(A) Permit required. A wrecking permit shall be required for the wrecking or removal of all masonry buildings and for all frame buildings which are over one story in height and which are less than ten feet from a street or alley line. A fee of an amount as set by the city from time to time shall be charged for the permit. Application for a wrecking permit shall be made to the Building Commissioner. The application shall be in duplicate and shall give accurately all the information which is thereon required. A plot plan, drawn to scale, shall be furnished for buildings where barricades or bridges are required, showing the building on the lot and the distances to street, alley, and property lines, with width of adjacent sidewalks. The barricade, fence, or bridge required by this code shall be shown and specified in its proper position relative to the building, and complete details of its construction shall be followed. The application shall state the type of construction of the building, its height and number of stories, and shall state the method to be used in the wrecking, together with other information as the Building Commissioner may reasonably require. No permit shall be issued for wrecking buildings unless the application is signed by the owner of the property and is verified by affidavit authorizing the wrecking company to obtain the permit for the demolition of the building referred to in statements contained in the application. No permit for the wrecking of any building or other structure shall be issued except to a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter, provided, that a permit may be issued, for the wrecking of a minor building or structure, as hereinafter defined, to the owner of the premises upon which minor building or structure shall be located. The work or operation of building wrecking under a permit issued to an owner of a minor building or structures shall be performed or executed by the owner or the employees or servants of the owner acting under his or her supervision and direction, but shall not be done by an independent contractor unless the independent contractor shall be a licensed building wrecker under the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MINOR BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. Any masonry building not over one story in height and five thousand cubic feet in volume above the grade line.
OWNER. Any person holding title and possession of the land upon which the building or structure to be wrecked is located by virtue of a deed, real estate contract, or lease for more than three years.
(Prior Code, § 151.01) Penalty, see § 10.999