DHS 134.815(2)(d)(d) Total fee for review of plans. To determine the total fee for review of plans, the department shall:

DHS 134.815(2)(e)1.1. ‘Fee for miscellaneous plans.’ Miscellaneous plans are plans that have no building or heating, ventilation or air conditioning plan submissions and for which there may not be an associated area. The fee for a miscellaneous plan shall be $250. This fee is for plan review and inspection. Miscellaneous plans include:

DHS 134.815(2)(e)1.a.a. Footing and foundation plans submitted prior to the submission of the building plans;

DHS 134.815(2)(e)1.b.b. Plans for industrial exhaust systems for dust, fumes, vapors and gases, for government-owned buildings only;

DHS 134.815(2)(e)1.d.d. Stadium, grandstand and bleacher plans, and interior bleacher plans submitted as independent projects;

DHS 134.815(2)(e)1.e.e. Structural plans submitted as independent projects, such as docks, piers, antennae, outdoor movie screens and observation towers; and

DHS 134.815(2)(e)1.f.f. Plans for any building component, other than building and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, submitted following the final inspection by the department.

DHS 134.815(2)(e)2.2. ‘Fee for permission to start construction.’ The fee for permission to start construction shall be $80. This fee shall apply to those applicants proposing to start construction prior to the approval of the plans by the department.

DHS 134.815(2)(e)3.3. ‘Fee for plan revision.’ The fee for revision of previously approved plans shall be $100. This paragraph applies when plans are revised for reasons other than those that were requested by the department. The department may not charge a fee for revisions requested by the department as a condition of original plan approval.

DHS 134.815(2)(e)4.4. ‘Fee for extension of plan approval.’ The examination fee for a plan previously approved by the department for which an approval extension [is requested] beyond the time limit specified in this chapter shall be $75 per plan.

DHS 134.815(2)(e)5.5. ‘Collection of fees.’ Fees shall be remitted at the time the plans are submitted. No plan examinations, approvals or inspections may be made until fees are received.

DHS 134.815(2)(e)6.a.a. The department shall charge a handling fee of $50 per plan to the submitting party for any plan that is submitted to the department, entered into the department’s system and subsequently requested by the submitting party to be returned prior to departmental review.

DHS 134.815(2)(e)6.b.b. The department may charge a photocopying fee of 25 cents per page to anyone who requests copies of construction or remodeling plans, except that a fee of $5 per plan sheet shall be charged for reproduction of plan sheets larger than legal size.

DHS 134.815(3)(3) Handling and copying fees.

DHS 134.815(3)(a)(a) The department shall charge a handling fee of $50 per plan to the submitting party for any plan which is submitted to the department, entered into the department’s system and then the submitting party requests that it be returned prior to review.

DHS 134.815(3)(b)(b) The department may charge a photocopying fee of 25 cents per page to anyone who requests copies of construction or remodeling plans, except that a fee of $5 per plan sheet shall be charged for reproduction of plan sheets larger than legal size.

DHS 134.815 HistoryHistory: Emerg. cr. eff. 1-1-94; cr. Register, August, 1994, No. 464, eff. 9-1-94; emerg. r. and recr. eff. 7-1-96; r. and recr. (2), Register, December, 1996, No. 492, eff. 1-1-97; CR 03-033: am. (1) and (2) (a) Register December 2003 No. 576, eff. 1-1-04.

DHS 134.82(1)(1) Applicability. Facilities shall meet the applicable provisions of the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code.

DHS 134.82 NoteNote: Copies of the 2012 Life Safety Code and related codes are on file in the Department’s Division of Quality Assurance and the Legislative Reference Bureau, and may be obtained from the National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169.

DHS 134.82(2)(2) Fire safety equivalency determination. An existing facility that does not meet all the requirements of the applicable Life Safety Code may be considered in compliance with it if it achieves a passing score on the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES), developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, to establish safety equivalencies under the Life Safety Code.