A. Permit Required: It shall be unlawful to construct, alter, extend, repair or remove any building or structure without first having secured a permit therefore from the building official. Except that ordinary repairs to buildings may be made without application or notice to the building official; but such repairs shall not include the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exit way requirements; nor shall ordinary repairs include addition to, alteration of, replacement or relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety, or to recover or replace roof coverings, or exterior wall coverings; nor shall ordinary repairs mean any installation of fencing or decks.
B. Application: No permit shall be issued until an application has been submitted and approved by the building official.
1. The application shall be provided by the village and contain information as required by the building code. The application shall be deemed incomplete unless all information requested is provided.
2. Plan review, required plans and specifications shall be submitted with the application for review along with the applicable plan review fee.
3. Permits shall not be issued prior to a completed and approved plan review.
4. When a permit has been issued the owner or his agent shall display the permit card on the job site facing the street on which the property is addressed.
5. An approved set of plans and specifications shall be kept on the job site and made available to village inspectors.
6. Suspended or abandoned work; all permits shall become invalid if the authorized work is not completed within six (6) months. If work is progressing satisfactorily, the building commissioner may authorize extensions to the original permit for an additional six (6) month period, but in no circumstances may the permit be extended for more than twelve (12) calendar months from its initial issuance.
Any building permit extension in excess of twelve (12) calendar months must be authorized with the consent and approval of the president and board of trustees.
The president and board of trustees may impose payment of an extension fees as per the extension fee schedule approved by the President and Board of Trustees.
7. All developers of new development, as defined in Kane County road improvement impact fee ordinance, are required to submit with their building permit application a copy of their receipt of payment reflecting payment of the Kane County road improvement impact fee.
C. Work without Permit:
1. Notice of Violation:
a. If work is done or is in progress without a permit, the building official shall issue a violation notice. This violation notice shall be in writing to the owner and contractor, and require all work to stop.
b. The violation notice shall contain the name of the owner of the property and his address, the address of the building in violation, the name of the contractor and his address, a date for submission of plans and application for permits. Such compliance date shall be no sooner than twenty four (24) hours from violation notice issued, no more than forty eight (48) hours from violation notice issuance.
c. When an owner or contractor in violation makes application for permit, he shall agree to conform to all codes of the village, and to follow the plan review and building permit application procedures, and pay two (2) times the regular permit fee.
2. Failure to Meet Compliance Date on Correction Notice:
a. Reinspection of property in violation shall be required.
b. Inspector shall contact owner or contractor in violation when there has been partial or no compliance. Such contact shall be verbally and also in writing within forty eight (48) hours of the reinspection.
c. Notification shall recommend to the owner or contractor a course of action based on reinspection and facts supplied by the owner or contractor. Such notification shall establish a reasonable compliance date and provide for reinspection on compliance date.
d. Reinspection process shall be repeated as long as satisfactory progress and good faith are demonstrated by the violator. The first reinspection shall be at no charge, additional reinspections shall be subject to fees as per Chapter 2 of Title 9.
e. If compliance cannot be not demonstrated, the village attorney shall prepare and file the complaint.
D. Fees: Building permit fees shall be as provided in chapter 2 of this title.
(Ord. 14-31, 8-4-2014; amd. Ord. 2023-23, 8-21-2023)