(a) Ninety-day Period. After the building permit has been issued, if actual construction work is not commenced within ninety days, or, if during the course of construction, work has been suspended for six months, the permit shall be immediately revocable by the Chief Building Official, and notice to that effect shall be served in writing on the owner to whom the permit was originally issued. All building permits issued prior to the enactment of this Building Code shall become invalid ninety days after date of enactment unless actual construction work is begun.
(b) Notice. The notice shall set forth that within five days the owner shall furnish satisfactory proof that building operations will be started or recommenced and carried out to completion. If the owner fails to furnish proof, or, having furnished the same fails to resume work, the Chief Building Official shall revoke the permit. Written notice of revocation, signed by the Inspector, shall be immediately served on the owner, and shall be posted on the premises. No person shall perform any work in or about the structure, building or premises after the revocation of the permit and the posting notice thereof, except for safety or sanitary requirements, without first renewing the building permit.
If the work is resumed in accordance with the owner’s agreement, then the original permit shall continue in effect, subject to the conditions set forth above.
(Ord. 66-03. Passed 5-12-03.)
(c) Work Suspended; Condemned. When the work for which any building permit was issued is not being performed in conformity with the approved plans and specifications for which the permit was issued, or is in violation of this Building Code, the Chief Building Official shall notify the owner to whom the permit was issued, by posting a notice on the building for which the permit was issued, that the work is being constructed in violation of the permit, and that such work must be suspended until a permit for such deviation from the approved plans and specifications be obtained, or that work shall be made to conform to the approved plans and specifications. If the owner fails to comply with the notice on its posting the Chief Building Official shall revoke the permit in the manner set forth above. When work
on any building has been ordered stopped by the Chief Building Official, because of violations of this Code, and the owner refuses to resume work in accordance with the provisions of the Code within ninety (90) days from the date of the stop order, the Chief Building Official shall condemn the building and issue orders for its removal.
(Ord. 87-05. Passed 3-28-05.)
(d) Fee. The basic fee shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) plus an additional fee of ten cents (10¢) per square foot of the aggregate floor area.
(Ord. 66-03. Passed 5-12-03.)