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ORDINANCE N0. 790
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING TITLE III, CHAPTER
12, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
TO REPEAL THE 1991 UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE WITH APPENDICES AND
READOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 12, TITLE III. THE 1997 UNIFORM MECHANICAL
CODE WITH APPENDICES TO BE KNOWN AS "CHAPTER 12, MECHANICAL CODE"
ADOPTING THE 1997 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE REGULATING
AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, QUALITY OF MATERIALS,
ERECTION, INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LOCATION, RELOCATION,
REPLACEMENT, ADDITION T0, USE OR MAINTENANCE OF HEATING,
VENTILATING, COOLING, REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS, INCINERATORS, OR OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS HEAT-PRODUCING APPLIANCES IN THE CITY OF MERIDIAN;
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES
THEREFORE; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING APPENDICES
TO THE 1997 UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE: A - UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
STANDARDS NO. 4-2, GALVANIZED SHEET METAL, B - FUEL-GAS PIPING, C -
SIZING OF VENTING SYSTEMS SERVING APPLIANCES EQUIPPED WITH DRAFT
HOODS AND APPLIANCES LISTED FOR USE WITH TYPE B VENTS, D - UNIT
CONVERSION TABLES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best
interest of the said City to repeal Chapter 12 of Title III of the
Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian and to re-
adopt a new Title III, Chapter 12 to be known as the UNIFORM
MECHANICAL CODE, and to adopt the following appendices to the 1997
UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE: A - UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE STANDARDS NO.
4-2, GALVANIZED SHEET METAL, B - FUEL-GAS PIPING, C - SIZING OF
VENTING SYSTEMS SERVING APPLIANCES EQUIPPED WITH DRAFT HOODS AND
APPLIANCES LISTED FOR USE WITH TYPE B VENTS, D - UNIT CONVERSION
TABLES.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 12 of Title III. of the REVISED
UNIFORM MECHANICAL ORDINANCE I
AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN along with all
other ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 2:12-100. That that certain document, three copies
of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Meridian, being marked and designated as the 1997 Uniform
Mechanical Code, including Appendix Chapter A (1997 Edition) of the
1997 Uniform Mechanical Code published by the International
Conference of Building Officials, be and is hereby adopted as the
code of the City of Meridian for regulating the design,
construction, quality of materials, erection, installation,
alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to,
use or maintenance of heating, ventilating, cooling, refrigeration
systems, incinerators, or other miscellaneous heat-producing
appliances in the City of Meridian which code provides for the
issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and
all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such
"UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE," 1997 edition, except Sections 1027 and
1028, published by the International Conference of Building
Officials, on file in the City of Meridian's, City Clerk's Office,
is hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully
set out in this Ordinance.
The residential mechanical permit fees shall be those set
forth in Table 1-A--Mechanical Permit Fees, attached hereto as
Exhibit ~~A" and incorporated herein as if set forth in full. The
commercial and industrial permit fees shall be one point five
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percent (1.5$) of the value of the completed mechanical system
which is to be installed, plus a $22.00 base permit fee.
SECTION 3: That Section 12-101 is hereby enacted and
shall read as follows:
"12-101: PENALTY: Any person violating the provisions of
this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor."
SECTION 4: That Section 12-102 is hereby enacted and
shall read as follows:
"That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council
of the City of Meridian hereby declares that it would have
passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections sentences, clauses or phrases be
declared unconstitutional."
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency
therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect June 1, 1998, and after
its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 7th day of April, 1998.
CITY 1~F MERIDIAN
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TABLE 7-A-MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES
Permit Issuance
1. For the issuance of each permit ........................................................ $22.00
2. For issuing each supplemental permit for which [he original permit has not expired,
been canceled or finaled ................................................................ 6.50
Unit Fee Schedule
(Note: The following do not include permit-issuing fee.)
1. Furnaces
For the installation or relocation of each forced-air or gravity-type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents
attached to such appliance, up to and including 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW) ........................ 13.25
For the installation or relocation of each forced-air or gravity-type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents
attached to such appliance over 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW) .................................... 16.25
For the installation or relocation of each Boot furnace, including vent ........................... 13.25
For [he installation or relocation of each suspended heater, recessed wall heater or floor-mounted unit heater .
13.25
2. Appliance Vents
For [he installation, relocation or replacement of each appliance vent installed and not included in an appliance
pertnit .............................................................................. 6.50
3. Repairs or Additions
For the repair of, alteration of, or addition ro each heating appliance, refrigeration unit, cooling unit, absorption
unit, or each heating, cooling, absorption or evaporative cooling system, including installation of controls
regulated by the Mechanical Code ...................................................... 12.25
4. Boilers, Compressors and Absorption Systems
For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor to and including three horsepower (10.6 kW), or
for each absorption system to and including 100,000 B[u/h (29.3 kW) ........................... 13.15
For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over three horsepower (10.6 kW) to and including
IS horsepower (52.7 kW), or for each absorption system over 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW) to and including 500,000
Btu/h (146.6 kW) .................................................................... 24.25
For [he installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over l5 horsepower (52.7 kW) to and including 30
horsepower (105.5 kW), or for each absorption system over 500,000 Btu/h (146.6 kW) to and including 1,000,000
Btu/h (293.1 kW) .................................................................... 33.25
For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over 30 horsepower (105.5 kW) to and including
SO horsepower (176 kW), or for each absorption system over 1,000,000 BtuPo (293.1 kW) to and including
1.750.000 BtuRt (512.9 kW) ........................................................... 49.50
For the installation or relocation of each boilu or compressor over 50 horsepower (176 kW), or for each
absorption system over 1,750,000 BtuPo (512.9 kW) ........................................ 82.75
S. Air Handlers
For each air-handling unit to and including 10,000 cubic feet per minute (4720 Us), including ducts attached
thereto .............................................................................. 9.50
Note: This fee does not apply to an air-handling unit which is a portion of afactory-asumbled appliance, cooling
unit, evaporative cooler or absorption unit for which a permit is required elsewhere in [he Mechanical Code.
For each air-handling unit exceeding 10,000 cfm (4720 Us) .................................. 16.15
6. Evaporative Coolers
For each evaporative cooler other than portable type ......................................... 9.50
7. Ventilation and Exhaust
For each ventilation fan connected to a single duct .......:................................... 6.50
For each ventilation system which is not a portion of heating orair-conditioning system
authoriuA by a permit ................................................................. 9.50
For the installation of each hood which is served by mechanical exhaust, including the
ducts for such hood ................................................................... 9.50
8. Incinerators
For the installation or relocation of each domestic-type incinerator ............................. 16.25
For the installation or relocation of each commercial or industrial-type incinerator ................. 66.50
9. Miscellaneous
For each appliance or piece of equipment regulated by the Mechanical Code but no[ classed in other appliance
categories, or for which no other fee is listed in the code ..................................:... 9.50
When Appendix B, Chapter 13, is applicable (see Section 103), permit fees for fuel-gas piping shall be as follows:
For each gas-piping system of one to four outlets ......................................... 5.50
For each gas-piping system, additional outlets over five, each ............................... 1.00
When Appendix B, Chapter l4, is applicable (see Section 103), pertni[ fees for process piping shall be as follows:
For each hazardous process piping system (HPP) of one ro four outles ........................ 5.00
For each piping system of five or more outlets, per outlet ................................... 1.00
For each nonhazardous process piping system (NPP) of one to four outlets ..................... 2.00
For each piping system of five or more outlets, per outlet ................................... 0.50
Other inspections and Fees:
1. Inspections outside o(normal business hours, per hour ..................................... $44.25*
(mrnimum chazge---two hours)
2. Reinspection fees assessed under provisions of Section 116.6, per inspection ................... 544.25*
3. Inspections for which no fee is specifically indicated, per hour (minimum charge-one-half hour) .. $44.25"
4. Additional plan review required by change, additions or revisions to plans or to plans for which an initial review
has been completed (minimum charge-one-half hour) .................................... $44.25•
*Or the total hourly cost to thejurisdiction, whichever is [he greatest. This cost shall include supervision, overhead,
equipment, hourly wages and fringe benefits of the employees involved.