[Ord. No. 20-21, 12-16-2020]
A.
The City Clerk of the City or one (1) or more other appointees, agencies
or entities as may be designated by the Board of Aldermen is hereby
designated as the Code Enforcement Official who shall have the duties
of enforcing this Chapter and is hereby specifically empowered and
directed:
1.
To make inspections of buildings and lots as necessary to ascertain
compliance with and to enforce provisions of this Chapter;
2.
To issue certificates of occupancy upon compliance of lands, buildings, and open spaces with the requirements of Section 400.490 and this Chapter;
3.
To notify, in writing, if any violations of the provisions of
this Chapter are found, persons responsible for such violation. In
giving notification, the Code Enforcement Official shall indicate
the nature of the violation and order the action necessary to correct
the violation. The Code Enforcement Official shall order discontinuation
of any illegal use of land, buildings or structures, removal of illegal
buildings or structures or of illegal additions or alterations, discontinuance
of any illegal work being done, or take any other action authorized
by this Chapter to ensure compliance with or to prevent violation
of its provisions;
4.
To cooperate with the City Attorney in the instituting of appropriate
actions or proceedings to prevent unlawful erection, conversion, enlargement,
reconstruction or structural alteration of any building or unlawful
occupancy or use; to restrain, correct or abate such unlawful action;
5.
To cooperate with other officials to the extent such officials
have responsibility for administration and enforcement of the Building
Code or other similar codes and ordinances to the end that provisions
of this Chapter are complied with and efficiently and professionally
administered; and
6.
To assist the Board of Aldermen and perform such other duties
as the Board of Aldermen may determine.
[Ord. No. 20-21, 12-16-2020; Ord. No. 21-3, 2-3-2021]
A.
No land shall be used and no building erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed, or structurally altered after the effective date of this Chapter shall be occupied in whole or in part until a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Code Enforcement Official stating that the use or building complies with the requirements of this Chapter, the Building Codes adopted in Chapter 500, and the ordinances of the City. Issuance of the certificate of occupancy may include prior review by the officials designated by the City Clerk or contracted by the City to administer the City Building Code.
B.
Certificates of occupancy for newly built or altered premises shall
be applied for coincidentally with the application for a building
permit and shall be issued within ten (10) days after the lawful erection,
reconstruction or alteration is completed. A record of all building
permits and certificates of occupancy shall be kept on file in the
City office and copies shall be furnished on request to any person
having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the land, building or
premises affected.
C.
Whenever the sale of a building results in a change in the ownership
or occupancy, or whenever the premises are rented to any first or
successor lessee, or whenever there is a change in use of the premises
and more than one hundred eighty (180) days has elapsed since the
date of the last occupancy inspection of the premises, the buyer or
lessee shall be required to possess an occupancy permit in accordance
with the provisions of this Section.
D.
The occupancy permit shall not be issued by the Code Enforcement
Official until the building or premises has been inspected and the
inspector has affixed to the application for such permit an approval
that the proposed use and any buildings or structures involved comply
in all respects with the provisions of the approved building permit
or the Building Codes. If the Code Enforcement Official finds that
the use is in compliance with all applicable provisions of this Section,
the Building Codes, and all other applicable City ordinances, he or
she may issue said occupancy permit.
E.
The Code Enforcement Official may issue a temporary, thirty-day occupancy
permit for a part of a commercial building or for temporary occupancy
of a residential premises pending completion of construction or repairs
provided the proposed use complies with all applicable requirements
of the City ordinances
F.
The inspection fee established in Section 400.500 of this Chapter shall include one (1) reinspection, if required as a result of deficiencies noted in the original inspection. Additional and subsequent inspections required by the Code Enforcement Official in order to verify compliance shall be made only after deposit of a new fee.
G.
No provision contained in this Section shall be interpreted as restricting
the right of a seller or lessor to make application and pay the fee
for an inspection and occupancy permit.
[Ord. No. 20-21, 12-16-2020]
A.
The fees and deposits for applications, filings, City review, and
exceptions and appeals therefrom pertaining to the City's regulation
of land use are established as follows:
1.
Zoning Code. Fees for the various permits and applications required by Chapter 400, the City's Zoning Code, and payable at the time of application, shall be as follows:
[Ord. No. 21-3, 2-3-2021]
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Application/Permit
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Amount of Fee/Deposit
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Zoning Code Reference
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1.
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Rezoning
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$250.00 plus $50.00 per acre or part thereof
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§ 400.550
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2.
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Text amendments
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$250.00
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§ 400.550
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3.
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Site plan approval
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$100.00 plus $20.00 per acre or part thereof
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4.
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Conditional use permit
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$250.00
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§§ 400.420-400.430
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5.
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Board of Adjustment
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Single-Family Residential
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§ 400.580
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$50.00 for all acreage
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§ 410.150
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Commercial and Multi-Family
Residential
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$100.00 for less than 1/4 acre
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$150.00 for 1/4 acre and up to but less than 1/2 acre
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$200.00 for 1/2 acre and up to but less than 1 acre
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$300.00 for 1 acre or more
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Signs
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$100.00 for signs
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6.
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Building permit
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•
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$80.00 (residential)
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§ 500.120
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•
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$150.00 (commercial — new construction/addition)
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•
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$85.00 (commercial — alteration/tenant finish)
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$150.00 (demolition for residential/commercial)
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7.
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Occupancy permit
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Applicant shall pay City amount equal to the inspection fee
incurred by City from St. Louis County; current rates to be kept on
file with City Clerk
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§ 400.490
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8.
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Administrative permit (telecommunications)
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$500.00
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9.
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Development plan or planned residential district approval
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$1,500.00
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10.
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Home occupation
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$25.00
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11.
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Special business permit procedure
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$250.00
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§ 400.180
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2.
Subdivision Code. Filing fees for the various procedures and petitions addressed in Chapter 405, being the City's Subdivision Code, and any amendments thereto, to be submitted by applicants at the time of submission of the applicable application shall be as follows:
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Application/Permit
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Amount of Fee/Deposit
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Subdivision Code Reference
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1.
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Subdivision (filing of preliminary plat)
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$1,500.00
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§ 405.040
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2.
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Boundary adjustment
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$250.00
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§ 405.040
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3.
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Improvement guarantee review
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$200.00
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§ 405.070 (§ 89.410, RSMo.)
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4.
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Land disturbance permit
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Per St. Louis County
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§ 407.020
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5.
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Private Property Site Work permit
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$25.00
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§ 515.180
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B.
Fee Administration.
1.
The filing fees and deposits set forth in Subsection (A) of this Section shall be paid in anticipation of the City's expenses incurred in processing the application or submission at issue, including, but not limited to, administrative and clerical costs, costs of title research, surveys, legal, engineering and planning review, cost of traffic and planning consultants employed by the City, publication expenses, expenses of notification to adjoining property owners, expenses of hearings including rental of a hall, if necessary, court reporter, if requested by either the City or the applicant, and other investigations deemed necessary by the City. Processing and all other actions related to the application or submittal shall not proceed until the applicable fee is paid in full.
2.
In the event the fee or deposit noted are insufficient to pay all such expenses incurred by the City, the City Clerk may document additional costs incurred by the City and request payment of same as soon as possible but not to exceed thirty (30) days. Processing and all other actions related to the application shall not proceed until such additional sums are paid in full. Any and all unused portions of any additional sums required under this Section shall be refunded to the applicant upon request. Appeals from any decision hereunder shall be taken pursuant to Chapter 150 of the Municipal Code.
3.
The Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Adjustment
may adopt fees for processing matters that come before those entities
where the fees are not otherwise provided by ordinance. Such fees
may not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for commercial
matters and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for residential matters.
A schedule of such fees shall be filed with the City Clerk, at which
time they shall become effective.
[Ord. No. 20-21, 12-16-2020]
A.
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed,
altered, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land
is used in violation of this Chapter or of any ordinance or other
regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper local
authorities of the City of Twin Oaks, in addition to other remedies,
may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such
unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion,
maintenance or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation,
to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land, or
to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about
such premises. Such regulations shall be enforced by an officer empowered
to cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected
and examined and to order, in writing, the remedying of any condition
found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of
the regulations made under authority of Sections 89.010 to 89.140,
RSMo.
B.
The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any provision of said regulations has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty of an ordinance violation punishable as set forth in Section 100.220.
C.
Any such person who having been served with an order to remove any
such violation shall fail to comply with such order within ten (10)
days after such service or shall continue to violate any provision
of the regulations made under authority of Sections 89.010 to 89.140,
RSMo., in the respect named in such order shall also be subject to
a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
D.
Each of the remedies, fines and imprisonments set forth in this Section
shall be cumulative and not exclusive remedies.
