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§ 155.276 through § 155.279 RESERVED.
ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
Except where herein otherwise stated, the provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the Building Official or other official responsible for code enforcement, Community Development Director or other official(s) as may be designated by City Council.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01)
The Building Official or other official responsible for code enforcement shall:
(A) Have the authority to grant occupancy permits;
(B) Not approve any site or engineering plans or issue any permits, certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy for any excavation or construction until he or she has inspected such plans in detail and found them to conform to this chapter, conditions of site plan approval and other applicable codes and ordinances.
(C) Inspect buildings or premises as necessary to carry out duties in the enforcement of this chapter. The Building Official or other official responsible for code enforcement shall not change or vary the terms of this chapter in carrying out his or her duties as Building Official or other official responsible for code enforcement.
(D) Issue a permit when conditions imposed by this chapter are complied with by the applicant despite violations of private contracts, such as covenants, deed restrictions or other private agreements, which may occur upon the granting of said permit.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)
The Building Official or other official responsible for code enforcement shall require that all applications for single-family residential building permits shall be accompanied by plans and specifications including a plot plan, in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the following:
(A) The actual shape, location and dimensions of the lot.
(B) The shape, size and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered or moved, and of any building or other structures already on the lot.
(C) The existing and intended use of the lot and or all such structures upon it, including, in residential areas, the number or dwelling units the building is intended to accommodate.
(D) Such other information concerning the lot or adjoining lots as may be essential for determining whether the provisions of this chapter are being observed.
(E) Plot plans may be required of other construction permit applications.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01)
The following requirements shall apply in the issuance of any permit:
(A) Compliance required. No building permit shall be issued for the erection, alteration or use of any building or structure or part thereof or for the use of any land which is not in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
(B) Permits for new use of land; certificate of occupancy required. No land heretofore vacant shall hereafter be used or an existing use of land be hereafter changed to a use of a different class or type unless a certificate of occupancy or a certificate of re-occupancy is first obtained for the new or different use.
(C) Permits for new use of buildings. No building or structure or part thereof shall be changed to or occupied by a use of a different class or type unless a building permit is first obtained for the new or different use.
(D) Permits required. No building or structure or part thereof shall be hereafter erected, altered moved or repaired unless a building permit shall have been first issued for such work. The terms altered and repaired shall include any changes in structural parts, stairways, type of construction, type, class or kind of occupancy, light or ventilation, means of egress and ingress, or other changes affecting regulated by the building code, Housing Law of Michigan, or this chapter, except for minor repairs of changes not involving any of the aforesaid features.
(E) Zoning compliance permits. If any type of modification, repair or construction does not require building permit, applicants shall contain a zoning compliance permit to ensure compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)
No land, building or part thereof shall be occupied by or for any use unless and until a certificate of occupancy or certificate of re-occupancy shall have been issued for such use. The following shall apply in the issuance of any certificate:
(A) Compliance required. No certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy pursuant to the building code of the city shall be issued for any building, structure or part thereof, or for the use of any land, which is not in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Certificates required. No building or structure or part thereof which is hereafter erected or altered shall be occupied or used or the same caused to be done unless and until a certificate of occupancy or certificate of re-occupancy shall have been issued for such building or structure.
(C) Certificates including zoning. Certificates of occupancy as required by this chapter for new buildings or structures or pans thereof, or for alterations to or changes of use of existing buildings or structures, shall also constitute certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy as required by this chapter.
(D) Certificates for existing buildings. Certificates of re-occupancy shall be issued for existing buildings, structures or parts thereof, or existing uses of land, if, after inspection, it is found those such buildings, structures or parts thereof, or such use of land, are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(E) Temporary certificates. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy or certificate of re-occupancy for a portion of a building or structure in process of erection or alteration, provided that such temporary certificate shall not be effective for a period of time in excess of six months, unless approved by the Planning Commission, and provided further that such portion of the building, structure or premises is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(F) Records of certificates. A record of all certificates issued shall be kept on file in the office of the Department of Building Inspection, and copies shall be furnished upon request to any person having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the property involved.
(G) Certificates for dwelling accessory buildings. Buildings accessory to dwellings shall not require separate certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy but may be included in the certificate for the dwelling when shown on the plot plan and when completed at the same time as such dwellings.
(H) Application for certificates. Application for certificates of occupancy or certificates of re-occupancy shall be made in writing to the Department of Building Inspection on forms furnished by that Department, and such certificates shall be issued within five days after receipt of such application if it is found that the building or structure or part thereof, or the use of land, is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If such certificate is refused for cause, the applicant therefor shall be notified of such refusal and cause thereof within the aforesaid five-day period.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)
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