1335.20 COMPLETION.

   (a)   Demolition of any residential building or structure under any permit shall not be considered completed until:

      (1)   The contractor or resident-owner under Section 1335.24 has removed all lumber, rubble and other building or structural materials and debris and all demolition equipment from the graded premises; and

      (2)   The contractor or resident-owner under Section 1335.24 has broken and removed all foundations or slabs to not less than four feet below the ground surface, and has filled all basements, trenches or other depressions with not less than four feet of compacted earth, or with Bureau approval, graded neatly to the existing established grade level, and further depending on the season and or weather permitting has applied seed and straw, unless a building permit has been issued for a structure which will make use of the foundation or slab remaining after demolition; and

      (3)   The Bureau of Buildings, Inspections, Licenses and Permits has issued to the contractor or resident-owner under Section 1335.24 a certificate of final inspection, which certificate shall issue when the provisions of this chapter have been satisfied, subject, however, to Section 1335.16 .

   (b)   Demolition of any commercial building or structure under any permit shall not be considered completed until:

      (1)   The contractor or owner under Section 1335.24 has removed all lumber, rubble and other building or structural materials and debris and all demolition equipment from the graded premises; and

      (2)   The contractor or owner under Section 1335.24 has broken and removed all foundations or slabs to not less than four feet below the ground surface, and has filled all basements, trenches or other depressions with not less than four feet of compacted earth, or with Bureau approval, and due to the past site use that may affect the soil conditions a site may need to be left undisturbed and effectively the site shall either be graded neatly to the existing established grade level or prepared in such way as to allow for a floor slab to remain undisturbed. Further, depending on the season and or weather permitting has applied seed and straw to those sites able to be graded unless a building permit has been issued for a structure which will make use of the foundation or slab remaining after demolition; and

      (3)   The Bureau of Buildings, Inspections, Licenses and Permits has issued to the contractor or owner under Section 1335.24 a certificate of final inspection, which certificate shall issue when the provisions of this chapter have been satisfied subject, however, to Section 1335.16 .

         (Ord. 19-035. Passed 9-3-19.)