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1329.13 REINSPECTION FEE.
When any work represented to be ready for inspection is found to be incomplete or defective due to incompetent or negligent work, a reinspection fee shall be paid for each additional inspection required as follows:
(a) One-family dwellings, new construction $50.00
(b) One-family dwellings, additions, alterations, repairs and
accessory buildings 50.00
(c) All others 50.00
(Ord. 2019-034. Passed 4-16-19.)
1329.14
FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTION DEPOSIT AND FEES.
(a) Inspection services provided by the Fire Chief, Fire Prevention Officer or Fire Safety Inspectors of the City: fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour
(b) The Building Commissioner shall charge and collect a cash deposit in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to cover the hourly inspection charges as required by subsection (a) hereof. No inspection services shall be provided by the City unless and until this cash deposit has been paid to the Building Commissioner.
(c) In the event the Building Commissioner determines that the moneys deposited as required by subsection (b) hereof are insufficient to cover the City's hourly inspection charges as set out in subsection (a) hereof, he may request additional moneys to re-establish the fund to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00). No further inspection services shall be provided by the City unless and until the cash deposit has been re-established upon request of the Building Commissioner.
(d) All sums not charged against the deposit as required in subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall be refunded to the depositor no later than sixty days from the conclusion of the final inspection with the exception of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a final inspection fee.
(Ord. 2019-034. Passed 4-16-19.)
1329.15 EXPIRATION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS.
(a) Permits issued for the construction, rehabilitation, and/or repair of residential structures shall expire one year from the date of issuance and all permits fees and deposits shall be forfeited unless the exterior envelope of the structure including landscaping is complete within the one-year period.
(b) New permit fees and deposits for the entire project shall be required to be paid to continue work. Extensions of time on the original permit may only be granted, without additional fees, if the exterior of the structure and landscaping are completed within the one-year period in a workmanlike manner.
(Ord. 2019-034. Passed 4-16-19.)
1329.99 PENALTY.
(a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) Contractors that fail to obtain a required permit prior to commencement of work shall be subject to the following additional penalties:
(1) First offense - registration and/or permit fees shall be doubled;
(2) Second offense - registration and permit fees shall be tripled; and
(3) Third offense - revocation of registration for two years.
(Ord. 2019-034. Passed 4-16-19.)