(1)
Registration fees. For each swimming pool or spa, the
registration fee is $35. Registration fees are delinquent if not received by
the department by April 30 or the first business day thereafter. The owner
shall pay a $25 penalty for each month or fraction thereof that the fee is late
for each swimming pool or spa that is required to be registered.
(2)
Registration change
fees. For each swimming pool or spa, the fee for a change of
ownership, change of facility name, or other change in registration is
$20.
(3)
Inspection
fees. The
inspection agency shall bill the owner of a
facility upon
completion of an
inspection.
Inspection fees are due upon receipt of a notice
of payment due.
When the swimming pool is located within the jurisdiction of a
local inspection agency, the local inspection agency may establish fees needed
to defray the costs of inspection and enforcement under this chapter.
Inspection fees billed by a local inspection agency shall be paid to the local
inspection agency or its designee.
a.
Inspection fee schedule.
Table 7
Swimming Pools and Spas
|
Pool Type
|
Inspection Fee
|
|
Swimming pool or leisure river, surface area less than
1500 ft2
|
$170
|
|
Swimming pool or leisure river, surface area 1500
ft2 or greater
|
$270
|
|
Wave pool
|
$270
|
|
Water slide and plunge pool
|
$270
|
|
Spa
|
$170
|
|
Wading pool less than or equal to 500
ft2
|
$50
|
|
Wading pool greater than 500
ft2
|
$90
|
|
Residential swimming pool used for commercial
purposes
|
$50
|
Table 8
Water Slides
|
Inspection Fee
|
|
Each additional water slide into a plunge pool
|
$75
|
|
Water slide into a swimming pool
|
$175
|
|
Each additional water slide into a swimming pool
|
$75
|
b.
Multipool facilities. If more than one pool (swimming pool,
water slide, wave pool, wading pool, or spa) is located within a fenced
compound or a building, the inspection fee for the pools in the fenced compound
or building shall be reduced by 10 percent. This reduction does not apply to
the fees specified in Table 8.
c.
Special inspection fee. When an inspection agency determines
that a special inspection is required, i.e., a follow-up inspection or an
inspection generated by complaints, the inspection agency may charge a special
inspection fee which shall be based on the actual cost of providing the
inspection.
d.
Penalty. Unpaid inspection fees will be considered delinquent
45 days after the date of the bill. A penalty of $30 per month or fraction
thereof that the payment is delinquent will be assessed to the owner for each
pool inspected.
(4)
Plan review fees.
a.
New construction. A plan review fee as specified in Tables 9,
10 and 11 shall be submitted with a
construction permit application for each
body of water in a proposed
facility. If two or more pools share a common
recirculation system as specified in 15.5(5)
"a," the plan
review fee shall be 25 percent less than the total plan review fee required by
Tables 9, 10 and 11.
Table 9
Swimming Pools, Wading Pools and Wave Pools
|
Swimming Pool Area
(ft2)
|
Plan Review Fee
|
|
less than 500
|
$165
|
|
500 to 999
|
$275
|
|
1000 to 1999
|
$385
|
|
2000 to 3999
|
$550*
|
|
4000 and greater
|
$825*
|
*This may include one water slide.
Table 10
Water Slides
|
Description
|
Plan Review Fee
|
|
Water slide and dedicated plunge pool
|
$550
|
|
Each additional water slide into a plunge pool or
swimming pool
|
$165
|
Table 11
Spas
|
Spa Volume (gal)
|
Plan Review Fee
|
|
less than 500
|
$165
|
|
500 to 999
|
$275
|
|
1000 +
|
$385
|
b.
Reconstruction. The plan review fee for reconstruction is $250
for each swimming pool, spa or bathhouse altered in the
reconstruction.
c.
Penalty
for construction without a permit. Whenever any work for which a
permit is required has been started before a permit is issued, the plan review
fee shall be 150 percent of the fee specified in 15.12(3)
"a"
or
"b." The
department may require that
construction not done
in accordance with the rules be corrected before a
facility is used.
EXCEPTION: After receiving a construction permit application,
the department may authorize preliminary construction on a project to start
before issuance of a permit. The authorization shall be in writing to the owner
or the owner's authorized representative.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code
r. 641-15.12
Amended by
IAB
April 5, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 20, effective
5/10/2023
