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| Operational Permits | Description | Term | Permit Fee | ||
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| Aerosol Products | Manufacture, store, or handle an aggregate quantity of Level 2 or 3 in excess of 500 lbs. | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Amusement Building | (Mandatory) Operation of a Special Amusement Building | 30 days | $50 | ||
| Aviation Facilities | To use a Group H or S occupancy for aircraft servicing or repairs and aircraft fuel-servicing vehicles | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Carbon Dioxide Systems Used in Beverage Dispensing Applications | Carbon Dioxide Systems used in beverage dispensing applications having more than 100 pounds of carbo dioxide | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Carnivals and Fairs | (Mandatory Permit) To conduct a Carnival or Fair | Single Event | $50 | ||
| Cellulose Nitrate Film | To store, handle, or use cellulose nitrate film in a Group A | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Combustible Dust-Producing Operations | Operate a grain elevator, flour starch mill, feed mill, or a plant pulverizing aluminum, coal, cocoa, magnesium, spices or sugar, or other operations producing combustible dusts as defined in Chapter 2 | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Combustible Fibers | To store or handle combustible fibers in quantities of more than 100 cu. ft. | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Compressed Gases | Use or handling at normal temperature and pressure (NTP) of compressed gases in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.9 | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Covered Mall Buildings | (Mandatory) Operation of a Special Amusement Building | ||||
| 1 | Placement of retail fixtures and displays, concession equipment, displays of highly combustible goods, and similar items in the mall (common areas) | 30 days | $50 | ||
| 2 | Display of liquid- or gas-fired equipment in the mall | 30 days | $50 | ||
| 3 | Use of open-flame or flame-producing equipment in the mall | 7 days | $50 | ||
| Cryogenic Fluids | To produce, store, transport on site, use, handle, or dispense cryogenic fluids in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.11 | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Cutting and Welding | To conduct cutting and welding operations within the district | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Dry Cleaning | Engage in the business of dry cleaning (when flammable/hazardous solvents are used), or to change to a more hazardous cleaning solvent used in existing dry cleaning equipment | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Exhibits and Trade Shows | (Mandatory) Operate exhibits and trade shows | 30 days | $50 | ||
| Explosives | (Mandatory) Required for the manufacture, storage, handling, sale, or use of any quantity of explosives, explosive materials, fireworks, or pyrotechnic special effects within the scope of Chapter 56. *(Additional requirements including but not limited to insurance coverage and on-scene Fire Department personnel fees shall also apply) | ||||
| 1 | Blasting and/or storage of explosives | 30 days | $50 | ||
| 2 |
Display of Fireworks/Pyrotechnics |
Single Event | $50 | ||
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Flammable/ Combustible Liquids |
1 | To use or operate a pipeline | 365 days | $50 | |
| 2 | To store, handle, or use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons (inside) and more than 10 gallons (outside) of a building | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 3 | To store, handle, or use Class II or Class IIIA liquids in excess of 25 gallons (inside) and more than 60 gallons (outside) of a building | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 4 | To store, handle, or use Class IIIB liquids in tanks or pourable tanks for fueling | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 5 | To remove Class I or II liquids from an underground storage tank used for fueling motor vehicles by any means other than the approved stationary on-site pumps | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 6 | (Mandatory) To operate tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispending stations, refineries, distilleries, and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, processed, transported, stored, dispensed, or used | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 7 | (Mandatory) To temporarily place out-of-service (more than 90 days) an underground, protected above-ground, or above-ground flammable or combustible liquid tank | 30 days (after 90 days) | $50 | ||
| 8 | (Mandatory) To change the type of contents stored in a flammable or combustible liquid tank to a material which poses a greater hazard than that for which the tank was design and constructed | 30 days | $50 | ||
| 9 | (Mandatory)To manufacture, process, blend, or refine flammable or combustible liquids | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 10 | (Mandatory) To engage in the dispensing of liquid fuels into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles at commercial, industrial, governmental, or manufacturing establishments (Gas Station) | 365 days | $50 | ||
| 11 | (Mandatory) To utilize a site for the dispensing of liquid fuels from tank vehicles into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles, marine craft, and other special equipment at commercial, industrial, governmental, or manufacturing establishments | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Floor Finishing | To finish or surface a floor exceeding 350 sq. ft. using Class I or Class II liquids | Per site | $50 | ||
| Fruit and Crop Ripening | To operate a fruit or crop ripening facility or conduct a fruit-ripening process using ethylene gas | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Fumigation and Insecticidal Fogging | (Mandatory) To operate a business of fumigation or thermal insecticidal fogging and to maintain a room, vault, or chamber in which a toxic or flammable fumigant is used | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Hazardous Materials | To store, transport on site, dispense, use, or handle hazardous materials in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.21 | 365 days | $50 | ||
| HPM Facilities | To store, handle, or use hazardous producing materials | 365 days | $50 | ||
| High-Piled Storage | To use a building or portion thereof as a high-piled storage area exceeding 500 sq. ft. | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Hot Work Operations | To conduct Hot Work Operations including cutting, welding, grinding, application of roof coverings with the use of open flame, or other operations determined by the Fire Marshal | 60 days | $50 | ||
| Industrial Ovens | To operation of industrial ovens regulated by Chapter 30 | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Lumber Yards and Woodworking Plants | To store or process lumber exceeding 100,000 board feet | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Liquid- or Gas-Fueled Vehicles in Assembly Buildings | To display, operate, or demonstrate liquid- or gas-fueled vehicles or equipment in assembly buildings | 30 days | $50 | ||
| Magnesium | To melt, cast, heat treat, or grind more than 10 pounds of magnesium | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Miscellaneous Combustible Storage | To store in any building or upon any premises in excess of 2,500 cubic feet gross volume | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Mobile Food Preparation Vehicles | A permit is required for mobile food preparation vehicles equipped with appliances that produce smoke or grease-laden vapors |
180 days | $50 | ||
| Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities | An operational permit is required for the operation of automotive, marine, and fleet motor fuel-dispensing facilities | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Open Burning | Kindling or maintaining of an open fire on any public street, alley, road, or other public or private ground approved under NC Fire Code and Town Code (Chapter 7 Fire Prevention & Protection/Article IA Regulations of Open Burning/Sections 7.7-7.10) | 1 day |
$50 |
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| Open Flames and Candles | To use open flames or candles in connection with assembly areas, dining areas of restaurants, or drinking establishments | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Open Flames and Torches | An operational permit is required to remove paint with a torch, or to use a torch or open flame device in a wildfire risk area | 30 days | $50 | ||
| Organic Coatings | For any organic-coating manufacturing operation producing more than 1 gallon of an organic coating in one day | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Places of Assembly | Operate a place of assembly | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Private Fire Hydrants | Removal from service, use operation of private fire hydrants (per hydrant) | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Pyrotechnic Special Effects Material | (Mandatory) An operational permit is required for the use and handling of pyrotechnic special effects material | Per Event | $50 | ||
| Pyroxylin Plastics | To store or handle more than 25 pounds of cellulose nitrate plastics | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Refrigeration Equipment | To operate a mechanical refrigeration unit or system | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Repair Garages | To operate a repair garage and automotive, marine, and fleet motor fuel-dispensing facility | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Rooftop Heliports | To operate a rooftop heliport | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Spraying or Dipping Operations | To conduct a spraying or dipping operation utilizing flammable or combustible liquids, or the application of combustible powders regulated by Chapter 24 | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Storage of Scrap Tires and Tire Byproducts | To establish, conduct, or maintain storage of scrap tires and tire byproducts that exceed 2,500 cubic feet of total volume of scrap tires and for indoor storage of tires and tire byproducts | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Temporary Membrane Structures, Tents and Canopies |
To operate an air-supported temporary membrane structure, or a temporary stage canopy having an area in excess of 800 square feet (37 m2), or a tent having an area in excess of 1,800 square feet (74 m2) |
180 days | $50 per tent | ||
| Tire Rebuilding Plants | To operate and maintain a tire rebuilding plant | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Waste Handling | To operate wrecking yards, junk yards, and waste material-handling facilities | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Wood Products | To store chips, hogged material, lumber, or plywood in excess of 200 cubic feet | 365 days | $50 | ||
| Construction Permits | Description | Permit Fee |
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Note: All permit fees include plan review Note: Plans that are not code-compliant after second review will incur an additional $100.00 per review fee Beginning work or maintaining an operation requiring any permits adopted by the Town of Chapel Hill without obtaining the proper permit(s), shall double the permit fee. A Stop Work Order shall be issued until payment is received and permit issued. |
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| Automatic & Manual Fire-Extinguishing Systems | Installation, modification, or removal from service of a sprinkler, standpipe system, or other Kitchen Suppression or Alternate Automatic Extinguishing System | See below | ||
| Sprinkler Systems | ||||
| Tier 1 | 0 - 999 sq. ft. | $75 | ||
| Tier 2 | 1,000 - 2,499 sq. ft. | $100 | ||
| Tier 3 | 2,500 - 9,999 sq. ft. | $125 | ||
| Tier 4 | 10,000 - 49,999 sq. ft. | $225 | ||
| Tier 5 | 50,000 or more sq. ft. | $325 | ||
| Standpipe Systems | $300 | |||
| Automatic Extinguishing Systems | $50 | |||
| Battery Systems | Installation of stationary storage battery systems having a liquid capacity of more than 50 gallons | $200 | ||
| Compressed Gas Systems | Where the compressed gases in use or storage exceed the amounts listed in Table 105.6.9, a construction permit is required to install, repair damage to, abandon, remove, place temporarily out of service, close, or substantially modify a compressed gas system. | $200 | ||
| Cryogenic Fluids | Installation of or alteration to outdoor stationary cryogenic fluid storage systems where the system capacity exceeds the amounts listed in Table 105.6.11. Maintenance performed in accordance with this code is not considered to be an alteration and does not require a construction permit. | $200 | ||
| Fire Alarm and Detection Systems | Installation of or modification to emergency responder radio coverage systems and related equipment. Maintenance performed in accordance with this code is not considered to be a modification and does not require a construction permit. | See below | ||
| Tier 1 | 0 - 999 sq. ft. | $75 | ||
| Tier 2 | 1,000 - 2,499 sq. ft. | $100 | ||
| Tier 3 | 2,500 - 9,999 sq. ft. | $125 | ||
| Tier 4 | 10,000 - 49,999 sq. ft. | $225 | ||
| Tier 5 | 50,000 or more sq. ft. | $325 | ||
| ERRC Design Criteria Request | No fee | |||
| ERRC Building Analysis Review | $75/building | |||
| ERRC Plan Review |
$100/ building |
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| Fire and Life Safety Plan Review | Review proposed new and existing architectural/building plans to confirm fire and life safety compliance within the built environment | $200 |
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| Fire Pumps and Related Equipment | Installation of, or modification to fire pumps and related fuel tanks, jockey pumps, controllers, and generators (Required in addition to other Automatic & Manual Fire Extinguishing System Construction Permits) | $100 |
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| Flammable and Combustible Liquid Facilities | 1 | Install, repair or modify a pipeline for the transportation of flammable or combustible liquids | $150 |
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| 2 | Install, construct or alter tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, transported, stored, dispensed, or used | $150 |
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| 3 | Install, alter, remove, abandon, or otherwise dispose of a flammable or combustible liquid tank | $150 |
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| Gates and Barricades across Fire Apparatus Access Roads | A construction permit is required for the installation of or modification to a gate or barricade across a fire apparatus access road | $75 | ||
| Hazardous Materials Facilities | Install, repair damage to, abandon, remove, place temporarily out of service, or close or substantially modify a storage facility or other area regulated by Chapter 50 where the hazardous materials in use or storage exceed the amounts listed in Table 105.6.21 | $300 |
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| Industrial Ovens | Installation of industrial ovens as described in Chapter 30 | $300 | ||
| Private Fire Hydrants | To install, use, or operate fire hydrants or valves intended for fire suppression purposes, which are installed on water systems and accessible to a fire apparatus access road that is open to or generally used by the public | $50 |
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| Smoke Control or Smoke Exhaust Systems | Construction permits are required for installation of or alteration to smoke control or smoke exhaust systems. Maintenance performed in accordance with this code is not considered to be an alteration and does not require a permit. | $75 | ||
| Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems | A construction permit is required to install or modify solar photovoltaic power systems. Maintenance performed in accordance with the NC Fire Code is not considered to be a modification and does not require a permit. | $75 | ||
| Spraying and Dipping | A construction permit is required to install or modify a spray room, dip tank, or booth. Maintenance performed in accordance with the NC Fire Code is not considered to be a modification and does not require a permit. | $75 | ||
| Site/Land Development | 1 - 50,000 sq. ft. | $75 | ||
| >50,000 sq. ft. | $150 | |||
| Fire Inspection fees |
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NC mandates that every structure be inspected for fire code violations on a structured timeline. Fee includes initial inspection and (1) re-inspection if all corrections are made. Subsequent re-inspections with corrections needed will assess additional fees.
Note: Identified violation(s) of the NC Fire Code, or condition(s) deemed detrimental to the life safety of the occupants, that are not corrected shall be subject to reinspection fee of $500.00.
Note: Upon issuance of three (3) consecutive re-inspection fees without compliance, the owner, operator, or other responsible person shall be cited to court for violation of NC General Statute 14-68. |
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| Tier 1 inspection: 0 - 999 sq. ft. | $50 | |
| Tier 2 inspection: 1,000 - 2,499 sq. ft. | $75 | |
| Tier 3 inspection: 2,500 - 9,999 sq. ft. | $100 | |
| Tier 4 inspection: 10,000 - 49,999 sq. ft. | $200 | |
| Tier 5 inspection: 50,000 sq. ft. and above | $300 | |
| Construction Fire Inspection | ||
| Fee for buildings under construction to assist with cost of associated fire inspection visits required. | $0.07 / sq ft | |
| Other Fees and Charges | Description | Fee |
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| Fire Incident Report | Copy of Fire Incident Report Copy provided at no charge to Owner/Occupant |
$3/copy |
| Accidental Alarm Ordinance**** | All fees pursuant to the Town Code for Accidental Alarm Management (Chapter 15, Article II) | |
| Fire Penalties | Authorization to issue and receive settlement of Civil Penalties for any violation of NC Fire Code or Town Code as authorized by Town Ordinance. Specific penalty amounts are specified in Town Code. |
See Town Code |
| Hazardous Materials | The cost of equipment, time, and consumable materials used in the response to hazardous materials events as defined in the ordinance. |
Determined by Hourly Rate - contact CHFD |
| Special Event Coverage Fee | Fee for the Town to provide staffing and equipment in support of special events conducted in the town. |
Determined by Hourly Rate - contact CHFD |