WAREHOUSE HANDLING AND STORAGE SOLUTIONS PEOPLE
REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING PERMITS IN LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The information below will help guide you through the permitting process of installing pallet racking in your warehouse in Los Angeles, Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
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This is designed explain the process and to demonstrate the depth and how complex the process can be. Please note the types of information you will require to get started.
Raymond Handling Solutions, Inc offers a full permitting service when your racking is purchased and installed with us. Please check with your Sales Rep for details.
The following information is required in order to attain a Building & Safety or Fire Safety Permits.
1. Complete Project Address/Location.
2. Building Drawings
a. Site Plans
b. Slab Construction Details
c. Roof Plans
d. Sprinkler Plans
3. Wet Stamped Project Drawings
a. Layout Plan
b. Detail Elevation Drawings (from seismic engineer)
4. Seismic Structural Calculations
5. Installation Contractor Information
a. Name
b. Address
c. Contractor License Number
d. Workers Compensation & Liability Insurance
e. Business License
6. Valuation of Total Project
a. Total $(dollar) Amount of Sale
7. City Fees:
a. Plan Check Fee for Building & Safety Permit Application
b. Plan Check Fee for Fire Safety Permit Application
c. Building & Safety Permit Fee.
d. Fire Safety Permit Fee.
8. Filing for a Permit
See the following information for reasons and direction supporting the above "Need-To-Know" Data for Obtaining a Building Permit.
1. Project address must be complete with the user name, street address, city, zip code and city plot number if available. This is required by the engineer to insert into the title block of the presentation drawings and calculation documents. The city will not process building or fire permits without this data.
2. Building drawings from original "as-built" constructions drawings at time of completion and any remodel of interior conditions of existing building. These include sub-floor compaction and concrete floor thickness. Best to advise if job is a new or older building is to attain the current sprinkler drawings showing mains and capacity on the lines and sprinkler head spacing with density. Drawings from user should clearly indicate all egress exits, stairways, man doors, tunnels, elevators, and methods to exit the building. The seismic engineer will require this data for pre-calculations and final submittals.
3. Drawings indicate each rack, shelving, mezzanine, conveyor, carousels or any new system layout and elevations. These will also show systems details, such as aisle spacing, beam level heights of the proposed rack system, for Mezzanine and Catwalk Systems the drawings will indicate type of flooring being used, elevations and indicate the Live Deck Loading of Floor. The seismic engineer will require this data for the final calculations and to wet stamp the approved drawings.
4. Seismic calculations show the rack being provided is seismically safe and meets the required loads. The seismic engineer must be registered and licensed in the city & state in which the project is to be installed. In most cases, RHSI will prepare the drawing package containing the layout and elevations of the proposed system. The drawing package will then be sent to the seismic engineer for final calculations.
5. The permits must also show the Installer/Contractor to being used for the project along with all his pertinent information.
a. It must show Contractor's Name Full Business Name
b. Current Address of Contractor
d. Any pertinent insurance information as requested such as workers compensation & liability insurance coverage.
i. Any and all approved licensed installers must have maximum insurance coverage as stipulated by the city permitting agency and as governed under the RHSI contract documents for associated sub-contractors.
ii. Workman Compensation Insurance and property damage insurance form a valid carrier naming all parties related to any specific liability for failure to comply with in the spirit of the initial contract. Some insurance carriers underwrite installers for $1 Million and others up to $2 million. Check with RHSI business office for legal and liability considerations.
e. Current Business License filed with the city in which the installation or work is to be done. This is a tax assessed to our installer. He may wish to absorb this annual cost as part of the installation quote to RHSI, or he hast the option to pass this tax along to RHSI as part of the installation expense. We are not obliged to reimburse this tax on a one-job basis. He may very well find other business in that city using our contribution for his city license.
6. At time of permitting is required to stipulate the total valuation of the project (total dollar sale of entire project). This is no mystery or new requirement. Example is at the time you file for a permit with the city clerk you will be asked the total sell of the job/project. If the material, installation, engineering, permit submittal fees, tax and freight amount to $90,437, this would be the "Valuation Total of Project". Based on this figure the city will assess a percent of the value for costs to process the plan check and permit fees, additionally the high-pile storage fee and any inspection fees.
7. Estimating your project for formal quote to the customer, it is best to call the city building department in advance, give them an approximate valuation of the project and the city will give you the permit fee cost over the phone subject of date of final permit application and actual valuation of project. Do not be coy; ask any questions you need or concerns you may have.
Some cities contract to counties, sister city building departments or outside permitting agencies for review and approval of permits. This can increase the permit cost.
a. Hypothetical Sample
i. Valuation of Project: $90,437.00
ii. Plan Check Fee: $412.00 (Varies by city)
iii. Permit Fee: $518.00 (Varies by city)
iv. High Pile Permit Fee: $300.00 (Varies by city)
v. Fire Inspection Fee: $120.00 (Varies by city)
8. Once all information is gathered Raymond Handling Solutions' project management group will then proceed with filing for and obtaining the necessary building permits, approvals, and sign-off. This may include high pile storage permits if required and contracted to RHSI.
a. With a complete set of approved drawings, seismic calculations, pre-printed check made payable to the city for the permitting fees, RHSI will then proceed with filing for permit. RHSI will fill any necessary forms required by the city. It is of up most importance to have all the information of the installer/contractor being used. Make sure to keep copies of forms, receipts for fees paid, and plan check turn-around.
b. In most cases, you will now be dispatched to the city fire department. The fire Marshal will expect full set of drawings showing all the details as mentioned herein along with another fee for fire code permitting fees. This is a separate fee, which in many cities requires a separate check. The fire department/marshal does not require seismic calculations for the proposed project. If the drawings are approved the fire department/marshal will stamp the drawings. You must transmit the complete package back to the city building department for their final structural analysis. Note: Most city building departments will not process your drawings and permit until stamped by their respective fire department. If this is the case, nothing will happen until the fire department/marshal stamp and sign off on the drawings.
c. The application with the drawings (stamped by the fire dept.) is now back at the building department. With supporting calculations and the fire code resolved, in some cases you should have the city engineering approval within a few days. This will vary greatly from city to city and county to county. You should call ahead and ask the city department on their turn-around time for review and approval. It is also a good idea to ask if they have an expediting service.
d. You will now have a notice form the city that your permit is ready, drawings stamped, approved & fire coded approved. Pick up your drawings with the calculations, dispatch one (1) set to the job site for city inspection, and be sure the customer has a set.
e. The final step is to schedule a field inspection after installation is completed. At this point, if approved, the rack can be loaded.
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