(a) Row Houses Prohibited. Row houses shall not be constructed in the City, and no permit therefore shall be issued.
(b) Plans and Specifications. Two or more copies of plans and specifications shall accompany each application. Plans shall be drawn with sufficient clarity of indicate the nature and extent of the work proposed. Such plans and specifications, including the mechanical and electrical, together shall contain information sufficient to indicate that the work proposed will conform to the provisions of this Code and all other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. Such information shall be specific, and this Code shall not be cited as a whole or in part, nor shall the term "legal" or its equivalent, be used as a substitute for specific information. With each set of plans and specifications, the applicant shall furnish the address of the work and the name and address of the owner and the name and address of the person who prepared the plans.
(c) Opening Protective. An assembly of approved component parts of materials and accessories, including any incidental frames, mullions, muntins, anchors, and hardware, which when installed in an opening in a wall, partition, floor or roof prevents the passage of flame, heat, fumes, and smoke through the opening for a specified period.
(d) Waste Disposal. The owner shall provide and maintain an approved incinerator and receptacles in an approved enclosure, for rubbish, ashes and refuse, and other waste matter. Provisions of this section may be waived by the Building Inspector, if deemed not applicable to the particular occupancy.
(e) Foundation Walls - General. Foundation walls shall be of sufficient strength and thickness to resist lateral pressures from adjacent earth and to support their vertical loads without exceeding the allowable stresses. Foundation walls or their footings shall extend not less than three fee six inches below an adjoining surface exposed to freezing.
(f) Existing Outdoor Signs and Display Structures. Within one year after the date of the adoption of this section, all painted wall signs applied directly on the wall of a building shall be painted over to blend in with the existing walls.
(g) Depth. Footings and foundations of permanent structures shall be carried down not less than three feet six inches from the adjoining ground surface exposed to freezing.
(h) Grease Interceptors; Commercial Buildings. A grease interceptor shall be installed in-the waste line leading from sinks, drains, or other fixtures in the following establishments:
(1) Restaurants;
(2) Hotel kitchens or bars;
(3) Factory cafeterias or restaurants, clubs, or other establishments where grease can be introduced into the drainage system in quantities that can affect line stoppage or hinder sewage disposal.
(i) Authority of Building Inspector. This section shall not be deemed to impair the authority of the Building Inspector to expect particular types of occupancy from the requirements of the Codified Ordinances pertaining to incinerators.
(j) Clearance. The minimum clearance from any sidewalk or walk level to the underside of a marquee sign shall be nine feet.
(k) Size Limitations. The size of any temporary sign shall be as determined by the Building Inspector.
(l) Oil Separators. An oil separator shall be installed in the drainage system or section of the system where oils or other flammables can be introduced or admitted into the drainage system by accident or otherwise.
(m) Requirement for Registered Architect or Professional Engineer. When plans contemplate structural changes or work affecting public health or safety, the Building Inspector shall require that they be prepared by and bear the seal of a registered architect or professional engineer. The Building Inspector may issue a permit when the plans are accompanied by an affidavit of such registered architect or professional engineer stating that he has supervised the preparation of the plans and that to the best of his knowledge and belief the plans and specifications conform to this Code.
(n) Furnishing of Certificate to Purchaser of Multiple Dwelling. Whoever sells, conveys, leases or otherwise transfers an interest in real property, which has situated thereon a multiple dwelling as classified in Section 1621.04, shall secure a certificate of occupancy from the Building Inspector and shall furnish such certificate to the purchaser, lessee or transferee prior to the execution of the land contract or the delivery of the deed, lease or conveyance.
(o) Plot Plan. There shall be submitted a plot plan in a form and size designated by the Building Inspector for filing permanently with the permit record, drawn to scale, with all dimensions figured, showing accurately the size and exact location of all proposed new construction and the relocation to other existing or proposed buildings or structures on the same lot and other buildings or structures on the same lot that are to remain.
(p) Permits Required.
(1) General. Unless specifically exempted, permits shall be required for all outdoor signs or display structures hereafter established or erected as an independent structure or attached to a building or other structure or supporting object.
(2) Signs over public property. Except as provided, permits shall be secured for all signs over public property. No permit for a sign over public property shall be issued by the Building Inspector until the application for the permit has been approved by the Building Inspector.
(q) Wall Painted Signs Prohibited. No sign may be painted directly on the wall of a building or other structure and no permit may be issued for such sign.
(Ord. 2005-30. Passed 3-15-05.)