Bills for fire code inspections of most residential and commercial properties will more than double whether the Oakland City Council approves a unusual fee schedule at their meeting tonight.
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Regularly scheduled general inspections and complaint-based inspections of small to medium sized buildings currently cost $158 per hour. The unusual fees for regular and complaint-based inspections will be $339 per hour,with a one-hour minimum.
Inspections conducted after hours will rise from $236 to $508 per hour.
Special housing facilities like care homes, halfway houses, or foster homes will see an even steeper fee increase.
Halfway houses — like 2551 San Pablo Avenue,which burned in a March fire that killed four — used to pay a flat $100 fee.…
Source: eastbayexpress.com