(A) Hereafter, no person shall erect, alter, wreck or move any building or part thereof without first securing a building permit therefor. No building permit shall be required for an alteration costing an amount as set by City Council from time to time if no structural alteration of the building is involved.
(B) The applicant for a building permit shall provide an estimated construction cost at the time of application, except for fixed fees. Permit costs shall include total cost of all construction work, including materials and labor, for which the permit is being issued, such as electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing equipment, and permanent systems. The Building Inspector shall make the final determination of value.
(C) Cost is based on the building cost data, dated May of 2008 or the most current cost provided by the International Code Council via State Building Codes and Standards Division or contract bid price. The Building Inspector shall make the final determination.
(D) Exceptions: building permit costs for the following structures shall be based on the costs of on-site work only:
(1) Manufactured homes containing a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) certification label;
(2) Prefabricated buildings with a State Building Codes and Standards Division prefabrication label; and
(3) Industrialized/modular buildings with an Industrialized Building Commission (IBC) label.
(E) Building permit costs or fees required in this section do not apply to those improvements where a set or fixed fee has been set under § 150.17.
(F) Building permit fees are calculated at 60% of the 1997 State Building Code guidelines of construction costs.
(Ord. 269, passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 10.99