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One set of plans, specifications, and computations shall be retained by the Building Official for a period of not less than ninety (90) days from date of completion of the work covered therein, and one set of plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant, which set shall be kept on such building or work at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress.
When the Building Official is satisfied that the work described in an application for permit and the plans and specifications filed therewith, if required, conforms to the requirements of this chapter and other pertinent laws and ordinances including any applicable soil erosion control plans, and that the fees as specified have been paid in full, the Building Official may issue a permit therefor to the applicant.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 103A.19[4])
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this chapter shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful. The issuance of a permit based upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the Building Official from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing building operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this chapter or of any other ordinance of the City.
Every permit issued by the Building Official under the provisions of this chapter shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 120 days after the date of such permit, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 120 days. Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained so to do, and the fee therefor shall be one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided, further, such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
The Building Official may, in writing, suspend or revoke a permit issued under provisions of this chapter whenever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any of the provisions of this chapter.
A fee for each building permit shall be paid to the Building Official as set forth herein. The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be made by the Building Official. The valuation to be used in computing the permit and plan check fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued, as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire extinguishing systems and any other permanent work or permanent equipment. The Building Official will use as a guide to determine the valuation the latest “Building Valuation Data,” and the “Regional Modifiers,” as published by the International Code Council, unless the applicant can show that the actual cost will be less.
1. Building Permit Fee Schedule.
TOTAL VALUATION | FEE |
$1.00 to $1,000.00 | $22.00 |
$1,001.00 to $25,000.00 | $22.00 for the first $1,000.00 plus $6.25 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $25,000.00. |
$25,001.00 to $50,000.00 | $172.00 for the first $25,000.00 plus $4.50 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $50,000.00. |
$50,001.00 to $100,000.00 | $284.50 for the first $50,000.00 plus $3.13 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $100,000.00. |
$100,001.00 to $500,000.00 | $441.00 for the first $100,000.00 plus $2.50 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof to and including $500,000.00. |
$500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00 | $1,441.00 for the first $500,000.00 plus $2.13 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000.00. |
$1,000,001.00 and up | $2,506.00 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $1.38 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof. |
2. Moving Buildings – Lot to Lot. For a permit for the removal of a building or structure from one lot to another, the fee shall be at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) per one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the estimated value of the building or structure in its completed condition after removal, with a minimum permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
3. Moving Buildings – Same Lot. For a permit for the removal of a building or structure to a new location within the same lot, the fee shall be at the rate of ten cents ($.10) per thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the estimated cost of moving, of new foundations and of work necessary to put the building or structure in usable condition in its new location, with a minimum permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
4. Demolition. For a permit for the demolition of a building or structure, there shall be a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00).
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