[Ord. No. 2000-1155 §1, 1-25-2000]
No person shall grade or cause to be graded any property whereby
the grading is performed in conjunction with the development of a
subdivision or resubdivision or in conjunction with building a new
structure unless such person shall have received a permit therefore
from the Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator.
[Ord. No. 2000-1155 §1, 1-25-2000]
Before the Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator shall
issue a permit under this Article, the person desiring to effect such
grading shall make application in writing, setting out the location
and configuration of the proposed grading and stating approximately
when the same shall be commenced. In the discretion of the Building
Commissioner and Zoning Administrator or as required by other provisions
of this Code, a topographic survey map or plat shall be prepared and
supplied with the application for a permit.
[Ord. No. 2000-1155 §1, 1-25-2000]
Before any permit is issued under this Article, there shall
be paid to the City Clerk a permit fee in a sum equal to four percent
(4%) of the estimated cost of such grading.
[Ord. No. 2000-1155 §1, 1-25-2000]
Inspections under this Article shall be made by the Building
Commissioner and Zoning Administrator or his/her designee and a record
of each such inspection shall be entered and maintained in the office
of the Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator.
[Ord. No. 2000-1155 §1, 1-25-2000]
The provisions of this Article relating to issuance of a permit
prior to commencement of work of any grading shall not apply in case
of emergency where public safety or health is endangered, and such
work may proceed immediately. Appropriate permits may be applied for
as soon as practicable after the work is initiated.
[Ord. No. 2000-1155 §1, 1-25-2000]
It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner and Zoning
Administrator to keep a full complete account in a book for that purpose
of all permits issued showing the date of issue, party to whom issued,
location, money collected on account thereof, which money shall be
paid directly to the City Clerk when and as received and shall become
a part of the General Revenue Fund. The Building Commissioner and
Zoning Administrator shall make a report to the Board of Aldermen
showing the number of permits issued and of the amounts paid to the
City Clerk.
