Fees for Plan Review and Inspections 2012 (PDF)

Fees for Plan Review, and Use and Occupancy Inspection As of July 1, 2012 Fees shall be updated to coincide with 29.06.04 Public Safety Article, Annotated Code of Maryland Fee Schedule.

The fee schedule in this section is to be used to calculate the fee to be paid for the review of plans, for and inspection of all new and existing buildings, including a change in use or occupancy.

The review and inspection is required to obtain a building permit, or a use and occupancy permit from Queen Anne’s County or licensing authority in order to construct, renovate, or occupy a building or facility, or install a fire protection system.

Fees are as follows:

Assembly occupancy—8 cents per square foot;

Educational occupancy-10 cents per square foot;

Health care occupancy—10 cents per square foot;

Detention or correctional occupancy—10 cents per square foot;

Residential occupancy—8 cents per square foot;

Mercantile occupancy—8 cents per square foot;

Business occupancy—8 cents per square foot;

Industrial occupancy—6 cents per square foot;

Storage occupancy—6 cents per square foot;

Flammable or combustible liquid storage tank—1 cent per gallon of maximum tank capacity or $200 per tank, whichever is greater, although tanks less than 660 gallons used to provide heating fuel or other utility service to a building or facility are exempt from the fee;

Marina or pier—$120 plus $1.50 per slip; and Outside storage of flammable and combustible materials such as scrap tire, lumber, mulch, tree stumps, drums of flammable or combustible liquids, etc.— $120 per acre or fraction of an acre.

The fee due shall be calculated using the appropriate rate in §A of this regulation applied to:

The gross square feet per floor for a new building or tenant space or a change in its use or occupancy;

The gross square feet of an area being renovated or altered; or The gross square feet per floor for storage occupancy when a shell building without a specific occupancy or tenancy is to be built.

When a shell building is built without a specific occupancy or tenancy, the appropriate occupancy fee applies when use or occupancy is determined as prescribed by a separate building permit or use and occupancy permit.

The fee for a mixed occupancy shall:

Be based upon the fee schedule in §A of this regulation for each occupancy;

Be the cumulative total of the fee for each occupancy; and Reflect the predominant classification of the building or structure when a separate fee for each occupancy cannot be determined.

A change in use or occupancy of a building or tenant space shall be calculated at the same rate as a new building.

The fee for a building or tenant space occupied without completion of a plan review shall be based upon the fee schedule in §A of this regulation.

The minimum fee for a plan review or initial use and occupancy inspection is $100.

requires a new submittal of plans for the remaining work and payment of the full fee.

Fees for Fire Protection System Plan Review and Inspection.

The fee schedule that follows in this section is to be used to calculate the fee to be paid for plan review and inspection of the fire protection systems specified:

1. Fire alarm and detection system—$150 per fire alarm control panel, plus $2 per fire alarm

initiating and indicating device;

2. Sprinkler, water spray, and combined sprinkler and standpipe system

(a)$2 per sprinkler head and $3 per extended coverage sprinkler head or $150 per system, whichever is greater; (includes 1 hydrostatic test of system); and (b)$100 for each additional hydrostatic test.

3. Standpipe and hose system—$50 per 100 linear feet of piping or fraction of 100 linear feet,

or $150 per system, whichever is greater;

4. Fire pump—50 cents per gallon per minute (gpm) of rated pump capacity or $300 per pump,

whichever is greater, although this fee does not apply to limited service pumps for residential sprinkler systems as permitted for NFPA 13D systems;

5. Water Storage Tanks—$100 per tank, although this fee does not apply to residential sprinkler

system tanks as permitted for NFPA 13D systems;

6. Gaseous and chemical extinguishing system—The greater of:

$1 per pound of gaseous or dry chemical extinguishing agent, although this fee does not apply to a reserve supply of extinguishing agent' $100 per 30,000 cubic feet of volume of the portion of protected space;

$150 per wet chemical extinguishing system; or $150 per system;

7. Foam system—$100 per nozzle or local applicator device plus $2 per sprinkler head for a

combined sprinkler and foam system, or $150 per system, whichever is greater;

8. Smoke control system—$100 per 50,000 cubic feet of volume or the portion of the protected

or controlled space, up to a maximum of $1,500 per system, or $300 per system, whichever is greater.