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(A) Building permit. No person shall commence, or proceed, with the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, removal, or demolition of any building, or other structure, or any part thereof, without first securing from the Building Inspector any, and all, permits required by the State Building Code, and any other state or local laws applicable to the work.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) No building permit shall be required under the State Building Code for any construction, installation, repair, replacement, or alteration costing $5,000 or less in any single-family residence or farm building unless the work involves: The addition, repair, or replacement of load bearing structures; the addition (excluding replacement of same capacity) or change in the design of plumbing; the addition, replacement, or change in the design of heating, air conditioning, or electrical wiring, devices, fixtures (excluding repair or replacement of electrical lighting devices and fixtures of the same type), appliances (excluding replacement of water heaters; provided, that the energy use rate or thermal input is not greater than that of the water heater which is being replaced, and there is no change in fuel, energy source, location, capacity, or routing or sizing of venting and piping), or equipment, the use of materials not permitted by the State Uniform Residential Building Code; or the addition (excluding replacement of like grade or fire resistance) of roofing. The exclusions from building permit requirements set forth in this subsection (B) for electrical lighting devices and fixtures, and water heaters, shall apply only to work performed on a one- or two-family dwelling. In addition, exclusions for electrical lighting devices and fixtures, and electric water heaters, shall apply only to work performed by a person licensed under G.S. § 87-43, and exclusions for water heaters, generally, to work performed by a person licensed under G.S. § 87-21.
(2) In any one- or two-family dwelling unit, a permit shall not be required for the connection of a water heater that is being replaced; provided, that the work is performed by a person licensed under G.S. § 87-21, who personally examines the work at completion, and ensures that a leak test has been performed on the gas piping; and, provided, the energy use rate, or thermal input, is not greater than that of the water heater which is being replaced, there is no change in fuel, energy source, location, capacity, or routing or sizing of venting and piping, and the replacement is installed in accordance with the current edition of the State Building Code.
(3) In any one- or two-family dwelling unit, a permit shall not be required for repair, or replacement, of electrical lighting fixtures or devices, such as receptacles and lighting switches, or for the connection of an existing branch circuit to an electric water heater that is being replaced; provided, that all of the following requirements are met:
(a) With respect to electric water heaters, the replacement water heater is placed in the same location, and is of the same, or less, capacity and electrical rating as the original;
(b) With respect to electrical lighting fixtures and devices, the replacement is with a fixture or device having the same voltage and the same, or less, amperage;
(c) The work is performed by a person licensed under G.S. § 87-83; and
(d) The repair, or replacement, installation meets the current edition of the State Building Code, including the State Electrical Code.
(4) A permit shall not be required for any other work, or project, exempted from permitting requirements by the State Building Code.
(C) Demolition bond. In all cases of removal, or demolition, of a building, or structure, a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $1,000 shall be posted by the property owner, or by his or her contractor, at the time of application for a permit, to ensure complete removal, or demolition, including all rubble and debris. Failure on the part of the property owner, or his or her contractor, to completely demolish, remove, and clear the premises, after 30 days’ notice by the Building Inspector, shall be cause for forfeiture of such bond.
(Code 1976, § 8.19)
Cross-reference:
Inspection services, § 5-104; water system, §§ 21-201 et seq.; sewer system, §§ 21-301 et seq.; electric power system, §§ 21-401 et seq.
(A) Application for a building permit shall be made to the County Building Inspections Department.
(B) (1) Any individual, or business, seeking a building permit shall secure all necessary zoning and subdivision approvals from the town before applying for a building permit.
(2) Any individual, or business, seeking a building permit shall demonstrate compliance with § 21-315, “Grease traps/interceptors”, before, or at the time, application is made for a building permit.
(C) The Building Inspector shall not accept any application for a building permit until he or she is satisfied that all zoning and subdivision requirements have been met, and that building, or structure, for which a building permit is sought complies with § 21-315.
(D) Written application shall be made for all permits required by this article, and shall be made on forms provided by the Inspection Department. Such application shall be made by the owner of the building, or structure, affected, or by his or her authorized agent or representative, and, in addition to such other information, as may be required by the appropriate inspector to enable him or her to determine whether the permit applied for should be issued, shall show the following:
(1) Name, residence, and business address of owner;
(2) Name, residence, and business of the authorized representative, or agent, if any; and
(3) Name, and address, of the contractor, if any, together with evidence that he or she has obtained a certificate from the appropriate state licensing board for such contractors, if such be required for the work involved in the permit for which such application is made.
(Code 1976, § 8.20)
Cross-reference:
Zoning and Subdivision Regulations, Ch. 17.
Nothing in this article shall require the town to review, and approve, residential building plans submitted to the town pursuant to § R-110 of Volume VII of the State Building Code; provided, that the town may review, and approve, such residential building plans as it deems necessary. No permits shall be issued unless the plans, and specifications, are identified by the name and address of the author thereof, and if the general statutes, the State Building Code, or any ordinance requires that plans for certain types of work be prepared only by a registered architect, or registered engineer, no permit shall be issued unless the plans, and specifications, bear the state seal of a registered architect, or of a registered engineer. When any provision of the general statutes, the State Building Code, or any ordinance requires that work be done by a licensed specialty contractor of any kind, no permit for the work shall be issued unless the work is to be performed by such a duly licensed contractor.
(Code 1976, § 8.21)
Statutory reference:
Certain buildings involving public funds to be designed by architect or engineer, G.S. § 133-1.1.
(A) No building permit shall be issued for any building, or structure, the estimated total cost of which is more than $30,000, unless the work is to be performed by a licensed general contractor.
(B) Where detailed plans, and specifications, are required under this article, no building permit shall be issued unless such plans, and specifications, have been provided.
(C) Pursuant to G.S. § 83A-13, nothing in this article shall be construed to require plans sealed by an architect where the building, or structure, to be permitted meets one of the following exceptions:
(1) A family residence, up to eight units attached with grade level exit, which is not a part of, or physically connected with, any other buildings or residential units;
(2) A building upon any farm for the use of any farmer, unless the building is of such nature, and intended for such use, as to substantially involve the health, or safety, of the public;
(3) An institutional, or commercial, building if it does not have a total value exceeding $90,000;
(4) An institutional, or commercial, building if the total building area does not exceed 2,500 square feet in gross floor area;
(5) Alteration, remodeling, or renovation of an existing building that is exempt under this section, or alteration, remodeling, or renovation of an existing building, or building site, that does not alter, or affect, the structural system of the building; change the building’s access or exit pattern; or change the live, or dead, load on the building’s structural system; or
(6) The preparation, and use, of details and shop drawings, assembly, or erection drawings, or graphic descriptions utilized to detail, or illustrate, a portion of the work required to construct the project in accordance with the plans, and specifications, prepared, or to be prepared, under the requirements, or exemptions, of G.S. Chapter 83A.
(Code 1976, § 8.22)
When proper application for a permit has been made, and the Building Inspector is satisfied that the application, and the proposed work, comply with the provisions of this article and the State Building Code, he or she shall issue such permit upon payment of the proper fee, or fees, as provided in § 5-209.
(Code 1976, § 8.23)
(A) (1) Whenever any building, or structure, or part thereof, is being demolished, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or repaired in a hazardous manner; in substantial violation of any state or local building law, including the zoning provisions of this code; or in a manner that endangers life or property, the Building Inspector may order the specific part of the work that is in violation, or presents such a hazard, to be immediately stopped.
(2) The stop order shall be in writing, directed to the person doing the work, and shall state the specific work to be stopped, the specific reasons therefor, and the conditions under which the work may be resumed. Stop work orders may be appealed to the State Commissioner of Insurance, or the Town Board of Adjustment, as appropriate, in accordance with G.S. Chapter 160D.
(B) The Building Inspector may revoke, and require the return of, any permit by notifying the permit holder, in writing, stating the reason for such revocation. Permits shall be revoked for any substantial departure from the approved application, plans, or specifications; for refusal, or failure, to comply with proper orders of the inspector; for refusal, or failure, to comply with requirements of this article, or the State Building Code; or for false statements, or misrepresentations, made in securing such permit. Any permit mistakenly issued in violation of an applicable state or local law may also be revoked.
(Code 1976, § 8.24)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, G.S. Chapter 160D.
All permits issued under this article shall expire by limitation six months after the date of issuance if the work authorized by the permit has not been commenced. If after commencement the work is discontinued for a period of 12 months, the permit shall immediately expire. No work authorized by any permit which has expired shall, thereafter, be performed until a new permit has been secured.
(Code 1976, § 8.25)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, G.S. Chapter 160D.
After a permit has been issued, no changes, or deviations, from the terms of the application, plans, or specifications, or the permit, except where changes, or deviations, are clearly permissible under the State Building Code, shall be made until specific written approval of proposed changes, or deviations, has been obtained from the Inspection Department.
(Code 1976, § 8.26)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, G.S. Chapter 160D.
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