Fee Schedule

All Businesses will be permitted and placed on an inspection schedule set by the North Carolina Fire Code Section 106. The Pender County Fire Marshal's Office will respond to any complaint made to the office. Otherwise, inspections of occupancies will be provided on the following schedule: Once Every Year: Hazardous, Institutional, High Rise, Assembly, Common Areas of Residential (multi-family dwelling and townhouses). Once Every Two Years: Industrial and Educational (except public schools). Once Every Three Years: Business, Mercantile, Storage, Churches, Synagogues, and miscellaneous Group U occupancies. This is the minimum required schedule for inspections. This does not prevent the authority having jurisdiction from conducting more frequent inspections than the above-listed schedule.

 Inspection Fees

Annual (1 Year) Assembly (A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5)

0-2,500 sq. ft.-$75.00

2,501-10,000 sq. ft-$100.00

10,000-50,000 sq. ft-$150.00

50,001-100,000 sq. ft-$200.00

100,001-150,000 sq. ft-$250.00

150,000+ sq. ft-$300.00

General (3 Year)

(Business, Mercantile, Storage, Misc (Group U))

0-2,500 sq. ft.-$75.00

2,501-10,000 sq. ft-$100.00

10,000-50,000 sq. ft-$150.00

50,001-100,000 sq. ft-$200.00

100-001-150,000 sq. ft-$250.00

150,000+ sq. ft-$300.00

Foster Care-$25.00

Day Care/Group Home/Preschool-$75.00

ALE-$100.00

After Hour Inspections-$100.00

Tent Inspection-$50.00 per tent

1st Re-Inspection (after 30 days)-$0.00

2nd Re-Inspection (14 days)-$50.00 + $100.00 civil citation

3rd Re-Inspection (7 days)-$150.00 + $100.00 civil citation

Institutional Facility Inspection-$100.00

 New Business Inspections and Permits

Plan Review and Additions-$100.00 + $0.10 SQ FT

Additions, Upfits & Shell-$75.00 + $0.10 SQ FT

Compressed Gas-$75.00

Hazardous Materials Install-$75.00 + $0.10 SQ FT

Hazardous Materials Repair/Abandon-$75.00 + $0.10 SQ FT

 Fire Alarm

Plan Review for New Alarm-$75.00 + $0.06 SQ FT

Fire Alarm Upfit-$75.00

Fire Alarm Inspection-$75.00

Fire Alarm Alteration/Upfit Inspection-$75.00

Failure of Fire Alarm System Inspection/Maintenance-$100.00 per day 

Suppression System

Sprinkler Plan Review-$125.00 + $0.10 SQ FT

Sprinkler Upfit Review-$100.00

Sprinkler Final Inspection-$75.00

Sprinkler Inspection for Alteration/Upfit-$75.00

Standpipe System Plan Review-$75.00

Standpipe Upfit/Alteration-$75.00

Standpipe Inspection-$75.00

Standpipe Alteration Inspection-$75.00

Hood System Plan Review-$125.00 + $0.06 SQ FT

Hood System Inspection-$100.00

Hood System Upfit/Alteration Plan Review-$75.00

Hood System Upfit/Alteration Inspection-$100.00

Fire Sprinkler Pump Plan Review-$125.00 + $0.06 SQ FT

Sprinkler Pump Inspection-$75.00

Above Ceiling Inspection-$75.00

Fire Line Inspection-$75.00

BDA Two-Way Communication

Plan Review-$125.00

BDA Test Witness-$75.00

Two-Way Communication Inspection-$75.00 Special Use Permits

Fireworks

Pyrotechnics/Special Effects Permit- $200.00

Special Events

 Festivals-$100.00

Filming-$200.00

 Event Standby

Pyrotechnics-$100.00 per hour

Fire Watch Special Request-$100.00 per hour 

Storage Tanks (above-ground and underground tanks)

Installation Plan Review-$100.00 per tank

Installation Inspection-$100.00 per tank

Removal Plan Review-$100.00 per tank Miscellaneous Fees

Stop Work Order-$75.00

Complaint Investigation with Violation Notated + Citation-$75.00

Illegal Burning-$100.00 + $50.00 civil citation

Fire Lane Violation-$100.00

Key Holder’s Failure to Respond-$125.00

False Fire Alarm Commercial-$175.00 per response beginning on 3rd false alarm

False Fire Alarm Residential-$75.00 per response beginning on 3rd false alarm

Failure to Pay Fee

$50.00 per every 30 days late Fire Code Violation (Life Safety)

1st Offense per day-$75.00

2nd Offense per day-$150.00

3rd Offense per day-$300.00

Life Safety 

Overcrowding-$100.00 per person

Occupying a Building without a C/O-$250.00

Blocked Exit-$300.00

Locked Exit-$500.00

Spraying Operation not complying to code-$200.00

Unauthorized Storage-$200.00

Failure to Maintain Emergency Lighting Inspection/Maintenance-$100.00

Failure to Maintain Fire Extinguisher Inspection/Maintenance-$100.00

Use of Non-Approved Heating Appliances-$100.00

First Time Civil Citation (within a first-year citation issued)

$150.00

Second Time Civil Citation (within a year of first citation issued)

$350.00

Third Time Civil Citation (within a year of first citation issued)-$500.00 

Operational Permits

Aerosol Products-$100.00

Amusement Buildings-$75.00

Aviation Facilities-$100.00

Battery Systems-$75.00

Carbon Dioxide Systems-$75.00

Carnivals/Fairs-$75.00

Cellulose Nitrate Film-$75.00

Combustible Dust Producing Operations-$75.00

Combustible Fibers-$75.00

Compressed Gases-$100.00

Covered Mall Buildings-$75.00

Cryogenic Fluids-$75.00

Day Care/Group Home/Institutional Group

 0-25 occupants-$50.00

 26-50 occupants-$75.00

 50-100 occupants-$100.00

 101-150 occupants-$125.00

 151-175 occupants-$150.00

 176+ occupants-$175.00

Dry Cleaning Plants-$75.00

Exhibits and Trade Shows-$50.00

Exhibits and Trade Shows After Hours-$75.00

Explosives 30 Day-$170.00

Explosives 90 Day-$300.00

Explosives Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3-$225.00

Explosives Blastings-$75.00 per event

Explosives Transporting Division-$200.00

Explosives 1.4, 1.5-$125.00 (90 day permit)

Flammable & Combustible Liquids Class I-$75.00

Flammable & Combustible Liquids Class I, II-$275.00

Flammable & Combustible Liquids Class I, II, III-$500.00

Flammable & Combustible Change in Contents-$75.00

Floor Finishing-$75.00

Operation of Fuel Dispensing Facility-$100.00

Tank Installation, Removal-$100.00

Fruit & Crop Ripening-$75.00

Fumigation & thermal Insecticide Fogging-$75.00

Gate-$100.00

High Piled Combustible Storage-$100.00

Hazardous Materials Industrial <2,500 sq. ft.-$75.00

Hazardous Materials Industrial 2,501-10,000 sq. ft.-$100.00

Hazardous Materials Industrial 10,001-40,000 sq. ft.-$200.00

Hazardous Materials Industrial >40,000 sq. ft.-$300.00

High Piled Combustible Storage-$100.00

Hot Work Operations/Cutting & Welding-$75.00

Industrial Ovens-$75.00

Lumber Yards/Woodworking Plants-$100.00

Liquid or Gas Fueled Vehicles/Equipment (Interior Static Display)-$75.00 (30 day permit)

Magnesium-$75.00

Combustible Storage Miscellaneous-$75.00

Open Flames & Candles-$50.00

Place of Assembly 50-99 (church or sanctuary no fee)-$75.00

Place of Assembly 100-200 (church or sanctuary no fee)-$125.00

Place of Assembly 201-300 (church or sanctuary no fee)-$175.00

Place of Assembly 301-400 (church or sanctuary no fee)-$225.00

Other Permits Required by Fire Code-$100.00

Private Hydrant Systems-$75.00

Private Schools-$100.00

Pyrotechnic Special Effects Material- Indoors-$250.00

Pyrotechnic Special Effects Material- Outdoors-$250.00

Pyroxylin Plastics-$75.00

Repair Garage/Service Station <5,000 SQ FT-$100.00

Repair Garage/Service Station >5,000 SQ FT-$150.00

Rooftop Heliports-$100.00

Spraying or Dripping, Flammable Finishes-$100.00

Storage of Scrap Tires/Byproducts-$100.00

Tent/Canopies/Air Supported Structures-$75.00

Tire Rebuilding Plants-$100.00

Waste Handling/Junkyard, Waste Facility-$100.00

Wood Products-$75.00