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FEE SCHEDULE
 

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Amherst Health Department ~ Fee Schedule
 Effective 7/1/2006
Case Fee
Bakery $150 Annual
Bed & Breakfast $175 Annual
Catering $150 Annual
Frozen Desserts $100 Annual
Garbage Removal $200 Annual
Hot Tubs $150 Annual
Ice Rinks $300 Annual
Massage/Tanning Health Club/Spa $150 Annual
Mobile Food Service $125 Annual
Motels & Cabins $150 Annual
Offal (Pumping Septic) $225 Annual
Plan Review  $200 Per Review
Porta Pottie/Hand Sinks  $150 Flat Rate 
Private Sewage Installer  $175 Annual 
Recreational Camps $300 Initial;$75 Each session 
Residential Kitchen  $75 Annual 
Restaurants  $300 Annual. No charge for initial inspection & first re-inspect. $75 Each inspect thereafter. 
Retail  $200 Annual 
Supermarket  $900 Annual 
Swimming Pool Installation  $100 Per pool
Swimming Pool (Seasonal) $350 Annual 
Swimming Pool (Yr. Round) $625 Annual 
Temporary Food  Handling

$50 Per event (for profit)

$40 Per event (non-profit) 

Tobacco License  $300 Annual 
Wading Pool  $100 Annual 
   
Body Arts/Tattoo  
Establishment $275 Annual
Tattoo Technician $250 Annual
Piercing Technician $250 Annual
Tattoo/Piercing Technician $325 Annual
   
Housing  
Frats & Sororities $125 Per inspect.
Voucher Program $100 Per inspect.
Protected Payment $100 Per inspect.
Other Housing No charge for initial and first re-inspect.; $75 per inspect. thereafter
   
Septic System  
Perc Test; Sewage Disposal Install $300 Per lot
Plan Review/Permit; One Inspection $150 Per system
Subsequent Plan Review $125 Per review
Re-inspection of Reinstallation $150 Per Inspect.
Subdivision Plan Review $275 Preliminary Fee                    $100 Definitive Fee

PENALTIES:

LATE FEE CHARGES On Expired Licenses and Permits
  First 30 Days Overdue                      $50.00
  60 Days & Each Month Thereafter    $100.00

TEMPORARY FOOD BOOTHS:  All Vendors must be prepared for
INSPECTION forty-five (45) minutes before scheduled event opening.
A penalty of $25.00 will be assessed and payment must be received
before inspections and before the booth commences business.

 
  

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