[CC 1997 §5-9; Ord.
No. 156 §6, 6-14-1954]
Any person engaged in the business of supplying telephone or
telegraph service or electric service in the City, upon the request
of any person, shall remove, raise or lower its wires or cables temporarily
to permit the moving of houses or other structures. The expense of
such temporary removal, raising or lowering of wires and cables shall
be paid by the party requesting the same and the person engaged in
the business of supplying telephone or telegraph service or electric
service may require such payment in advance. Notice to raise or lower
wires or cables shall be given not less than forty-eight (48) hours
before the change is so desired.
[Ord. No. 732 §1, 5-14-2007]
A.
Any
person authorized to install and maintain pipes, wires, cables, conduits,
manholes, service boxes, poles, brackets or other appliances or conveniences
in, over or upon the streets, alleys, ways, parks or other property
of the City of Oakland shall so locate and maintain the facilities
as not to obstruct or interfere with the normal or customary uses
of the streets, alleys, ways, parks or other property or with similar
facilities installed or maintained by others.
B.
Any
public utility shall, upon reasonable notice and without cost to the
City, for public convenience change the location of any pipes, wires,
cables, conduits, manholes, service boxes, poles, brackets or other
facilities or conveniences.
C.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Code, all electrical, telephone,
cable television and other utility service lines from the utility
distribution system to newly erected buildings, other than two (2)
or fewer adjacent new single-family dwellings on streets served by
overhead utility distribution system(s), shall be installed underground
at the developer's expense, except that the Mayor (or a designee of
the Mayor), pursuant to administrative guidelines established by the
City and approved by the Board of Alderman, may approve above ground
installations in whole or in part for non-exempted residential or
non-residential lines only when documentation is provided that proves
the impracticability of installing such lines underground.
[CC 1997 §5-9.1; Ord.
No. 331, 6-12-1978]
A.
The
plot plan shall be drawn to scale with correct dimensions and angles
and shall indicate the following information:
1.
The location of all front, side and rear building lines, together
with all easements including utilities, drainage and roadways.
2.
The location of the structure to be constructed with respect to Subsection (1) and the location of any other buildings or structures now existing on the property involved.
3.
With respect to residential construction, one- or two-family or multi-family
structures, the finished grade level at the foundation walls shall
be at least six (6) inches below the top of all foundations and at
least four (4) inches below basement doors when they open onto grade
and shall be so noted on the plan.
4.
All plot plans for other use groups shall properly depict the present
and proposed grades of yards, driveways or walks for drainage in relation
to the established first (1st) floor level.
5.
For residential construction, one- or two-family or multi-family structures, the finish grade must provide surface slope downward away from the foundation at least one-half (½) inch per foot for a distance of ten (10) feet, except where restricted by the property line, to insure proper drainage away from the building. All areas shall be sloped to lower elevations off the lot or to drainage structures on or near the lot. The direction of slope or drainage shall be indicated with arrows on the plot plans. All plot plans for all other use groups shall follow the requirements of Subsection (4).
6.
The lot number, block (if any), plat or addition to subdivision number,
recorded subdivision name, front street and side streets where applicable
and north direction shall be indicated.
7.
The engineer's seal is required on plot plans if the building is
constructed on compacted fill ground or if it has a special foundation.
[Ord. No. 717 §3, 6-14-2006; Ord.
No. 763 §1, 11-13-2008]
A.
A permit
shall be required for all new, altered, extended or replaced building
construction, electrical, plumbing, heating facilities or other mechanical
systems. No such permit shall be issued until all permit and inspection
fees shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule of fees:
|
|
Permit Fee
|
Inspection Fee
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Building plan review
|
$100.00
|
$30.00 each
|
|
|
Demolition
|
$100.00
|
$30.00 each
|
|
|
Electrical
|
$30.00
|
$30.00 each
|
|
|
Plumbing
|
$30.00
|
$30.00 each
|
|
|
Mechanical
|
$30.00
|
$30.00 each
|
|
|
All such permits shall be valid for one (1) year. Should the
work permitted not be completed within one (1) year, a new permit
and inspection must be obtained which shall be valid for three (3)
months and shall require a two hundred dollar ($200.00) fee per extension.
| ||
B.
A permit
shall be required for temporary storage containers and/or dumpsters
to be stored on residential property. No container as described above
shall be approved without submittal of an application to the Building
Commissioner's office and a permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
Approval of such storage shall be for a period of time not to exceed
six (6) months.
C.
A permit
and inspection shall be required for new development in which the
demolition of trees is sought. A fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00)
along with a copy of the Tree Preservation Plan proposed is required
before any demolition of trees may take place.
D.
A permit
and inspection shall be required for any new, altered, extended, replaced
or repaired fence installation. No such permit shall be issued until
a permit fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) and an inspection fee of thirty
dollars ($30.00) each is accompanied with the application for such.
[Ord. No. 788 §1, 4-12-2010]
A.
Any person who shall violate a provision of Article V of this Code
or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who
shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building, structure or fence
in violation of an approved plan or directive of the Code Official
or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this
Code, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, punishable by a fine
of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment
not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served
shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition, any person who commences
any work on a building, structure, fence, electrical, gas, mechanical,
plumbing, or fire protection system before obtaining the necessary
permits shall be subject to, in addition to any court-imposed fines
or costs, a permit fee that is double the total regular calculated
permit fee, including inspections.
B.
Exception. Work being performed by a homeowner shall
be charged for a permit fee based upon the normal permit fee for the
construction project, provided the work ceases immediately upon issuance
of a stop-work order, and a permit application for said work is filed
within twenty-four (24) hours of issuance of a stop-work order, and
the homeowner has not been previously issued a stop-work order for
performing construction work without the appropriate permit.
