(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)