(A) Permits.
(1) No person shall commence or proceed with:
(a) The construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, movement to another site, removal or demolition of any building or structure,
(b) The installation, extension or general repair of any plumbing system,
(c) The installation, extension, alteration or general repair of any heating or cooling equipment system, or
(d) The installation, extension, alteration or general repair of any electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment, without first securing from the Building Inspector any and all permits required by the State Building Code and any other state laws or ordinances of this city applicable to the work. A permit shall be in writing and shall contain a provision that the work done shall comply with the State Building Code and all other applicable state laws or ordinances of this city. No permits shall be issued unless the plans and specifications are identified by the name and address of the author thereof, and if the General Statutes of North Carolina require that plans for certain types of work be prepared only by a registered architect or registered engineer, no permit shall be issued unless the plans and specifications bear the North Carolina seal of a registered architect or of a registered engineer. When any provision of the General Statutes of North Carolina or of any ordinance of this city requires that work be done by a licensed specialty contractor of any kind, no permit for the work shall be issued unless the work is to be performed by such a duly licensed contractor. No permit issued under G.S. Chapter 143 Articles 9 or 9C shall be required for any construction, installation, repair, replacement, or alteration costing $5,000 or less in any single-family residence or farm building unless the work involves: the addition, repair or replacement of load bearing structures; the addition (excluding replacement of same size and capacity) or change in the design of plumbing; the addition, replacement or change in the design of heating, air conditioning or electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment; the use of materials not permitted by the North Carolina Uniform Residential Building Code; or the addition (excluding replacement of like grade of fire resistance) of roofing. Violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(2) No permit shall be issued pursuant to division (A) for any land-disturbing activity, as defined in G.S. § 113A-52(6), for any activity covered by G.S. § 113A-57, unless an erosion control plan has been approved by the Sedimentation Pollution Control Commission pursuant; to G.S. § 113A-54(d)(4) or by this city pursuant to G.S. § 113A-61 for the site of the activity or a tract of land including the site of the activity.
(G.S. § 160A-417)
(B) No permit shall be issued pursuant to division (A)(1) above for any land-disturbing activity that is subject to, but does not comply with, the requirements of state law.
(C) No permit shall be issued pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) above where the cost of the work is $30,000 or more, other than for improvements to an existing single-family residential dwelling unit as defined in G.S. § 87-15.5(7) that the applicant uses as a residence, unless the name, physical and mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and electronic mail address of the lien agent designated by the owner pursuant to G.S. § 44A-11.1(a) is conspicuously set forth in the permit or in an attachment thereto. The building permit may contain the lien agent’s electronic mail address. The lien agent information for each permit issued pursuant to this division shall be maintained by the Building Inspector in the same manner and in the same location in which it maintains its record of building permits issued.
(D) Permit fees.
(1) Except as may be provided otherwise by state law in any case, the applicant for any permit required by this chapter shall pay to the Building Inspector, prior to the issuance of the permit, such fee therefor as provided in division (2) of this section.
(2) The City Council may, by resolution from time to time, prepare schedules of fees for permits issued pursuant to this chapter and for which a fee is not provided or prohibited by state law. Copies of such schedules shall be posted for public information in the office of the Building Inspector.
(3) A fee of $25 for each inspection visit after the required inspections plus one inspection. A charge of $25 is also for failure to call for a final inspection before occupancy of any building under a permit.
('69 Code, § 5-13) (Ord., passed 9-12-85; Am. Ord. 08 ORD 4-13, passed 4-4-13)
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