An application for a building permit shall be filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk or other agent designated by the Mayor and City Council, who shall refer it to the Building Inspector. He or she shall thereupon make due investigation, and if he or she finds that the proposed work will conform to the statutes of the state and the ordinances and regulations of the municipality, and that no good cause of any nature exists why said work should not be done, the Building Inspector shall thereupon approve said application and make due return thereof to the office of the Municipal Clerk. The Municipal Clerk, if the application conforms to the provisions of this section and to all other ordinances of the municipality, shall, at the expiration of 72 hours thereafter, issue the permit unless protest is filed as herein provided, if said application for building permit concerns a building, structure or addition which is located outside the fire limits. The Building Inspector, before a building permit shall issue, shall by endorsement in writing on said application find that said construction, improvement or repair conforms to the building regulations, the requirements of the ordinances of the municipality regulating fire hazards, non-combustible building construction, electrical construction and wiring, and also that proper applications for light, water and sewer connections for the building proposed to be constructed or repaired are on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk or that such utilities are already connected to said building, as the case is. If the application be disapproved by the Building Inspector or Chief of the Fire Department, or if any citizen of the municipality shall file objections in writing to the issuance of such permit before the same is issued, the Municipal Clerk shall present said application, together with all plans and specifications and findings, to the Mayor and City Council, who then shall determine whether the permit shall be issued; provided, if the application for a building permit concerns a building, structure or addition within the fire limits, then the Building Inspector shall in each instance refer said application, with all supporting documents attached, to the Mayor and City Council, who shall, in each case, order the Municipal Clerk either to issue the building permit or to refuse the issuance thereof.
(1999 Code, § 9-202)