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D. Delete Section 105.6.3
E. Amend Section 107.4 by adding the following statement:

In place of the insertions in the model code text, it shall be clearly understood that
all violations of the adopted codes of the City of Nashua shall be subject to the
provisions of NRO Chapter 74 and NH RSA 676:15-17-b, without limitation of
any remedy available to the City of Nashua at law or equity.

FE, Replace Sections 108.2 through 108.7 with: “Appeals to the decision of the
Building Official shall be in accordance with the processes established in NRO
Section 105-5,”

ARTICLE ¥4 VIII Fees
§ 105-2427. Permits and fees.

A. A permit shall not be valid until the prescribed fees have been paid and the permit
issued. No permit to begin work for new construction, alteration, removal,
demolition or other building operation shall be issued until the fees prescribed in
this section have been paid to the Department of Building Safety, nor shall an
amendment to a permit necessitating an additional fee because of an increase in
the estimated cost or scope of work involved be approved until the additional fee
has been paid.

(1) Where a permit has either been revoked or a project discontinued or
abandoned within six months of the issuance of such permit, such permit
may be returned to the Building Official for cancellation. One-half of the
permit fee shall be refunded by the City Treasurer on certificate of the
Building Official, except all penalties that may have been imposed on the
permit held under the requirements of this chapter shall first be collected.
If a project is abandoned without notice being made to the Code Official
before a six-month interval has elapsed since the date such permit was
issued, no refund shall be made, Residential or nonresidential use shall be
in accordance with the intent of the Building Code of the City of Nashua,
New Hampshire.

(2) The fees for permits shall be charged as follows: The total amount of the
permit shall be rounded to the nearest dollar (drop the total amount due
under $0.50 and increase the total amount due from $0.50 to $0.99 to the
next whole dollar).

B. The Board of Aldermen may, at its option, waive or reimburse, as the case may
be, payment of fees payable under this section, in whole or in part, to the extent of
the value of municipal public improvements and/or land dedication which an
applicant obligates itself to make over and above impact fees and the applicant’s
fair share of off-site improvements imposed as a condition of site plan or
subdivision approval.

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§ 105-2228. Fee Schedule.

A. Building permit fee schedule.

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A nonrefundable application processing and review fee shall be paid at the
time of filing of any application:

(a) Building permit: $33-$50

New buildings, additions, alterations, mobile homes, in-ground swimming
pools, basements, connecting structures, future expansion areas and areas
capable of being used as living or occupiable space shall be included to
calculate aggregate floor area:

(a) Residential — 1 & 2 Family and Townhouses (per square foot of
area affected): $045; $0.18.

(b) Commercial — including Multi-Family (per square foot of area

affected): $0.25; $0.28.

Structures designed and certified to LEED standards shall be eligible for
the following reduction in their building permit fee:

(a) LEED standard certification: 5%.

(b) LEED silver certification: 10%.

(c) LEED gold certification: 15%.

(d) LEED platinum certification: 20%.

Alterations, repairs, fire damage:

(a) Residential (per square foot of area affected): $9040: $0.13.
(b) Commercial (per square foot of area affected): $0-45- $0.18.

Additional plan review for minor modifications of previously approved
drawings, including commercial tenant fit-up:

(a) Residential (per square foot of area affected): $0:05- $0.10.
(b) Commercial (per square foot of area affected): $946. $0.15.

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Moving a building from lot to lot: $480. $200.
Demolition, the total removal and disposal of a structure:

(a) Up to 1,000 square feet: $30: $40.

(b) Excess beyond 1,000 square feet (fee for each additional 100
square feet or part thereof of aggregate floor area): $3; $3.15.

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Certificate of Occupancy, existing space/owner change: $50.

Special-constructien When, in the Building Official's opinion, the nature
of the work is not related to floor area, notinehuding excluding signs, but
including and not limited to membrane structures, temporary structures,
canopies and awnings, pedestrian walkways, radio and television towers,
radio and television antennas, elevators, commercial solar energy systems,
commercial wind energy systems and commercial (other than asphalt
roofing shingles) re-roofing:

(a) Fee shall be based on a construction or installation cost of $6.60
$0.65 per $100.

Retaining walls over four feet in height above grade base of footing:

(a) Residential: minimum $25 or $0-6 $0.15 per linear foot
(whichever is greater).

(b) Commercial: minimum $50 or $0.25 $0.30 per linear foot
(whichever is greater).

Minimum fee for miscellaneous equipment (each), excluding the
application fee, where not otherwise provided for by this section [for
example: residential antennas, small sheds (less than 200 square feet), or
construction trailers] or as deemed appropriate by the Building Official or
his or her designee:

(a) Residential: $29- $30.
(b) Commercial: $45, $50.

Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

Phased construction (foundation permits, interior demolition permits or
shell permits): Phased construction shall be charged a 25% surcharge on
the original permit fee for each upgrade phase.

Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a permit:
100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $275 Residential / $500 $750
Commercial.

Expedite-service fee for special processing and after-hours service: $75
$80 per hour per staff member, with a minimum of $290 $250 for
weekends or time not contiguous with normal work hours.

B. Mechanical permit fee schedule.

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Residential mechanical (one- & two-family and townhouses).

(a) Nonrefundable application processing and review fee: $34. $50

(b) Delivery system:

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[1] Gas supply piping (base fee downstream of meter or
regulator set; test witnessed)-eaeh}: $0.30 per 1,000 BTUs.

34/2] Installation of fuel oil or propane storage tanks less than
499 gallons, fuel oil (each): $45- $30.

[3] Dormant Gas meter $45.

Equipment:

[i] Furnace, HRV/ERV., boiler or water heater: $49; $45.
[2] Water heater: $15-Generator including gas piping: $45.

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$15-Ductless split system: $40.

[4] Boiler water or steam: $40 Hot water storage tank: $20.

[5] Beier water or steam, with domestic hot water senerator

$45. Air conditioner coiler or condenser: $20,

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[$4[6] Dryer, eExhaust or ventilation fan (each): $6- $12.
fOl[7] Basebeardtoopteach}-$10-Room heater or gas appliance:
$30.

Weed er Gas or wood factory fireplace, insert, or pellet stove and
associated chimney: $40- $45.

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((c) Masonry fireplace and associated chimney: $75.

(=}(f} Manufactured chimney erchimneytiner: $30. 340.

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application fee, where not otherwise provided for by this section:
$35-$40.

Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a
permit: 100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $275.

Commercial mechanical (including multifamily).

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Nonrefundable application and review processing fee: $30. $50.
Delivery system:
[1] Gas pipe: $0.35 per 1,000 BTU

{34[2] Installation of fuel oil or propane storage tanks less than
499 gallons, fuel oil (each): $45. $20.

[3] Dormant Gas meter: $45.
Equipment:

[1] Furnace, HRV/ERY, boiler, water heater, unit heater or
generator: $30-$55.

[2] Vater heater-Hot water storage tank: $20: $22.

f44[3] Single-package-tineludes+eeftops} Rooftop air handlers:
$25- $40.

f$4{4] Chiller, evaporator, condenser or cooling tower (each): $25-
$30.

fé}[5] Duct work (per 10 square feet of area served): $0.40
Grinimum$25}, $0,125.

FA[6] Fire and smoke dampers: $8-$10.

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(d) Chimney or chimney liner (masonry or metal): $45. $90.

A(e) Fans: $25.$30.

)(f) Kitchen exhaust systems:

[1] Hoods and exhaust fans (each): $75-390.

(4}(g) Minimum fee for miscellaneous equipment (each), excluding the
application and review fee, where not otherwise provided for by
this section: $35. $45.

&)(h) Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

64) Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a
permit: 100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $596, $750.

C. Electrical permit fee schedule.

(1) Residential electrical (one- and two-family and townhouses).

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Nonrefundable application processing and review fee: $30-$50.

New construction, additions, renovations (per square feet of
habitable area): $9.075-$0.080.

[1] Service entrance (new dwelling only): $30-$35.
House meter: $59, $55.

Service change:

[1] Up to two units: $50-$55.

[2] Each additional unit: $48-$20.

Adding subpanel(s) (each): $25-$30.

Finance Committee — 01/19/2022 Page 15

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Thank you Mr. Mayor. Nick Miseirvitch, Chief Information Officer for the City of Nashua. This project was actually
requested by Mayor Donchess back in Fiscal Year 2020. Unfortunately we could not start it at that point in time because
that’s when we were hit with COVID. As everyone is aware, everything just went crazy for the following year. We are
able to now get back to that and proceed with implementing that disaster recovery site. | am looking to replace all of the
servers not just the ones for the disaster recovery site to get everything consistent and also to streamline the process of
upgrading our virtual software. If | have all the servers now, | can build a brand new environment and then migrate
everything at the end instead of doing it piecemeal throughout a several month time. It’s going to reduce the time of
implementation from several months down to several weeks. This happens to be Dell’s year end so we are getting
extremely aggressive pricing such that this pricing is less than what their (inaudible) or value added resellers can get. The
savings is over $20,000. So we’re basically getting two servers for free.

Mayor Donchess

Now explain a little bit about the disaster recovery aspect of the project.

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

The city currently does not have a disaster recovery site so if something happens to our primary data center, that’s it. We
cannot operate. We can’t do anything. We can’t process payroll, we can't process tax bills, we can’t do motor vehicle
registrations. The city is pretty much dead in the water.

Mayor Donchess

For example if we were hacked and like some communities have been and ransom is requested, we need a backup site
so that we can duplicate what was there despite the interference by a criminal hacker.

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Correct. We can go to a previous point in time before the damage occurred and get up and running in a short amount of
time.

Mayor Donchess

This is going to be located away from City Hall and separate not connected to the normal IT system so that hacking the
main system wouldn't have access to this backup site.

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

There will be network inactivity but it will be disabled until needed. So they will not be able to get to the backup site.
Alderman Klee

Thank you Mr. Miseirvitch. In a previous lifetime, | worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs. | worked in their IT
Department. We had an offsite. We used another VA and they might use us and so on. We did it as often times the
physical offsite was to protect it and god forbid | hate to say this out loud but if anything physically happened to this
building and so on, it protected us and gave us a whole other backup as well as not just for someone hacking our system
but for someone physically infiltrating our system if they got into the IT department and so on. That is also part of this
whole plan?

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Absolutely.
Alderman Klee

Thank you.

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(f) Adding or relocating meter(s): $50-$55.

(g) Pools (in-ground): $58-$60.

(h) | Temporary service (each): $45-$50.

(i) Minimum fee for miscellaneous equipment (each), excluding the
application fee, where not otherwise provided for by this section:
$35-$40.

(i) Low voltage wiring (per square feet of work area): $0,080.

(kK) Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

s}(1) Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a

permit: 100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $275.

Commercial electrical (including multifamily).

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Nonrefundable application processing and review fee: $39-$50.

Electrical service entrance and service change (per amp): $0:40-
$0.50.

Temporary service (each): $45-$50.
Panels and subpanels (each): $25-$30.
Outlets:

[1] For switches, receptacles, and fire and smoke detectors

(each): $9-95-$ 1.

[2] For lighting and lighting fixtures, except as otherwise
provided (each four feet of continuous fluorescent lighting
shall be deemed a separate lighting fixture) (each): $6-95-
$l.

[3] For ranges, dryers, and similar heating devices (each): $8-
$15.

[4] For high-intensity lighting and fixtures (each) (250 watt
and above): $40-$15.

Fixed multi-outlet receptacle assemblies (for each six feet): $6-$8.

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Track lighting (each 10 feet): $6-$8.

Motor control centers (each), automatic transfer switches Ceach),
wiring of HVAC units (per unit): $32-$35.

Water heaters (each): $12-$15.

Electric baseboard heat (per unit): $8-$10.

Buss ducts (each section): $40-$15.

Transformers, generators, motors, x-ray machines (each): $22-$25
Paging and sound systems:

[1] Per speaker: $3-35.

[2] Per console: $22-$25.

Signs (each): $32,-$35.

Minimum fee for miscellaneous equipment (each), excluding the
application fee, where not otherwise provided for by this section:

335-340.

Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a
permit: 100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $500-$750.

Annual permit fee: $250-$300.

[1] In lieu of an individual permit for each alteration to an
already approved electrical installation, the Code Official
shall issue an annual permit, upon application therefor, to
any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or
more certified electricians in the building, structure or on
the premises owned or operated by the applicant for the
permit.

[2] Annual records. The person to whom an annual permit is
issued shall keep a detailed record of all alterations to an
approved electrical installation made under such annual
permit, and such records shall be accessible to the Code
Official at all times or shall be filed with the Code Official
as designated.

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D. Plumbing permit fee schedule.

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Residential plumbing (one- and two-family and townhouses).

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Nonrefundable application processing and review fee: $30-$50.

Per fixture or fixture connection (tub, shower, sink, water closet,
lavatory, dishwasher, outside faucet, clothes-washing machine,
backflow preventer, etc.): $450-$9,50.

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Pumps and ejectors (each): $45-$18.

Electric Wwater heaters (each): $45-$18.

Water pipes (per 100 feet or part thereof): $45-318.
Sanitary sewer connection or repair: $45-$35.

Drainage, waste and vent pipes: (per 100 feet or part thereof): $45.
$18.

Minimum fee for miscellaneous equipment (each), excluding the
application fee, where not otherwise provided for by this section:

$35--$40.

Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a
permit: 100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $275.

Commercial plumbing (including multifamily of 3 dwelling units and

preater).

(a) Nonrefundable application processing and review fee: $30-$50.

(b) Per fixture (tub, shower, sink, water closet, lavatory, floor drain,
drinking fountain, urinal, dishwasher, garbage grinder, outside
faucet, clothes-washing machine, washdown station, etc.): $8-$12.

(c) Pumps and ejectors (each): $30-$35.

(d) Grease interceptor: $25-$30.

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Electric Wwater heaters (each): $48-325,