Ordinance 82-508CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEP N COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Subdivision No.
ORDINANCE NO. 82 -508
CHAPTER V
SAN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 500.00 SUBDIVISIONS .196 to .202 of
THE CITY OF HOPKINS 1977 CODE OF ORDINANCES IN REGARD TO ELECTRICAL
INSPECTION FEES
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hopkins as follows:
Section I. That subdivisions .196 through .202 of Section
500.00 of Chapter V of the 1977 Hopkins Code of Ordinances
be and the same are hereby repealed and there is hereby
substituted, enacted and adopted the following provisions
in place thereof:
PERMITS
.196 The minimum fee for each separate inspection of an installation,
replacement, alteration, or repair limited to one inspection only is $8.
Services, changes of services, temporary services, additions,
alterations, or repairs on either primary or secondary services shall
be commuted separately.
.197 The inspection free for electrical services shall be:
a. 0 to and including 200 ampere capacity $10;
b. For each additional 100 ampere capacity or
fraction thereof $4.
.198 Circuit installations, additions, alterations or repairs of each
circuit or subfeeder shall be computed separately including circuits fed
from sub feeders and including the equipment served, except as provided
for in items a. e. The inspection fee for electrical circuits shall be:
0 to and including 30 ampere capacity $3. The maximum
number of 0 to 30 ampere circuits for which a fee is
charged is 30 in any one cabinet.
31 to and including 100 ampere capacity or fraction thereof $1.
a. The maximum fee on a single family dwelling shall not exceed
$40 if the electrical services are not over 200 ampere capacity. The fee
includes service, feeders, circuits, fixtures, and equipment. This maximum
fee includes not more than three inspections. Additional inspections shall
be charged the reinspection fee specified in .202. Pole top current metering
and pole top disconnecting means on the farm yard pole are exempt frcan
inspection and inspection fees.
b. The maximum fee on a single family dwelling shall not exceed
$80 if the electrical services are not over 400 ampere capacity. If more
than one service entrance is installed on a single family dwelling, the
maximum fee for each service shall not exceed $40. This fee includes
services, feeders, circuits, fixtures, and equipment. This maximum fee
includes not more than four inspections. Additional inspection shall
be charged the reinspection fee specified in .202. Pole top current metering
and pole top disconnecting means on the farm yard pole are exempt from
inspection and inspection fees.
c. The maximum fee on an apartment building shall not exceed
$18 per dwelling unit for the first 20 units and $14 per dwelling unit
for each unit in excess of 20. This maximum fee does not include any
circuits other than those in the individual dwelling units. All other
circuits shall be calculated as specified in this rule. The maximum fee
fbr each house panel shall not exceed $40. The maximum fee for a two
unit dwelling or duplex shall be the same as for two single family dwellings.
d. The maximum number of 0 to 30 ampere circuits for which a
fee is charged on any one athletic field lighting standard is ten.
e. The maximum fee on mobile home park stalls shall not exceed
$6 per unit stall for the first 20 stalls and $3 per each additional stall.
199 In addition to the above fees, the fees for all transformers and
generators for light, heat, and power shall be computed separately at $3
per unit plus 20 cents per kilovolt-ampere up to and including 100
kilovolt-ampere, 101 kilovolt- amperes and over at ten cents per kilovolt
ampere. The maximum fee for any transformer or generator in this category
is $25.
.200 In addition to the above fees, the inspection fees for all
transformers for signs and outline lighting shall be computed at $3 for
the first 500 volt amperes or fraction thereof per unit plus 30 cents
for each additional 100 volt amperes or fraction thereof.
201 In addition to the above fees (unless included in the maximum
fee filed by the initial installer) the inspection fee for remote control,
signal circuits, and circuits of less than 50 volts shall be computed at
$3 per each ten openings or devices of each system plus $1 for each
additional ten or fraction thereof.
In addition to the above fees, the inspection fee for each
separate inspection of a swimming pool shall be computed at $13.
Reinforcing steel for swimming pools requires a rough -in inspection.
202 For the review of plans and specification of proposed install-
ations, there shall be a minimum fee of $100, up to an including $30,000
of electrical estimate, plus one -tenth of one percent on any amount in
excess of $30,000 to be paid by persons or firms requesting the review.
When reinspection is necessary to determine whether unsafe cond-
itions have been corrected and such conditions are not the subject of an
appeal pending before the board or any court, a reinspection fee of not
to exceed the original unit fee or $8, whichever is less, may be assessed
in writing by the inspector.
For inspections not covered herein, or for requested special
inspections or services, the fee shall be $17 per man hour, including
travel time, plus 24 cents per mile traveled, plus the reasonable cost
of equipment or material consumed. This provision is also applicable to
inspection of empty conduits and such other jobs as determined by the
board.
For inspection of transient projects, including but not limited
to carnivals and circuses, the inspection fees shall be computed as
follows:
Joseph C. Vesely
City Attorney
The fee for inspection of power supply units shall be that
fee specified in .197. A like fee will be required on
power supply units at each engagement during the season,
except that a fee of $17 per hour will be charged for
additional time spent by the inspector if the power supply
is not ready for inspection at the time and date specified
on the request for inspection as required by law.
Rides, devices, or concessions shall be inspected at their
first appearance of the season, and the inspection fee shall
be $8 per unit.
The handling fee to pay the cost of printing and handling the
form requesting an inspection shall be $1.
Section 2. That said Section 500.00 except as herein changed and amended
remains in full force and effect.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Hopkins on the 20th day of
April 1982 and finally read approved, adopted and ordered published at a regular eting
on the 4th day of May, 1982.
J. Scott Penn
Clerk
Robert F. Miller
Mayor