[R.O. 1992 § 505.010; CC § 610.010; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959; Ord. No. 459 § I, 4-8-2004]
A. 
Except as hereinafter exempted in this Section, no structure, wall, building or part thereof shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered within the corporate limits until a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement of the materials to be used, shall have been submitted in writing in duplicate to the City Building Department who shall, in accordance with the provisions herein contained, upon the payment of the appropriate fee as hereinafter provided and after inspection of the plans or buildings and determining that the laws of the City are complied with, to issue a permit for the proposed construction. The permit herein required shall be made in duplicate and in such form as may be adopted by resolution of the Board of Aldermen and one (1) copy thereof shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.
B. 
Ordinary repairs and minor alterations not involving any change in major structural parts such as walls, girders, chimneys and flues, or involving a cost of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) shall not require a permit. Any new unattached structures shall require a building permit regardless of cost. All building permits will expire six (6) months from the date of issuance. Extension of time will require authorization from the City Building Official.
C. 
No building shall be moved until a permit has been obtained from the City Building Official and such official shall not issue such permit if in his judgment the proposed new location would seriously increase the fire hazards of the surrounding buildings.
D. 
When any wall, structure, building, or part thereof shall be constructed within the corporate limits without a permit or contrary to the provisions of this Title, it shall be taken or torn down or removed, and the expense incident thereto shall be recovered from the owner of said property by a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction, and such construction in violation of this Title shall constitute an offense subject to the penalties provided.
[R.O. 1992 § 505.020; CC § 610.020; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959]
There shall be submitted with all applications for building permits two (2) copies of a layout or plot plan drawn to scale showing the exact size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings to be erected and such other information as may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of this Title.
[R.O. 1992 § 505.030; CC § 610.030; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959; Ord. No. 343 § I, 12-11-1997; Ord. No. 391 § I, 5-10-2001; Ord. No. 478 § I, 7-22-2004; Ord. No. 681 § I, 2-12-2009; Ord. No. 706 § I, 1-28-2010; Ord. No. 717 § I, 5-27-2010]
A. 
Building Permit Fees. A fee for each plan examination and permit shall be paid prior to issuance of the permit. The fee for each plan examination shall be the actual cost borne by the City in the event that a private firm is employed to review a plan. Additional fees will be charged to cover necessary special inspections and reinspection costs.
B. 
Fee Schedule. Permit fees shall be calculated using the estimated construction cost submitted by the applicant or as published in the most recent edition of "The Journal of Building Safety" magazine published by the International Code Council, whichever is greater. The building permit fee multiplier shall be applied to each type of construction as follows:
[Ord. No. 957, 2-14-2019]
1. 
Building permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 (not including plan review fee).
2. 
Room addition permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 (not including plan review fee).
3. 
Finished basement permit = estimated cost x 0.0039.
4. 
Plan review = estimated cost x 0.0013 [minimum twenty-five dollars ($25.00)].
C. 
Miscellaneous Charges. Miscellaneous permit fees shall include permits to alter, repair or construct in the following crafts. The permit applicant shall supply the estimated cost of that type of construction activity.
[Ord. No. 957, 2-14-2019]
1. 
Electrical permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum one hundred dollars ($100.00)].
2. 
Plumbing permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum one hundred dollars ($100.00)].
3. 
Mechanical permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum one hundred dollars ($100.00)].
4. 
Deck, shed (over 200 sf), garage = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum one hundred dollars ($100.00)].
5. 
Swimming pool permits = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum fifty dollars ($50.00)].
6. 
Fence permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum fifty dollars ($50.00)].
7. 
The permit fee for moving a building or structure to a new location shall be as for new construction by the most recent published square foot schedule of construction valuation.
8. 
Private sewage disposal system permit = estimated cost x 0.0039 [minimum one hundred dollars ($100.00)].
9. 
The permit fee for demolition of a commercial building or structure shall be minimum fifty dollars ($50.00) for up to two thousand (2,000) square feet and thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per additional one thousand (1,000) square feet or part thereof and be in force for ninety (90) days. If demolition has not been completed in this time period, a renewal fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for ninety (90) days shall be assessed at that time.
10. 
The permit fee for demolition of a residential building or structure shall be minimum thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for up to two thousand (2,000) square feet and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per additional one thousand (1,000) square feet or part thereof and be in force for ninety (90) days. If demolition has not been completed in this time period, a renewal fee equal to the cost of the permit shall be assessed to allow for an extension period of up to ninety (90) days.
11. 
The permit fee for placing a mobile home in the City shall be a minimum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for up to a sale price of said mobile home of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) and one dollar ($1.00) per additional one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fraction thereof of the sale price over twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
D. 
Minimum Permit Fees. The minimum permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be charged within the City of Wright City.
[Ord. No. 957, 2-14-2019]
E. 
Extra Inspection. If by judgment of the Building Official an inspection requested is not ready or accessible for inspection or in the judgment of the Building Official the applicant has caused the City extra inspections other than typically required, a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or equal to the cost of the permit, whichever is less, may be assessed for each additional inspection or reinspection.
[Ord. No. 957, 2-14-2019]
F. 
The fees and deposits set forth in Subsections (B) through (E) of this Section are established and payable 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 building code consultants employed by the City, seeking building code interpretations and other analyses 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. In the event the fees are insufficient to pay all such expenses incurred by the City, the City Administrator may document additional costs incurred by the City and request payment of same within thirty (30) days. Processing and all other actions related to the application shall not continue until such additional sums are paid in full. Any and all unused portions of any additional sums required under Subsections (B) through (E) shall be refunded to the applicant. Appeals from any decision under this Subsection shall be taken pursuant to Chapter 400 of the Municipal Code.
[Ord. No. 957, 2-14-2019]
[R.O. 1992 § 505.040; CC § 610.040; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959]
An official selected by the Board of Aldermen shall inspect all buildings or structures during construction to see that the provisions of this Title are complied with. Whenever in his opinion, by reason of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision of this Title, the continuance of a building operation is contrary to public welfare, he/she may order all further work to be stopped and may require suspension of work until conditions in violation have been remedied.
[R.O. 1992 § 505.050; CC § 610.050; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959]
A. 
Every building hereafter erected or enlarged within the "fire limits" as set out in Section 505.010, shall except as provided for in Section 505.060, be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of brick, stone, hollow tile, hollow or solid concrete block, concrete or other equivalent non-combustible materials; and shall have the roof, also top, and sides of all roof structures, including dormer windows, covered with non-combustible or fire-retardant materials. All cornices shall be non-combustible material.
B. 
Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stucco or veneered with brick or its equivalent shall be classed as frame.
[R.O. 1992 § 505.060; CC § 610.060; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959]
A. 
No frame, wooden or metal structure shall hereafter be built within the "fire limits" as given in this Title, or as they may be hereafter established or amended, except the following:
1. 
Temporary one-story buildings for use of builders, only in connection with a building operation for which a permit has been issued under Section 505.010;
2. 
Fences not exceeding ten (10) feet in height;
3. 
Porches, balconies and canopies not exceeding ten (10) feet in width, nor extending more than three (3) feet above the second story floor beams. No such structure shall be joined to any similar structure of another building;
4. 
Bay windows when covered with non-combustible or fire-retardant materials;
5. 
Small detached outbuildings not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area and eight (8) feet in height, and not within five (5) feet of any lot line;
6. 
Dwellings not exceeding two (2) stores in height and separated by at least five (5) feet from lot lines of adjoining property;
7. 
A building occupied exclusively as a private garage or stable, not more than one (1) story in height, nor more than seven hundred fifty (750) square feet in area, located on the same lot with a dwelling; provided, that such building be placed at least three (3) feet from the lot line;
8. 
One-story metal buildings or other unprotected non-combustible construction, with no wood in walls or roof structure, having a horizontal separation of at least ten (10) feet on all sides, with area not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet when used for a business occupancy, or not exceeding one thousand (1,000) square feet when used for other occupancy. "Business occupancy" means the use of a building or structure for transacting of business or rendering or receiving of professional services; including among others, banks, barber shops, beauty parlors, offices, radio and television stations, telephone exchanges;
9. 
Coal tipples, ice houses, material bins, trestles and water tanks when built on planking and timbers of the dimension usual for heavy timber construction;
10. 
Cooling towers not in excess of two hundred fifty (250) square feet in base area and fifteen (15) feet in height;
11. 
Greenhouses not more than fifteen (15) feet in height, erected on the same lot, as an accessory to a dwelling or store;
12. 
Non-combustible display signs, or combustible display signs when not over fifteen (15) feet high and not attached to or forming part of any other structure;
13. 
No frame or metal building or other unprotected non-combustible construction not in conformity with this Section shall be moved from without to within the fire limits; or from one lot to another within the fire limits.
[R.O. 1992 § 505.070; CC § 610.070; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959]
Any existing frame building within the "fire limits" not in conformity with this Title, which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay or otherwise to an amount greater than one-half (1/2) of its value, exclusive of foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
[R.O. 1992 § 505.110; CC § 610.110; Ord. No. 26, 10-8-1959]
Chimneys shall be built of brick, or solid block masonry, or of reinforced concrete not less than three and three-quarters (3 3/4) inches thick. Chimneys shall be lined throughout with fire clay, flue lining or with fire brick, provided that chimneys for gas appliances only may be lined with any approved corrosion resistant lining. Chimneys shall be built on concrete or masonry foundations. Chimneys shall not rest upon or be carried by wooden floors, beams or brackets, nor be hung from wooden rafters. Iron brackets or stirrups attached to wooden construction shall not be used to support chimneys. Footings for exterior chimneys shall start below the frost line. All chimneys shall be built as nearly vertically as possible and shall extend at least three (3) feet above the highest point at which they come in contact with the roof of the building and at least two (2) feet higher than any ridge within ten (10) feet of such chimney or flue.