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Factory built buildings which are approved by the Montana building codes division, department of labor and industry shall be subject to local government inspection and fees for only foundations and/or any additions to be added to the factory built building. Zoning and utility connections should be applied for through the appropriate departments and not through the building codes department and/or the building inspector. (Ord. 15.03 Amended, 10-3-2005)
Inspection and approval of plans for school buildings shall be in accordance with administrative rules of Montana section 2.2.1(1) - S11050 (I). The building inspector shall notify the building codes division of local approval of site, sewer, water, and other local requirements within five (5) days of such approval before further action is taken. (Ord. 15.03 Amended, 10-3-2005)
A. Surveys And Recommendations: When requested to do so by the owner, tenant, or any person authorized to make such a request by the owner or tenant of any building within the city limits, it shall be the duty of the city building inspector to make a complete survey of all electrical wiring or all plumbing or all gas heating installations and pipes or any other heating installations and pipes in any building within the city limits and to make such recommendations for the alteration, repair or replacement of any such installations or systems, as the circumstances require; and if so requested, the building inspector shall make his recommendation in writing, and furnish copies to the owner of the building and the person making the request, if not the owner, and file one copy in his office.
B. Survey Fees: Such requests shall be made in writing and the application shall be accompanied by the following prescribed fees, which shall be deposited with the city clerk and by him paid to the city treasurer:
For a complete survey of a building used for residential purposes and having accommodations for not more than three (3) families, the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per story; and for a complete survey of buildings used for other purposes including buildings used for residential purposes and having accommodations for four (4) or more families and for building used for both residential and other purposes, the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per story. (Ord. 15.24)
A. Construction Specifications: Foundation footings of all buildings hereafter constructed, altered or repaired within the city shall be made of concrete of at least one part of Portland cement, three (3) parts of clean sand and five (5) parts of gravel passing a two and one-half inch (21/2") screen, and of sufficient thickness and area to safely sustain the weight to be imposed thereon, and shall be not less than that provided in the following table:
Height Of Wall | Width Of Wall | Width Of Footing | Thickness Of Footing | |
Garage footings | 6 inches | 6 inches | 12 inches | 6 inches |
Residence | 12 inches | 8 inches | 20 inches | 6 inches |
Business | 12 inches | 12 inches | 24 inches | 8 inches |
Business | 24 inches | 16 inches | 28 inches | 10 inches |
Business | 24 inches | 20 inches | 32 inches | 12 inches |
Business | 24 inches | 24 inches | 48 inches | 16 inches |
B. Additional Width Requirement:
1. The footing shall in all cases be a least twelve inches (12") wider on all sides than the piers and columns supported by such footings.
2. Provided, however, that if the superimposed load is such as to cause undue transverse strain on any footings projecting twelve inches (12"), the thickness of such footings shall be so increased as to safely support the load to be imposed thereon.
C. Reduction In Thickness And Projections: For light buildings or structures, and for small piers to sustain light loads and where soil conditions permit, the building inspector may, at his discretion, allow a reduction in the thickness and projections for footings as above provided. (Ord. 15.04)
A. Fire Limits And Outer Fire Limits:
1. All that portion of the city as described in ordinance 71 of said city shall constitute the fire limits of the city.
2. All that portion of the city, excepting that portion specified in ordinance 71 as appearing within the city fire limits of the city, shall be known as the outer fire limits of the city.
B. Constructing Or Moving Buildings; Permit Required:
1. No person shall, within said outer fire limits, erect or construct any building, or remove any building from one place to another without first obtaining a permit from the city council to do so.
2. Said permit may be granted by the city council by an application in writing containing the specification of the dimensions, number of stores, location, number, size and capacity of chimneys, a description of the supports and material to be used in the construction thereof.
3. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply to small outbuildings not closer than twenty feet (20') to any other buildings and in which at no time fire is kept. (Ord. 15.08)
4. Any person, whether owner, lessee, contractor or laborer who shall hereafter violate any of the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 15.08; amd. 2006 Code)
C. Chimneys And Stove Pipes:
1. Every building erected within the limits of said city wherein fires shall be intended to be used shall be furnished with at least one substantial brick chimney, or one of stone or other material equally as safe, and fire proof, securely plastered throughout and on the inside and also on the outside where passing through inaccessible places near wood work; and no person shall be allowed in any building hereafter erected within the city limits to run a stove pipe through the roof or side of the same nor in any place where said arrangements now exist within said limits, nor shall the same be allowed to continue after due notice to remove the same. Any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, and every day of continued violation after due notice shall be deemed a separate offense punishable with a like fine.
2. In all buildings erected, repaired or altered within the city limits, when it shall be desired that a stove pipe shall pass through any partitioned wall of wood, or partly of wood, the same shall be secured by an iron or tin thimble with at least a two inch (2") air chamber; and where any pipe shall enter a chimney the same shall be provided with zinc, iron, tin or other similar material, an iron thimble securely fitted. Every stove, before use, shall be provided with equivalent to protect the wood underneath and around the said stove from taking fire therefrom. (Ord. 15.08)
A. Violations: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, raze, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure in the city, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to, or in violation of, any of the provisions of this chapter or the codes adopted in section 10-1-1 of this chapter.
B. Penalty Imposed: Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of the codes adopted in section 10-1-1 of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during which any violation of any of the provisions of the codes adopted in section 10-1-1 of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted and, upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 15.03 Amended, 10-3-2005)