(A) Inspections Superintendent. The Inspections Superintendent is hereby authorized, and it shall be his or her duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Building permits.
(1) No buildings, structure, or sign or any part thereof shall be erected, added to, or structurally altered, nor shall any excavation for the building or structure be commenced until a building permit therefor has been issued by the Inspections Superintendent.
(2) Each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a plat, drawn to scale, showing accurate dimensions of the lot to be built upon, accurate dimensions of the building to be erected, its location on the lot, and other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. A careful record of the applications and plats, together with a record of the action thereon, shall be kept in the office of the Inspections Superintendent.
(C) Certificate of occupancy. It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use, except for agricultural purposes, of any land, building, or structure or part thereof, hereafter created, erected, changed, converted, altered, or enlarged, wholly or in part, in its use of structure, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Inspections Superintendent stating that the building or structure and/or the proposed use complies with the provisions of this chapter. A certificate of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within ten days after the erection or alteration of the building or structure has been completed in conformance with the provisions of this chapter. If at any time compliance with the provisions of this subchapter ceases, any certificate of occupancy which shall have been issued for the use of the property shall immediately become void and of no effect. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file in the office of the Inspections Superintendent.
(D) Certification of manufactured housing as meeting appearance criteria. The Inspections Superintendent shall determine that a manufactured home or a model of a manufactured home in the case of identical units, meet the following appearance criteria and so certify, if the Building Inspector can find the following: (All double-wides must be Class A, manufactured housing, see definitions).
(1) Length - width ratio. The main portion of the building, when viewed from the front lot line, shall have a building length not exceeding four times the building width.
(2) Roof pitch. The pitch of the main roof of the building shall have a minimum rise of one foot for each five feet of horizontal run.
(3) Exterior finish. The exterior materials shall be of a color, material, and scale comparable with those existing in the immediate vicinity, and in no case shall the degree of reflectivity of exterior finishes exceed that of gloss white paint.
(4) Foundation. A continuous permanent masonry foundation, unpierced except for required ventilation, shall be installed under all elements of the building.
(5) Chassis removal. The tongue and undercarriage chassis shall be removed subsequent to final placement.
(Prior Code, § 9-4091) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970; Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 154.999