2005 Idaho Code - 54-5017 — PERMITS -- APPLICATION -- FEES

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 50
      INSTALLATION OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
    54-5017.  PERMITS -- APPLICATION -- FEES. (1) On and after January 1,
2005, any person, firm, partnership, company, association or corporation
entitled to receive a permit, shall make application to the board on a form
provided by the board. The application shall require a description of the work
proposed to be done, the location, ownership and use of the premises.
    (2)  Until fees are established by rule of the board, the following fees
shall be paid:
    (a)  Residential single and duplex family dwelling, a fifty dollar
    ($50.00) base permit fee plus an inspection fee of:
         (i)   Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for the first furnace, furnace-air
         conditioner combination, heat pump, air conditioner, evaporative
         cooler, unit heater, space heater, decorative gas-fired appliance,
         incinerator, boiler, pool heater, and similar fixtures or appliances,
         plus
         (ii)  Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for any additional furnace,
         furnace-air conditioner combination, heat pump, air conditioner,
         evaporative cooler, unit heater, space heater, decorative gas-fired
         appliance, incinerator, boiler, pool heater, and similar fixtures or
         appliances. Fee includes ducts, vents and flues attached thereto.
         (iii) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the first exhaust or ventilation
         duct such as dryer vents, range hood vents, cook stove vents, bath
         fan vents, and similar exhaust and ventilation ducts, plus
         (iv)  Five dollars ($5.00) for any additional exhaust and ventilation
         ducts.
         (v)   Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the first fixture or appliance
         outlet of the fuel gas piping system, plus
         (vi)  Five dollars ($5.00) for any additional outlets of the fuel gas
         piping system.
    (b)  Multifamily, commercial, institutional, industrial and all other
    installations, a fifty dollar ($50.00) base permit fee for each building,
    plus an inspection fee based on the selling price of the completed
    installation including equipment, appliances, piping systems, materials,
    and labor of:
         (i)   Three percent (3%) of the value of the installation through
         twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), plus
         (ii)  Two percent (2%) of the value of installation in excess of
         twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) through one hundred thousand
         dollars ($100,000), plus
         (iii) One percent (1%) of the value of the installation in excess of
         one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) through two hundred thousand
         dollars ($200,000), plus
         (iv)  One-half percent (1/2%) of the value of the installation in
         excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
    (c)  Plan check and technical service, a fifty dollar ($50.00) minimum fee
    plus fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour.
    (d)  Additional and reinspections, a fifty dollar ($50.00) minimum fee
    plus an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour before approval of the
    installation if the following services are necessary:
         (i)   Trips to inspect when the permittee had given notice to the
         inspector that the work was ready for inspection when it was not, or
         if the permittee has not clearly given the location of the
         installation either by directions or maps, or if the inspector cannot
         gain access to make the inspection;
         (ii)  Trips to inspect corrections required by the inspector as a
         result of the permittee improperly responding to a corrective notice;
         (iii) Each trip necessary to remove a red tag from the job site;
         (iv)  When corrections have not been made in the prescribed time,
         unless an extension has been requested and granted.
    (3)  Expiration of permits. Every permit issued by the HVAC bureau or
authority having jurisdiction, shall expire by limitation and become null and
void if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within ninety (90)
days from the date of issuance of such permit or if the work authorized by
such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after work is commenced for
a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. A permit may be renewed for an
additional year upon receiving approval from the bureau or authority having
jurisdiction, and a fifty dollar ($50.00) renewal fee.
    (4)  No permit. Failure to acquire, post and send permit and to pay
required fees in the prescribed time may result in the assessment of a double
fee. Any additional offenses within a twelve (12) month period for failure to
acquire, post and send permit and to pay required fees in the prescribed time
shall result in the assessment of a triple fee.