(a) When the application for a building permit has been made, and the plans, specifications and plats in conformity with the provisions of this article have been submitted, examined and approved, as provided for by this article, the director of public works shall issue a permit, and shall file such application, and shall apply to such plans and plans a final official stamp, stating that the drawings to which the same has been applied comply with the provisions of this chapter. One set of plans and plats so stamped shall be returned to such applicant upon the issuance of the permit.
(b) No permit issued for the erection, construction, alteration, repair or excavation for any wall, structure or building, or any portion thereof, for which a fee is prescribed by this article shall be in force until the fees prescribed therefor shall have been paid.
(c) The director of public works shall not sign or issue any permit authorizing the construction, erection, repair, alteration or excavation for any building or structure unless the plans submitted for the approval of the director of public works clearly show that such building or structure with all its appurtenances, foundations and attachments can be erected entirely within the limits of the lot or tract of land upon which it is proposed to erect such building or structure, in accordance with the zoning ordinance, except as otherwise provided in this code; and no permit to erect, repair, alter or excavate for any building or structure shall authorize the use of any part of any public highway or other public ground for the construction or maintenance of such building or structure, except as otherwise provided in this code; nor shall any permit be issued for the construction or maintenance of any balcony or canopy extending over any public highway, public street, public alley or other public ground, unless specifically authorized by a resolution of the president and board of trustees. No building permit for the construction of a new principal building, or for the construction of an accessory building or structure, addition or residential recreational facility, shall be issued unless the provisions of chapter 34, article III (Tree Preservation) are satisfied.
(Ord. N0. 2000-10-2092)
(d) (1) No building permit for removal of any principal building or structure shall be issued earlier than 60 days after the village has received a completed application therefor; provided, however, that no building permit for removal of any principal building or structure that has been designated by village ordinance pursuant to chapter 26A of this code as:
A. A landmark; or
B. Within a historic district shall be issued earlier than 180 days after the village has received a completed application for such removal.
(2) Notice shall be provided to the historic preservation commission within three days of the filing of any application for removal of any such landmark building or structure.
(3) Such application shall include evidence satisfactory to the director of public works or the director's designee that the applicant has notified the owners and residents of all nearby properties regarding such proposed removal.
(4) In addition, no building permit for removal of any principal building or structure on a lot shall be issued until:
A. A building permit has been issued for the replacement principal building or structure; or
B. In the absence of such permit, site restoration plans have been approved by the director of public works or the director's designee establishing that the lot will be adequately graded, landscaped and buffered to:
1. Avoid runoff, siltation, erosion and related drainage problems; and
2. Ensure compliance with requirements of the zoning code and other codes, ordinances, policies and practices of the village.
(5) In addition, any site restoration plan shall be subject to such conditions necessary to ensure that the site restoration plans are timely implemented and the conditions thereby established are maintained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such building permit may be issued earlier than herein prescribed if the director of public works determines that the building or structure is in an unsafe, uninhabitable, dangerous or unhealthful condition or that emergency conditions otherwise warrant such earlier issuance.
(Ord. No. 94-10-1946, 96-3-1999; 2000-14-2096; 2002-12-3057)