(A) Adoption. No person, firm, or corporation shall commence the construction, remodeling, or major repair of any structure except as exempt as hereinafter set forth in this order within the unincorporated areas of the county, without first securing from the Building Inspector’s office, a permit for the construction, remodeling or major repair of any structure. The Building Inspector’s office shall prepare, at the county’s expense, such forms as it may deem necessary to ascertain the location of the structure which is to be constructed, remodeled, or repaired and shall ascertain from the applicant for said permit the costs of said construction, remodeling, or repair. No permit shall be issued for the construction, remodeling, or repair of any structure which may lie within the floodplain as designated by the County Fiscal Court in previous orders of the court, unless the structure meets all of the requirements as set forth by any governmental agency, whether, local, state, or federal.
(B) Agricultural land use exceptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this order, meeting the State Building Code definition of “agricultural property” shall quality for the State Building Code exemption as outlined in the State Building Code, unless the property lies within the floodplain as designated on the maps heretofore adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the County Fiscal Court, in which event no permit shall be issued unless the construction, remodeling, or repair meets all requirements which may be imposed by any governmental agency, whether local, state, or federal. A residence constructed, remodeled, or repaired upon agricultural land shall not be deemed an agricultural building and a permit must be secured for any such work.
(Prior Code, § 70.002) (Ord. 76-22, passed 4-7-1976) Penalty, see § 150.99