, § 12, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 9, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 10, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 15, 3-24-09)

Hourly fees for all personnel within the Fire Department are set as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

(Ord. No. 3940, § 13, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 10, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 11, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 16, 3-24-09)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4139, § 6, adopted October 24, 2017, repealed § 3-56. Former § 3-56 pertained to periodic adjustment to fire department fees and derived from Ord. No. 3940, adopted October 10, 2006; and Ord. No. 4001, adopted March 24, 2009.