(A) (1) No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure the estimated total cost of which is more than $20,000 unless the work is to be performed by a licensed general contractor.
(2) No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure, other than a 1 or 2 family dwelling, the estimated total cost of which is more than $20,000, unless the plans bear the North Carolina seal of a registered architect or a registered engineer.
(3) Where any provision of the General Statutes of North Carolina, this code or any other ordinance requires that work be done by a licensed specialty contractor of any kind, no permit for work shall be issued unless it is to be performed by a licensed specialty contractor.
(4) Where detailed plans and specifications are required under this chapter, no building permit shall be issued unless the plans and specifications have been provided.
(5) No permit for alteration, repair or construction of any building or structure shall be issued unless the plans and specifications show that the building or structure, and its proposed use, will be in compliance with applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 5-4)
(B) The Town of Wilkesboro's Building Code is hereby amended to require notice to be given to all persons constructing a new building that they shall be advised by the Building Inspector at the time they obtain a building permit that they are required to provide on the site of the building a temporary sanitary toilet for the use of the persons engaged to the construction of the building and any person, firm or corporation failing to make arrangements for a sanitary toilet during the construction shall be in violation of the Building Code. Any person, firm or corporation in violation of this code shall pay a penalty of $10 and the cost for each day that he or she fails to provide a facility for the use of the employees.
(C) The Building Inspector is given the authority to enforce this chapter and shall so advise the person, firm or corporation making an application for a permit of this requirement at the time of the issuance of the building permit.
(Ord. passed 3-5-1979)