(A) Permits required by Section 7 shall be issued upon prior payment of inspection fees according to the following schedule:
Type of Construction | Required Inspections |
Type of Construction | Required Inspections |
One- or two-family dwelling, detached | 3 |
Apartments, hotels, motels, each unit | 3 |
Business, commercial, public | 6 |
Educational, institutional, church | 6 |
Industrial, warehouse, bulk storage | 4 |
Mobile homes, temporary structures | 1 |
Accessory buildings (residential use) | 1 |
Additions/alterations (all occupancies) | 2 |
Swimming pools, inground | 2 |
(B) The Building Commissioner shall in all cases designate the stage of construction when each required inspection must be requested by the permit holder. No concrete shall be placed for foundations without prior inspection. No electrical, mechanical, plumbing, or thermal insulation work shall be covered without prior inspection. Where additional inspections are required due to failure of permit holder to have work ready for inspection at a designated stage of construction, the Building Commissioner shall have the power to assess a re-inspection fee of $20 for each such additional inspection. Re-inspection fees shall be paid to the City of Bedford prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The Building Commissioner shall submit an annual report to the Bedford City Council, which shall include an analysis of inspections performed, permit fees collected, cost of inspection operations and recommendations for adjustment of required inspections and single inspection fees as necessary. Within the territorial jurisdiction of the City Plan Commission, no structure, improvement, or use of land may be altered, changed, placed, erected, or located on platted or unplatted lands, unless the structure, improvement, or use, and its location, conform with the master plan and ordinance of the city, and an improvement location permit for the structure, improvement, or use has been issued. It is hereby declared that the intent of the permit requirements of this subchapter shall not prevail with respect to a structure, including a dwelling, which is clearly incidental to agricultural operations or a farm.
(C) Every application for an improvement location permit shall be accompanied by a site plan, drawn to scale, showing the location of the structure, improvement, or use to be altered, changed, placed, erected, or located, the dimensions of the lot to be improved; the size of yards and open spaces, existing and proposed streets and alleys adjoining or within the lot; and the manner in which the location is to be improved.
(D) Fee Schedule.
(1) Planning and zoning fees.
(a) Rezoning: $200.00.
(b) Variance: $100.00.
(c) Special use/exception: $100.00.
(d) Conditional use: $100.00.
(e) Subdivision plat: $100.00 plus $5.00 per lot.
(f) Site plan: $100.00.
(g) Planned residential and development: $250.00 plus $20.00 per dwelling.
(2) Building fees/permits.
(a) Residential.
1. New construction: $50.00 plus $.10 per square foot.
2. Remodeling requiring structural, electrical or plumbing charges: $.10 per square foot, $50.00 minimum.
3. Remodeling (over $500) not requiring structural, electrical or plumbing changes: $25.00.
(b) Commercial.
1. New public building: $200.00 plus $.10 per square foot.
2. New church: $200.00 plus $.10 per square foot.
3. Foundation only: $25.00.
4. Remodeling, requiring structural, electrical, or plumbing changes: $.05 per square foot, $100.00 minimum (no change).
5. Remodeling (over $500.00), not requiring structural, electrical, or plumbing changes: $50.00 (no change).
(c) Other permits.
1. Signs: $50.00.
2. Demolition: $50.00.
3. Certificate of occupancy: $50.00.
4. Moving: $.10 per square foot.
5. Mobile home park: $100.00 plus $5.00 per space.
(Ord. 7-2002, passed 4-9-02; Am. Ord. 1-2009, passed 2-10-09)