(A) Building permit required. It shall be unlawful to commence the excavation for or the construction of any building, or any accessory buildings, or to commence the moving or alteration of any buildings including accessory buildings, until the Building Inspector has issued a building permit for such work.
(B) Issuance of building permit. In applying to the Building Inspector for a building permit, the applicant shall submit a dimensioned sketch or a scale plan indicating the shape, size and height and location of all buildings to be erected, altered or moved and of any building already on the lot. He shall also state the existing and intended use of all such buildings and supply such other information as may be required by the Building inspector for determining whether the provisions of this chapter are being observed. If the proposed excavation or construction as set forth in the application is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, and other ordinances of the city then in force, the Building Inspector shall issue a building permit for such excavation or construction. If a building permit is refused, the Building Inspector shall state such refusal in writing, with the cause, and shall immediately thereupon mail notice of such refusal to the applicant at the address indicated upon the application. The Building Inspector shall grant or deny the permit within a reasonable time from the date the application is submitted.
(1) The issuance of a permit shall, in no case, be construed as waiving any provisions of this chapter.
(2) A building permit shall become void six months from the date of issuance unless substantial progress has been made by that date on the project described therein.
(C) Certificate of occupancy. No land or building or part thereof hereafter erected or altered in its use or structure shall be used until the Building Inspector shall have issued a certificate of occupancy stating that such land, building or part thereof, and the proposed use thereof are found to be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Within five days after notification that a building or premises is ready for occupancy or use, it shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to make a final inspection thereof and to issue a certificate of occupancy if the land, building, or part thereof and the proposed use thereof are found to conform with the provisions of this chapter or, if such certification is refused, to state refusal in writing, with the cause, and immediately thereupon mail notice of such refusal to the applicant at the address indicated upon the application.
(Ord. 722, passed 7-11-89)
Cross-reference:
Building permit fees, see § 150.04