A. Permit Required; Application:
1. No building or other structure shall be built, enlarged, altered or moved without a building permit issued by the City Clerk as follows:
a. Whenever changes to a building or other structure alter the outside appearance;
b. Whenever changes will amount to more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in cost; or
c. Whenever a building or structure is to be moved from without the City to a location within the City or from one location in the City to another location within the City.
2. A person desiring a building permit shall submit an application therefor to the City Clerk. The applicant shall submit with the application such reasonable information as the Clerk may require, to enable him to determine whether granting the permit would be in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances of the City.
3. If the application is in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances and laws, the Clerk shall issue the permit upon the payment by the applicant of a building permit fee which may be set by motion or resolution of the City Council. A current copy of the fee schedule shall be kept in the Office of the City Clerk.
4. A building permit covers the initial plumbing and electrical installations to be made in connection with the building.
(Prior Code § 5-108)
B. Conditions For Permit Issuance:
1. A building permit shall be issued by the City Clerk only after the Building Official has determined that the proposed building site is reasonably safe from flooding; or if a flood hazard exists, any proposed new construction or substantial improvement, including prefabricated and mobile homes, must:
a. Be designed (or modified) and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure;
b. Use construction materials and utility equipment that are resistant to flood damage; and
c. Use construction methods and practices that will minimize flood damage.
2. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or any other legal entity shall construct or cause to be constructed any structure or substantial improvement to any structure, residential, industrial, commercial or otherwise, without first obtaining a permit to construct same from the City.
3. Proposed subdivisions and land use areas shall be reviewed to assure that:
a. All proposals for construction provide for methods to minimize flood damage;
b. All public utilities and facilities such as sewerage, gas, electrical service and water systems are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage; and
c. Adequate drainage is provided so as to reduce exposure to flood hazards.
4. All new or replacement water supply systems or sanitary sewerage systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into the floodwater.
(Prior Code § 5-109)