[CC 1976 §500.010; Ord. No. 2145 §1, 2-10-1998; Ord. No. 2298 §1, 9-27-2001; Ord.
No. 2546 §1, 10-25-2008]
A.
A certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Shrewsbury, said copies being marked and designated as the International Building Code, 2006 Edition, including Appendix Chapters A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I and J, as published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Shrewsbury in the State of Missouri for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures as hereby provided; and each and all terms of the said International Building Code, 2006 Edition, are hereby referred to, adopted and made part thereof, as if fully set out in this Article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 500.020 of this Article. Whenever the term "this
code" is used in this Article or in the International Building
Code, 2006 Edition, it shall mean the International Building Code,
2006 Edition, Chapters 1 through 35. The 2006 Edition of the International
Residential Code, the 2006 Edition of the International Existing Building
Code, the International Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition and
the 2006 Edition of the International Energy Conservation Code are
hereby referred to, adopted and made a part thereof, as if fully set
out in this Article, with the additions, deletions and changes prescribed
in this Article. The International Fire Code, 2006 Edition, is also
referenced and considered to be a part of the requirements of the
Building Code to the prescribed extent of such reference to it within
the Building Code. Moreover, the 2005 Edition of the National Electric
Code, as published by the National Fire Protection Association and
as adopted by the St. Louis County Code as amended on March 1, 2006,
be and is hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Shrewsbury
in the State of Missouri.
B.
The
term "Building Official", whenever employed in the
said "International Building Code" and its supplements, shall be construed
to mean the Building Commissioner who shall be charged with the enforcement
of the provisions of this Article.
[CC 1976 §500.020; Ord. No. 2298 §2, 9-27-2001; Ord. No. 2435 §1, 5-28-2005; Ord.
No. 2546 §2, 10-25-2008; Ord. No. 2555 §1, 3-10-2009; Ord.
No. 2670 §1, 8-14-2012]
A.
The "International Building Code" as adopted in Section 500.010 is hereby revised as follows:
1.
IBC Section 101.1. Insert: "City of Shrewsbury" (for all documents).
2.
IBC Sections 105.2(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10),
(12) and (13). Delete from the 2006 International Building Code, 2006
International Residential Code and from the 2006 International Existing
Building Code.
[Ord. No. 2743 §2, 11-19-2013]
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105.5.1 Expiration. Solely with respect to
buildings located in districts zoned as commercial or industrial that
are greater than sixty thousand (60,000) square feet, every permit
issued with respect to said buildings shall become invalid unless
the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced within
five hundred forty-five (545) days after its issuance, or if the work
authorized on the site by such permit is suspended or abandoned for
a one-hundred-eighty-day period after the time the work has initially
been commenced. The Building Commissioner is authorized to grant,
in writing, additional extensions ("additional extension") of time,
for periods not more than one hundred eighty (180) days each. Such
additional extension shall be requested in writing, and justifiable
cause must be demonstrated by the permit holder.
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105.5.2 Work on the site. For purposes of Sections
105.5 and 105.5.1, commencing any one or more of the following on
the site shall satisfy the requirement that work on the site be commenced
within the time periods provided in Sections 105.5 and 105.5.1, respectively:
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1.
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Construction of public improvements which will serve the site,
whether located on the site or not, including, but not limited to:
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a)
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Storm and sanitary sewers, stormwater control, detention facilities
and other infrastructure improvements required to obtain all necessary
approvals and permits; and/or
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b)
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Water mains; and/or
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c)
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Construction, reconstruction and/or relocation of other utilities,
including the burying of utility lines (to the extent permitted by
the applicable utility companies); and/or
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d)
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Any water, sewer, street and other infrastructure required to
accommodate all of the uses proposed on the site; and/or
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2.
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Demolition, excavation, mobilization and/or removal of all existing
buildings and improvements, if any; and/or
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3.
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Clearing, grading and site preparation; and/or
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4.
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Construction of any buildings and structures, including, but
not limited to, primary and accessory buildings, parking facilities,
screening and site landscaping; and/or
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5.
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Environmental remediation; and/or
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6.
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Any other similar actions or activities.
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105.5.3 Review. If the issuance, extension
or validity of a permit is challenged, whether through a municipal
administrative process or a judicial process, the permit shall remain
valid until a final decision or judgment is made by the municipal
administrative body or the judicial system (including any appeals).
If the issuance, extension or validity of the permit is upheld, the
permit holder shall automatically have an additional one hundred eighty
(180) days from the date of the final decision or judgment to commence
or resume work on the site. Such an extension does not affect the
permit holder's right to seek additional extensions from the Building
Commissioner.
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3.
Section 110.2.1 Work regulations and bond or surety requirements.
No demolition permit shall be issued to any person, firm or
corporation unless and until such wrecking or demolition firm, corporation
or individual shall have posted or deposited either cash or surety
bond, satisfactory to the City, in the sum of two thousand dollars
($2,000.00) in favor of the City of Shrewsbury, conditioned upon the
following requirements:
a.
All wrecking and demolition work will be completed within ninety
(90) days from the date of issuance of the permit and shall be done
in a workmanlike manner.
b.
All demolition work will be done in full compliance with the Nuisance Chapter of the City of Shrewsbury (see Chapter 205 of this Code).
c.
Demolition work shall not commence before 7:00 A.M. and shall cease
not later than 6:00 P.M. any day, and no such work shall be permitted
on any Sunday or legal holiday at any time.
4.
IBC Section 112. The Board of Appeals as referred to in Section 112
is the City of Shrewsbury's "Board of Adjustment".
5.
Section 112.3.1 entitled "Fee Schedule" is hereby repealed and a
new Section to be known as Section 112.3.1. "Fee Schedule" is hereby
enacted in lieu thereof and shall read as follows:
Section 112.3.3 New construction and alterations. The fee for a building permit shall be based on the total project
construction cost or the volume of the structure, as prescribed in
the City's ordinances, and the Building Commissioner is authorized
to collect fees for building permits, inspections, special inspections,
occupancy permits according to the following:
[Ord. No. 3023, 12-14-2021]
a.
The building permit fee required for a permit for construction of
a new building or addition shall be based on the project cost of the
new construction or addition as follows:
(1)
The permit fee for construction of a new residential building
or addition shall be one percent (1%) of the total project construction
cost in addition to a fifty dollar ($50.00) document review fee.
(2)
The permit fee for construction of a new commercial building
or addition shall be one percent (1%) of the total project construction
cost in addition to a one hundred dollar ($100.00) document review
fee.
b.
Shoring, raising, underpinning or moving any building:
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For each 11,000 cubic feet of volume or fractional part
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$20.00
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Minimum charge
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$20.00
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c.
Wrecking any building or other structure one (1) or more
stories in height:
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For each 10 lineal feet of building frontage or fractional part
for one-story structure not exceeding 15 feet in height
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$200.00
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For each additional one (1) foot in height above 15 feet
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$34.00/L.F.
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Minimum charge
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$50.00
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d.
Fire escape, erection or alterations. One percent
(1%) of the total construction cost in addition to a one hundred dollar
($100.00) document review fee.
e.
Canopy or marquee, erection or alteration. One percent
(1%) of the total construction cost in addition to a one hundred dollar
($100.00) document review fee.
f.
Chimneys, isolated or over fifty (50) feet above any roof. One percent (1%) of the total construction cost in addition to a
one hundred dollar ($100.00) document review fee.
g.
Tanks, above roof or tower. One percent (1%) of
the total construction cost in addition to a one hundred dollar ($100.00)
document review fee.
h.
Advertising signs:
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For each twenty (20) square feet or fractional part
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$20.00
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i.
Elevators and escalators:
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Power operated, five (5) floors or less in height installed
or altered
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$50.00
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Each additional floor above five
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$15.00
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Hand operated
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$45.00
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Platform lift
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$50.00
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Theater curtains
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$30.00
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Stage or orchestra platforms
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$50.00
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Dumbwaiters, power operated, five (5) floors or less in height,
installed or altered
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$45.00
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Each additional floor above five (5)
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$10.00
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Hand operated, five (5) floors or less in height
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$45.00
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Each additional floor above five (5)
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$10.00
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Temporary construction towers over fifty (50) feet in height
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$75.00
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Amusement devices of all kinds, including, but not limited
to, mechanical riding, sliding, sailing or swinging:
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Portable — for each assembly or installation
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$50.00
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Permanent — installed or altered
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$50.00
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Temporary seating stands
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$50.00
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Ventilating systems—mechanical, supply or exhaust. One percent (1% ) of the total construction cost in addition to
a one hundred dollar ($100.00) document review fee.
m.
Tanks for flammable liquids. One percent (1% ) of
the total construction cost in addition to a one hundred dollar ($100.00)
document review fee.
n.
Temporary platforms for public assembly units.
One percent (1% ) of the total construction cost in addition to a
one hundred dollar ($100.00) document review fee.
o.
Warm air heating plants:
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For each furnace, installed, renewed or repaired
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$25.00
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To renew grates, smoke pipes and resetting old furnace in same
location, or renewing of single warm air pipes in basement: no fee;
but when additional runs or new stacks are installed, fee shall be
for each stack or run
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$7.50
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Inspection fees
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$12.00
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p.
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning:
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Furnace or boiler (any size)
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$35.00
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Water tower or air cooled condenser
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$25.00
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Cooling coil (evaporator)
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$10.00
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Commercial low temp. refrigeration:
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Each compressor
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$20.00
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Evaporator
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$10.00
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Exhaust or fresh air fan
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$10.00
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Flue
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$10.00
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Fireplace
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$20.00
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Wood burning stove
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$15.00
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Roof top unit cooling only
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$30.00
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Roof top unit heat and cool
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$40.00
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Through the wall unit heat and cool
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$15.00
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Steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels:
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High pressure boiler containing not more than 250 S.F. of heating
surface
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$30.00
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High pressure boiler with more than 250 S.F. and not more than
1,500 S.F. of heating surface
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$50.00
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High pressure boiler containing more than 1,500 S.F. and not
more than 5,000 S.F. of heating surface
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$60.00
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High pressure boiler containing more than 5,000 S.F. of heating
surface
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$65.00
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Unfired pressure vessel designed for 15 lbs. pressure or less
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$25.00
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Unfired pressure vessel designed for more than 15 lbs. pressure
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$35.00
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s.
Mechanical refrigeration.
(1)
Classification.
(a)
Containing more than one thousand (1,000) pounds of refrigerant.
(b)
Containing more than one hundred (100) pounds but less than
one thousand (1,000) pounds of refrigerant.
(c)
Containing more than twenty (20) pounds but less than one hundred
(100) pounds of refrigerant.
(d)
Containing more than six (6) pounds but less than twenty (20)
pounds of refrigerant.
(2)
Fees. The fees provided for the issuance of
a permit for installation and first (1st) inspection of a refrigerating
system shall be as follows:
All dwellings and remote systems:
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Class B. Thirty dollars ($30.00) for each compressor
or generator unit and ten dollars ($10.00) for each evaporator.
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Class C. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each
compressor or generator unit and ten dollars ($10.00) for each evaporator.
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Class D. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each
compressor or generator unit and ten dollars ($10.00) for each evaporator.
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Class E. Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a motor
larger than one-quarter (¼) h.p.
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t.
Sprinkler system.
(1)
Permit fees. Fees to be charged for sprinkler
system permit shall be as follows:
For the installation and initial inspection test of a standard
sprinkler system fifty dollars ($50.00) for one hundred (100) sprinkler
heads or less and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) additional for each
additional one hundred (100) sprinkler heads or fraction thereof and
for a fire pump used in connection with a sprinkler system twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) for each fifty (50) gallons pumping capacity per
minute or fraction thereof. Where a fire pump serves both a standpipe
system and a sprinkler system, only one (1) pump fee shall be charged.
(2)
Inspection. Every standard sprinkler system
now in existence or which may hereafter be installed, shall be inspected
annually. It shall be the responsibility of the owner/occupant to
see the annual inspection is made. After inspection is made, a report
of the results is to be forwarded to the Fire Commissioner of the
City of Shrewsbury.
u.
Standpipe risers.
(1)
Permit fees. Fees for a permit for the installation
and initial inspection test of a standpipe system in any building
five (5) stories or more in height shall be fifty dollars ($50.00)
for the first (1st) standpipe, twenty dollars ($20.00) for each additional
standpipe, and twenty dollars ($20.00) for each unit of pumping capacity
of fifty (50) gallons per minute or fraction thereof.
(2)
Inspection. It shall be the duty of the Fire
Commissioner or duly authorized agent to the City of Shrewsbury to
cause an inspection to be made of all standpipe systems at least once
every six (6) months. In case such inspection discloses any violations
of or variation from the requirements of this, or any defective conditions,
which would handicap the operation of the standpipe system, notice
shall be sent to the owner or agent in control of the building containing
such standpipe system to remove or correct such defective conditions
within such time as shall be set forth by the said notice. For every
semiannual inspection, it shall be the duty of the owner to pay to
the City Collector an inspection fee of no less than twenty dollars
($20.00).
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Commercial and industrial systems:
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Class A — $30.00 for each compressor or generator unit.
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Class B — $25.00 for each compressor or generator unit.
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Class C — $20.00 for each compressor generator unit.
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Class D — $20.00 for each compressor or generator unit.
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Class E — $15.00 for each compressor or generator unit
with power supplied by a motor larger than one-fourth (¼) horsepower.
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The fee for annual inspection for multiple dwelling and remote
refrigerating systems shall be paid to the City Collector as follows:
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Class B — $30.00 for each compressor or generator unit.
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Class C — $25.00 for each compressor or generator unit.
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Class D — $20.00 for each compressor or generator unit.
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The fee for annual inspection for commercial and industrial
refrigerating systems shall be as follows:
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$20.00 for each compressor or generator unit of 5 tons or less
capacity.
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$25.00 for each compressor or generator unit over 5 tons and
not over 35 tons capacity.
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$30.00 for each compressor or generator unit over 35 tons and
not over 100 tons capacity.
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$40.00 for each compressor or generator unit over 100 tons capacity.
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Compressor capacity shall be based on five (5%) degrees evaporator
temperature and eighty-six (86%) degrees condenser temperature, and
compressor displacements shall conform to the following table for
refrigerants named:
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Per Min. Per Ton
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Carbon dioxide, CO2
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1,625 cu. in.
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Ammonia, NH3
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6,912 cu. in.
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Dichlorodifluoromethane, (CCL2F2)
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12,528 cu. in.
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Methyl chloride, CH3Cl
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13,824 cu. in.
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Sulphur dioxide, SO2
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20,736 cu. in.
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v.
Swimming pools.
(1)
Permit fees.
(a)
Private. One percent (1% ) of the total construction
cost in addition to a fifty dollar ($50.00) document review fee.
(b)
Public. One percent (1% ) of the total construction
cost in addition to a one hundred dollar ($100.00) document review
fee.
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Section 112.3.4. [Deleted]
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Section 112.3.5 Tents, tanks, etc. The fee
for a permit for the construction, erection or installation of a tent,
tank, or other structure or facility for which provision is made in
Section 112.3.3 shall be charged in accordance with the schedule set
forth.
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Section 112.3.5.1 Miscellaneous residential structures. The fee for a permit for the construction of a tower, retaining wall,
stack, or other structure whose volume cannot be properly computed,
and the fee for a permit for the construction of an addition to a
structure, the volume of which addition cannot be properly computed,
shall be based on the estimated cost of the construction and shall
be one percent (1%) of the total construction cost in addition to
a fifty dollar ($50.00) document review fee with a minimum fee for
any permit of forty dollars ($40.00).
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Section 112.3.5.2 Miscellaneous commercial structures. The fee for a permit for the construction of a tower, retaining
wall, stack, or other structure whose volume cannot be properly computed,
and the fee for a permit for the construction of an addition to a
structure, the volume of which addition cannot be properly computed,
shall be based on the estimated cost of the construction and shall
be one percent (1%) of the total construction cost in addition to
a one hundred dollar ($100.00) document review fee with a minimum
fee for any permit of forty dollars ($40.00).
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Section 112.3.6 Alterations and repairs. The
fee for a permit for alterations or repairs to a building or structure
shall be based on the estimated cost of said alterations or repairs
and shall be charged at the rate of eight dollars ($8.00) per one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fraction thereof of the estimated
cost of the work to be done; provided that the minimum fee for any
permit shall be forty dollars ($40.00).
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Section 112.3.7 Determination of basis for fee. In the event the Fee Schedule within this Chapter is silent or otherwise
ambiguous as to whether the user fee to be charged is based on the
volume of a building or structure or the total project construction
cost, the Building Commissioner shall make the determination as to
which basis to use.
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Section 112.3.7.1. Calculation of total project construction
cost. In the event the Fee Schedule provides (or the Building
Commissioner determines) that the user fee is based on the total project
construction cost, the Building Commissioner shall have discretion
to use the total project construction cost supplied by the applicant
or the total project construction cost as estimated in the version
of the International Code Council Building Valuation Data Table in
place at the time of the application.
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Section 112.3.7.2. Calculation when volume cannot be
wholly calculated. In the event that the Fee Schedule provides
(or the Building Commissioner determines) that the user fee is based
on the volume of a building or structure and the volume can only be
computed for a portion of the project, the fee for the permit for
the project shall be based on the volume for that portion for which
the volume can be computed and on the project cost for that portion
for which the volume cannot be properly computed.
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Section 112.3.8 Inspection fees. The following
fees shall be charge for building inspection:
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Residential building inspection. The fee charged
for inspection shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for each inspection
for each building or structure hereafter erected or altered.
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2.
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Commercial building inspection. The fee charged
for inspection shall be forty dollars ($40.00) for each inspection
for each building or structure hereafter erected or altered; and an
additional sum of forty dollars ($40.00) per inspection shall be charged
for each additional five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) cost of erection
or alteration, or fractional part thereof.
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6.
IBC Section 113.4 entitled "Violations Penalties" is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 113.4: Violation penalties. Any person
who shall violate a provision of the Basic Code or shall fail to comply
with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct,
alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved
plan or directive of the Building Commissioner, or of a permit or
certificate issued under the provisions of the Basic Code, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety
(90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation
continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
7.
IBC Section 114.3 entitled "Unlawful Continuance" is hereby amended
and shall read as follows:
Section 114.3 Unlawful continuance. Any person
who shall continue any work in or about the building after having
been served with a stop order, except such work as he/she is directed
to perform to remove a violation or unsafe conditions, shall be liable
to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than
five hundred dollars ($500.00).
8.
IBC Section 118.5 "Insurance company inspectors" is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 118.5 Insurance company inspectors. In addition to the elevator inspectors authorized by this code,
the Building Commissioner may, upon the request of any company authorized
to insure against elevator liability in this State, issue to any elevator
inspector of said company a certificate of competency to inspect elevators
and like equipment, provided such inspector has passed a qualification
examination before the Elevator Rules Committee, which certificate
shall be valid conditioned upon his/her continuing in the employ of
an insurance company authorized as aforesaid and upon his/her maintaining
the standards imposed by this Chapter. No insurance company inspector
shall inspect equipment covered by this Article in the City of Shrewsbury
unless he/she possesses a Certificate of Competency. The insurance
company inspector shall inspect all elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators,
manlifts, autolifts, and amusement devices insured by their respective
companies, and the owner or user of such mechanical equipment shall
be exempt from the payment of inspection fees to the City of Shrewsbury.
Such inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their
expenses be paid by the City of Shrewsbury. Each special inspector
shall submit upon forms approved for such purpose to the Building
Commissioner a written report of each inspection of such mechanical
equipment within twenty (20) days from the date of inspection.
9.
IBC Section 118.51 "Examination fees" is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 118.51 Examination fees. Each applicant
for a Certificate of Competency as a special elevator inspector, at
the time of filing his/her application for examination, shall pay
to the City of Shrewsbury and collected by the Building Commissioner
or other authorized municipal agent, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00)
for each examination. Any person who has failed to pass the examination
for Certificate of Competency shall be entitled to apply for a new
examination after ninety (90) days from such failure.
10.
IBC Section 1404 is hereby amended by adding Section 1404.4.1 entitled
"Masonry" and inserted immediately after Section 1404.4 and shall
read as follows:
Section 1404.4.1. Masonry
Exterior wall facing materials other than solid brick masonry
are acceptable and may be approved for use on single-family and multi-family
dwellings that do not exceed two (2) stories in height. Whenever the
exterior finishes other than a minimum of four (4) inches of solid
masonry are approved, the aggregate total area permitted for use of
such materials shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total area
not including openings of each elevation or facade of the building.
In any subdivision with a zoning classification of single-family
residential, the original plat of which has been duly approved and
recorded in the office of the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds after
the first (1st) day of January, 1981, and which shall contain one
hundred (100) or more lots, a maximum of twelve percent (12%) of the
houses to be constructed within the subdivision may be constructed
with an exterior finish other than a minimum of four (4) inches of
solid masonry on fifty percent (50%) of the total area, subject, however,
to the approval of the Building Commissioner.
11.
IBC Section 2701.1.2 entitled "Permit and Certificate of Inspection"
and inserted immediately after Section 2701.1, shall be amended to
read as follows:
Section 2701.1.2 Permit and Certificate of Inspection. No wiring system or electrical equipment shall be installed within
or on any building or structure or premises, nor shall any alteration
or addition be made in any such existing installations without first
securing approval and a permit from the Building Official. It shall
be unlawful to use or permit the use of, or to supply current for
electric wiring for heat, light or power in a building or structure,
unless the required certificate of inspection and permit has been
issued by the Building Official. All electrical inspection fees and
the cost of electrical permits shall be established by and paid to
the St. Louis County Office of Electrical Inspections of the Public
Works Department.
12.
IBC Section 3109 entitled "Swimming Pool Enclosures and Safety Devices"
is hereby deleted from the Building Code.
13.
IBC Section 3410.2. Insert: October 15, 2008.
B.
The "International Residential Code" as adopted in Section 500.010 is hereby revised as follows:
[Ord. No. 3030, 3-22-2022]
1.
Section R310.1 Emergency escape and rescue required.
R310.1. Emergency escape and rescue required. Basements and
every sleeping room shall have at least one (1) operable emergency
escape and rescue opening. Such opening shall open directly into a
public street, public alley, yard or court. Where basements contain
one (1) or more sleeping rooms, emergency egress and rescue openings
shall be required in each sleeping room but shall not be required
in adjoining areas of the basement. Where emergency escape and rescue
openings are provided they shall have a sill height of not more than
forty-four (44) inches (1,118 mm) above the floor. Where a door opening
having a threshold below the adjacent ground elevation serves as an
emergency escape and rescue opening and is provided with a bulkhead
enclosure, the bulkhead enclosure shall comply with Section R310.3.
The net clear opening dimensions required by this Section shall be
obtained by the normal operation of the emergency escape and rescue
opening from the inside. Emergency escape and rescue openings with
a finished sill height below the adjacent ground elevation shall be
provided with a window well in accordance with Section R310.2. Emergency
escape and rescue openings shall open directly into a public way,
or to a yard or court that opens to a public way.
Exception: Basements used only to house mechanical equipment
and not exceeding total floor area of two hundred (200) square feet
(18.58 m2).
Exception: Where finished basements will not have bedrooms or
sleeping rooms and none exist in the basement, smoke alarms provided
in the basement and house in compliance with the requirements of 2015-IRC
Sections R314 and R315 may be provided in place of the emergency escape
opening. Carbon monoxide alarms must also be provided where a gas
appliance exists or is provided in the residence, or an attached garage
exists.
[CC 1976 §500.030]
All construction in the City shall comply with the requirements
of Sections 319.200 through 319.207, RSMo., and any amendments thereto,
relating to earthquakes and seismic construction requirements.
[Ord. No. 2643 §1, 11-8-2011]
Any and all blasting shall be regulated by the Explosives Code of the City of Shrewsbury, Missouri as set forth in Section 505.010(B) which adopts the Saint Louis County Explosives Code with the additional restrictions referenced therein.
[CC 1976 §500.040]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article or
the Code adopted in this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the City or County
Jail for a period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such hereunder.
