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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 10.
For Meeting of: December 13, 2022
ITEM TITLE: Resolution amending the Fire and Life Safety Fee Schedule
SUBMITTED BY: Aaron Markham, Fire Chief
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The Yakima City Council authorized the implementation of fire inspection fees beginning in
January of 2017 with an increase adjustment in May of 2018. It has been over four years since
any adjustments in fees have been requested to cover the increased cost for this service. The
Fire Department's Community Risk Reduction Division is requesting council consider an
increase to the fees as outlined in Exhibit"A".
ITEM BUDGETED: NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
D resolution 12/8/2022 Corer Memo
❑ Exhibit"A" 12/2/2022 Corer Memo
D Support Documentation 12/2/2022 Corer Memo
D Memo 11/14/2022 Corer Memo
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RESOLUTION NO. R-2022-
A RESOLUTION amending the Fire and Life Safety Fee Schedule.
WHEREAS, fees for Fire and Life Safety Inspections will be established in the City's
Master Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS, fees for Fire and Life Safety Inspections were established in 2017 and were
approved for a modest increase in 2018 but have not seen an increase since then; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima used information provided during a fee study conducted
by FCS Group to analyze appropriate fees and make recommendations to the City for new fee
adjustment to increase cost recovery; and
WHEREAS, FCS Group was determined to be qualified to perform this fee analysis; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that approval of such fees is in the
best interests of residents of the City of Yakima; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Upon Ordinance No. 2022-040 becoming effective, the fire and life safety fees as set
forth in the attached Exhibit "A" are hereby adopted.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 13'h day of December, 2022.
Janice Deccio, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sonya Clear Tee, City Clerk
FIRE CODE
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10.05.015 2019009 10,001-15,000 E 125.00 f 128.75 $ 132.61 $ 136.59 S 140.69
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Compliance Fire and Life Safety Rainspection Fee Schedule
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2023 Fire and Life Safety Division
Ci-14NEit Inspection Fee Schedule
AlkE IOC Building Inspections
Occupancy Type
Tier Square Feet B R U A E I M H 5 F
1 0-5,000 $ 55 $ 55 $ 55 $ 95 $ 95 $ 95 $ 95 $ 125 $ 125 $ 125
2 5,001- 10,000 $ 85 $ 85 $ 85 $ 125 $ 125 $ 125 $ 125 $ 155 $ 155 $ 155
3 10,001-15,000 $ 125 $ 125 $ 125 $ 165 $ 165 $ 165 $ 165 $ 205 $ 205 $ 205
4 15,001-20,000 $ 175 $ 175 $ 175 $ 215 $ 215 $ 215 $ 215 $ 265 $ 265 $ 265
5 20,001-50,000 $ 235 $ 235 $ 235 $ 275 $ 275 $ 275 $ 275 $ 335 $ 335 $ 335
6 50,001-100,000 $ 305 $ 305 $ 305 $ 345 $ 345 $ 345 $ 345 $ 415 $ 415 $ 415
7 100,001and over $ 385 $ 385 $ 385 $ 425 $ 425 $ 425 $ 425 $ 495 $ 495 $ 495
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
*Rates are for a single inspector for maximum 2 hours(or 2 inspectors for 1 hours)
*Inspections exceeding 2 personnel hours in duration to incur additional hourly rate of$50/hour(charged in 30 minute increments)per inspector.
*Vacant Occupancies,deduct$25 from fee schedule.Vacant occupancies defined as containing no storage and are unoccupied at time of inspection.
*A 3%inflarionary increase shall be applied to the fees listed above each year thereafter.
Occupancy Types
Group 1
13 - (Business)The use of a building or structure for office,professional or service type transactions.
H - (Residential)The use of a building or structure for sleeping purposes.(Day Cares:in home childcare facilities caring for less than 12
children)(Care Facility:in home for five or fewer persons)
1, - (Miscellaneous)Buildings and structures of an accessory character and miscellaneous structures not classifed in any specific
occupancy.(barn,carports,grain,silos,etc.)
Group 2
A - (Assembly)The use of a building or structure for the gathering of persons for the purposes such as civic,social or relgious functions,
recreation,foor or drink consumption or awaiting transportation.
Ni - (Mercantile)Building or stuctures used for the display and sale of merchandise accessible to the public.
E - (Educational)The use of a building or structure by 6 or more persons for educational purposes through the 12th grade.(Daycares:
more than 5 children older than 2.5 years of age)
I - (Institutional)The use of a building or structure in which people are cared for or are living in a supervised environment.This includes
people having physical limitations because of health or age,are harbored for medical treatment or other.
Group 3
The use of a building or structure for assemnling,disssembling,fabricating,finishing,manufacturing,packaging,repair or processing
1 - operation.
11 - (Hazardous)The use of a building or structure that involves the manufacturing,processing,generation or storage of materials that
constitutes a physical health hazard.
6 - (Storage)The use of a building or structure for storage that is not classified as an"H"occupancy.
Special Event Fee Schedule Compliance Fee Schedule
Charged to the event(not the individual vendor) Pumper of Re-Inspections Fee
Hours Per Day Fee 1 $ -
2 (minumum) $ 120 2 $ 75
3 $ 180 3 $ 150
4 $ 240 4 $ 250
5 $ 300 5 $ 350
For every additional hour add$60/hour per inspector 6 $ 450
Further compliance forwarded to Code
Administration for compliance enforcement
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MEMORANDUM
November 14, 2022
To: Bob Harrison
City Manager
From: Aaron Markham
Fire Chief
Re: Fire Inspection Fees
Mr. Harrison,
This memo is a proposal to increase the fire inspection fee charges beginning in January 2023. The City of Yakima began
charging for fire inspections in January of 2017,after the City Council adopted an ordinance during its December 6,2016,
regular business meeting. The City Council approved an additional increase to the fire inspection fees during a regular
business meeting on May 15, 2018. Since that time the fire inspection fees have not increased to cover the direct and
indirect costs associated with supporting this division of the fire department. The proposed fee schedule shows several
changes to the inspection fee table.
The first change in the schedule is to the occupancy types. There are now three groups of occupancy types versus two in
the original table. The groups are now more associated with the complexity that is involved in conducting a Fire and Life
Safety Inspection, with group one (1) occupancies being the least complex and group three (3) being the most complex.
The more complex a fire inspection is,the more time it takes to complete.
The second change is the square footage of the building being inspected. Square footage is a direct correlation to the
amount of time it takes to inspect a building. The larger the building, the longer it takes an inspector to get around to all
the areas, therefore the fees increase as the square footage increases. We also changed the number of tiers going from
three (3) tiers based on square footage to seven (7) tiers,each increasing in cost as the size of the occupancy increases.
The third significant change is to the compliance re-inspection fees.The first inspection after a notice of non-compliance
has been issued is free;this is to allow an occupant time to resolve their fire code violation/violations after being informed
of what those deficiencies are by inspectors. Our goal is to have fire code violations corrected with the least amount of
impact to the business. If the corrections are not fixed after the first re-inspection visit, occupants and owners begin
getting charged a compliance re-inspection fee which increases each time an inspector returns to the occupancy. If after
six (6)visits the violations are still outstanding, the occupancy is referred to Code Enforcement for further compliance.
Our proposed changes also recommend a three percent(3%) inflationary factor that would be applied to the fee schedule
at the beginning of each subsequent year.The inflationary factor was suggested by FCS in the recent fee study.
We believe these fee adjustments are fair and equitable across the occupancy classifications and sizes and will greatly
improve cost recovery.
At this time, we do not have an estimate of the revenue these new fees will generate because of the following factors:
We will provide all-risk emergency and non-emergency services to our community
We are committed to serving with courage and compassion as stewards of public trust
We shall leave a positive and genuine impact on all who call upon us
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• A complete list of occupancies by type and size for the newly created tiers has not been created to provide a more
accurate estimate.
• Compliance re-inspection fees may decline as businesses become more educated on fire code violations and are
able to keep them reduced.
• There is a difference in the amount of fire inspection fees that are billed versus the amount that is collected. The
most accurate data would be pre-Covid before many occupancies were temporarily closed. In 2018 we collected
83% of billable charges and in 2019 we collected 92%. It is uncertain if significant fee increases will also increase
the fees that are uncollected.
In 2019, during the budget adoption process we made some changes to fire department operations that directly
affected this divisions workload. We unfunded the fire department's combat and non-combat reserve program which
shifted the work that was previously done by these part-time employees to the Community Risk Reduction Specialists.
They now assist with fire suppression activities on and off-duty by responding with the department's rehabilitation
unit. This unit and staff refill self-contained breathing apparatus bottles used while fighting a structure fire.They also
provide the necessary hydration refreshments to keep our personnel healthy and hydrated during these strenuous
activities. These call outs come during all times of the day and night and take them from their inspection duties;
however, this was the tradeoff for a more responsive crew that could get this apparatus out the door on a more
consistent basis.
Respectfully submitted,
Aaron Markham
Fire Chief