CHAPTER 150: BUILDINGS

Section

General Provisions

   150.001   Permit required

   150.002   Application

   150.003   Approval of plans

   150.004   Variations

   150.005   Enforcement of provisions

   150.006   Building permit fees

   150.007   Building inspector to determine flood hazard

Fire Limits

   150.015   Boundaries

   150.016   Exterior coverings

   150.017   Repairs

Dangerous Buildings

   150.025   Dangerous buildings defined; declared nuisance

   150.026   Prohibition

   150.027   Abatement

   150.028   Damage to frame structure in fire limits

   150.029   Regulations to be complied with

Construction Regulations

   150.040   Regulations to be obeyed

   150.041   Beams entering party walls and fire walls

   150.042   Bearing power of soil

   150.043   Chimneys

   150.044   Dwelling house

   150.045   Fire escapes

   150.046   Fireproof construction

   150.047   Floor loads and wind pressure

   150.048   Grain elevators and ice houses

   150.049   Hazardous uses

   150.050   Masonry walls

   150.051   Materials for concrete and cement mortar

   150.052   Means of egress

   150.053   Monolithic concrete walls

   150.054   Mortar

   150.055   Opening in fire or party walls

   150.056   Permissible working stresses

   150.057   Private garage; height

   150.058   Stair and elevator shafts

   150.059   Windows

   150.060   Wooden structures

Building Operations

   150.075   Use of streets

   150.076   Night operations

   150.077   Sidewalks

   150.078   Safeguards

Plumbing

   150.090   Metal connections required; tile sewers

   150.091   Connections outside building and underground; house drain

   150.092   Drain connections with sewer pipes

   150.093   Traps and vents to conform to state specifications

   150.094   Separate drainage from buildings

   150.095   Standard material to be used in plumbing systems

   150.096   Minimizing infiltration of flood water

Electricity

   150.105   Definition

   150.106   Rules adopted; enforcement

   150.107   Violation regulations

Fences

   150.120   Permit required

   150.121   Application

   150.122   Approval

   150.123   Height restrictions

   150.124   Unlawful fences

   150.125   Placement of dangerous and/or hazardous fences

Moving Buildings

   150.140   Permit required

   150.141   Approval; fee

   150.142   Bond

   150.143   Lights and warnings

   150.144   Wire cutting

   150.145   Fire alarm wires

Codes Adopted

   150.155   International Codes adopted

   1501.56   National Electrical Code adopted

   150.157   National Fire Protection Association 101 Life Safety Code adopted

   150.999   Penalty

Cross reference:

   Residential lots containing less than 1.5 acres, see § 152.028

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 150.001 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   Without first securing a building permit, it is unlawful to construct or alter any building or structure in the city where there are to be any changes in the height, outside dimensions, any structural change, or where any bearing wall of any building or structure is to be altered, or where a porch, breezeway, carport or other roofed area is to be enclosed, or where a parking lot is to be constructed.

('72 Code, § 151.001) (Am. Ord. 99-10, passed 6-6-99; Am. Ord. 09-14, passed 6-1-09 ) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 150.002 APPLICATION.

   (A)   Application for such permits shall be made to the City Clerk, and shall be accompanied by a completed permit application, two site plans and two sets of building plans. The Building Inspector shall review the plans within 14 days. Upon approval of the plans by the Building Inspector, the City Clerk will contact the applicant to pick up the permit. The applicant must remit all permit fees, hookup fees and impact fees (if any) prior to receiving the approved building permit. All plans and papers shall be stamped “permit copy.” The applicant shall sign the stamped, required inspections sheet and stamped, electrical service handout. Upon payment of all fees, the applicant shall receive a large, yellow hard copy of the permit to be posted at the job site.

   (B)   All building permit application documents and inspection reports shall be kept in a job folder and filed in the active job file drawer in the City Clerk’s office. The following shall also be applicable to the building permit and construction processes:

      (1)   Applications for building permits with the required plans shall be referred to the city Building Inspector who shall examine the same to determine whether the proposed plans comply with the city ordinances and the adopted codes relating thereto.

      (2)   When a building permit is required and work is commenced prior to obtaining the permit, the specified fee(s) shall be doubled. The payment of such doubled fee(s) shall neither relieve any person from fully complying with the requirements of this code, from the completion of any work, nor from any penalties prescribed therein.

      (3)   It is unlawful to vary materially from the approved plans and specifications deposited with and approved by the city Building Inspector unless amended plans and specifications showing such proposed alteration(s) or variation(s) are first filed with the City Clerk and approved by the Building Inspector.

      (4)   It shall be the duty of the city Building Inspector (and any other person designated by the Mayor for such purpose) to enforce the provisions herein. The city Building Inspector is empowered to make such inspections as may be necessary to ensure enforcement of these provisions, and to make any tests or examinations of materials or methods to be used, for the purpose of determining if they comply with the requirements herein. When the applicant or his or her designated agent requests the Building Inspector to make an inspection, the following procedures shall be followed:

         (a)   The permit holder or his or her designated agent shall give at least 24 hours’ advance notice, not counting Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays;

         (b)   The person calling for the inspection shall provide his or her name, telephone number, permit number and address of the property to be inspected;

         (c)   If the Building Inspector needs to return more than once for the same phase of any required inspection, an additional fee of $75 shall be paid by the permit holder prior to continuing work on the project; and

         (d)   Work shall not proceed until the Building Inspector approves the various stages of construction.

      (5)   If the permit holder does not call for required inspections, the Building Inspector may require the permit holder or contractor to remove or open any necessary materials for the inspections to be completed. Any additional expenses for this shall be borne solely by the permit holder.

      (6)   The building permit shall become null and void if the approved work has not commenced within six months from the date it was issued. The permit also expires one year from the date it was issued. If the approved work is not completed within one year, the permit holder may apply for a one-time six-month extension, provided the permit holder demonstrates good and satisfactory reasons beyond his or her control that the work cannot be completed within the original one-year period.

('72 Code, § 151.002) (Am. Ord. 09-14, passed 6-1-09)