(A) Building permit required. No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered without a building permit issued by the Administrative Official. No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. No permit for the construction of a building or buildings upon any land shall be issued until a building site has been created by the land being a platted lot appearing on a plat properly approved by the city and filed in the records of the county clerk of Ellis County.
(1) Application for building permit. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by plans in triplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions and shape of the lot to be built upon; the exact sizes and locations on the lot of buildings already existing, if any; and the location and dimensions of the proposed building or alteration. The application shall include such other information as lawfully may be required by the Administrative Official, including existing or proposed building or alteration; existing or proposed uses of the building and land; housekeeping units or rental units the building is designed to accommodate; conditions existing on the lot; and such other matters as may be necessary to determine conformance with, and provide for the enforcement of this chapter. One copy of the plans shall be returned to the applicant by the Administrative Official, that has markings on the copy either as approved or disapproved and attested to same by his or her signature on such copy. The original and 1 copy of the plans, similarly marked, shall be retained by the Administrative Official.
(2) Expiration of building permit. If the work described in any building permit has not begun within 6 calendar months from the date of issuance thereof, the permit shall expire, and work shall not proceed until a new building permit has been obtained.
(B) Certificate of occupancy required. No tract of land or premises nor non-residential structure thereon shall be used, occupied or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Building Official stating that the tract of land, premises or structure, as case may be, complies with the provisions of this chapter and any other part of the city code applicable thereto.
(C) Application for certificate of occupancy. Certificates of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for building permit, and will be issued within 5 days after the erection or structural alteration of such building shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of pertinent statutes and ordinances.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)