Any person desiring to commence or proceed to erect, construct, enlarge, repair or relocate any building or other structure, including fences of all kinds and sidewalks, or cause the same to be done, within the municipality and up to one mile in all directions of said corporate limits, shall file with the Municipal Clerk an application for a building permit. The application shall be in writing on a form to be furnished by the Municipal Clerk for that purpose. Every such application shall set forth the legal description of the land upon which the construction or relocation is to take place, the nature of the use or occupancy, the principal dimensions, the estimated cost, the names of the owner, architect and contractor, the materials to be used and such other information as may be requested thereon. The application, plans and specifications so filed with the Municipal Clerk shall be checked and examined by the governing body, and, if they are found to be in conformity with the requirements of Chapter 9 and all other ordinances applicable thereto, the governing body shall authorize the Municipal Clerk to issue said applicant a permit upon the payment of the permit fee set by resolution of the governing body. Nothing herein shall require the issuance of a building permit prior to a repair of improvements to real estate, which repair does not alter or extend the outer dimensions of any existing improvement.
(Ord. 399, passed 7-5-1989; Ord. 705, passed 6-3-2003)