(a) To protect the City property from damage, to ensure the completion of all construction work, the removal of temporary offices, tools and/or storage sheds, and the satisfactory restoration of the property involved, and to assure the prompt removal of mud from City streets, a deposit is required, prior to issuance of a building permit, on all new dwellings, commercial construction or any construction deemed necessary by the Director of Inspections.
(b) When all construction work is completed and all temporary office, tool and/or storage sheds are removed, and when the property involved has been restored to a reasonable state of orderliness, then a final inspection shall be made.
(1) Where work has been completed satisfactorily at the time of final inspection, any cash deposits shall be refunded, except for any charges deemed necessary for extra inspections.
(2) If the work is not satisfactorily completed within a specified time given by the Director of Inspections in writing, the entire amount of the cash deposit shall be forfeited.
(Ord. 1990-99. Passed 5-3-90.)