(a) No person, firm or corporation shall erect or construct a house or any building or structure of any kind, or enlarge, alter, repair, remodel, improve, rehabilitate, move, raze or demolish any house or other building or structure, without first making application for a permit therefor from the Service-Safety Director, and being issued a permit. The application shall be in writing and shall state the number of the lot, or an exact description of the property if not a numbered lot, the ward and if the particular parcel upon which the house, structure or other building is to be erected, repaired, remodeled or rehabilitated, constructed, enlarged, altered, improved, moved, razed or demolished is situated in the Flood Plain, the Flood Plain fringe area or the fire limits. The application shall also state the dimensions of the building and the estimated value thereof, together with the Ohio Building Code permit number, and such other permit number as may be required by the City Engineer or any other agency.
(Ord. 15-2009. Passed 9-15-09.)
(b) City building permits for the construction of single family residences, garages, accessory buildings, attached buildings and remodeling of any of the foregoing shall expire and thereby become invalid six months following the date of their issuance; and for multi-family residence buildings, one year following their issuance. So far as the building permits for commercial buildings are concerned, the period of a building permit's validity will be determined by the City Public Service-Safety Director, on an individual basis, following consultation with each such building project main contractor.
(Ord. 59-94. Passed 8-2-94.)
(c) Building permits shall be required for new construction of:
Porches and ramps
Decks
Patios
Fences
Sheds
Driveways including expansion of existing driveways
Siding
Roofing
Exterior HVAC units
Permanent swimming pools 24" deep or deeper
Garages
Exterior basement repairs.
(d) Building permits are not required for:
Door replacement
Window replacement
Spouting and gutters
Interior and exterior painting
Insulation
Sealing of bricks
Flooring
Garage doors
Repair of decks, porches or steps
Driveway resurfacing.
(Ord. 15-2009. Passed 9-15-09.)