(A) The following activities in the city require permits:
(1) Certain provisions of the Fire Prevention Code, Chapter 91;
(2) Fire suppression equipment installations:
(a) Sprinkler systems;
(b) Standpipe or riser pipe; and
(c) Fire hose cabinets.
(3) House drain and sewer permits:
(a) Exterior drain pipe work on private property; and
(b) Drain pipe work in public easement or right-of-way.
(4) All mechanical work, including, but not limited to, hot water and warm air heating and sheet metal, air conditioning and refrigeration, gas burner and steamfitting, and ventilation;
(5) Moving buildings;
(6) Plumbing:
(a) Garbage grinders and dishwashers - residential and commercial;
(b) Flammable waste traps;
(c) Water heater (gas or electric);
(d) Gas clothes dryers and ranges and other gas devices;
(e) Vacuum breaker unit for lawn sprinkler systems;
(f) Swimming pools; and
(g) Manometer final test.
(7) Signs;
(8) Small animal exceptions;
(9) Fences over four feet in height;
(10) Driveways that access onto a right-of-way, including driveway apron replacements and curb cuts;
(11) Excavation/grading;
(12) General contracting;
(13) Commercial parking lots;
(14) Obstructions in the right-of-way;
(15) New installations or replacement of sump pumps; and
(16) Landscaping in the right-of-way; other than small plantings.
(B) This section governs all permits issued to any person for any trade, profession, business or privilege in the city for which the city code requires a permit; however, the requirements of this section may be supplemented by other sections of the city code.
(2001 Code, § 1015.03)