§ 6-1. Building permit fees and restriction.

(a)

A fee shall be required to be paid by the permit applicant for the issuance of building permits and/or for inspection services which are prescribed under applicable building codes, and as may otherwise be prescribed by the building official.

(b)

No building permit shall be issued and no inspection shall be conducted unless all applicable business and/or contractors licenses shall have first been obtained, and/or before all prescribed permit fees shall have been paid.

(c)

The schedule of fees for issuance of said permits for technical and administrative requirements prescribed by the respective codes adopted hereby and the fees for the issuance of building permits shall be as set forth the schedule of permit fees as adopted and amended from time to time.

(d)

An issue and filing fee as established from time to time by ordinance shall be charged for each permit issued, which shall be in addition to fees prescribed by the schedule of fees and/or minimum fees listed, herein.

(e)

The minimum fee for inspection services as established from time to time by ordinance shall be applied wherein the building official shall require the performance of said inspection.

(f)

The minimum fee for manufactured housing/mobile home set-up permits shall be as established from time to time, plus the issue and filing fee as specified.

(g)

Permit requiring reinspection due to:

(1)

Failure to post an approved and valid permit card;

(2)

Noncompliance with Code requirements;

(3)

Wrong address or no address on structure;

(4)

Work, repairs or corrections not completed or not otherwise ready for inspection when inspector arrives at inspection site, will require payment of a reinspection fee equal the minimum inspection fee, as prescribed herein, for each occurrence of re-inspection after the first reinspection under any single permit. The reinspection fee shall be paid before such reinspection is performed.

(h)

Permits requiring reinspection due to violation or noncompliance with other ordinances and/or regulation applicable within this county shall require payment of a reinspection fee equal to the minimum fee. This reinspection fee and any such penalties and/or other fees for violation and/or noncompliance as may be prescribed by or within the applicable ordinance and/or regulation must be paid prior to reinspection.

(i)

For the purposes of this chapter, the several inspections required in the Code (i.e., foundation, rough-in, final and/or similar) shall be considered to be inspections and not reinspection, wherein the results of such inspections shall have been satisfactory, and as such are covered under requirements and fees for first inspection.

(j)

Work without or prior permit. Where work for which a permit is required by the county building code is started or proceeded with prior to obtaining said permit, the fees herein specified shall be doubled, which shall not relieve any persons from fully complying with the requirements of the county building code in the execution of the work nor from any other penalties prescribed herein and/or elsewhere in the building code of the county, as adopted.

(k)

Special purpose inspections such as courtesy and/or safety inspections, and inspections pursuant to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, wherein a permit is not otherwise required under the county building code shall be conducted under permit to be issued under permit category labeled "OTHER." Unless otherwise required under other regulation, such permit may be issued without requirement for contractors license and/or business license.

(l)

No inspection shall be conducted without prior issuance of a permit, unless specifically authorized by the building official. A unique permit number shall identify all permits as follows:

(1)

Wherein the work, for which the permit number is to be issued, involves a single construction, alteration or improvement project, to be accomplished within a specific and unique time period, and which includes work requiring multiple permits under the codes, such permits shall each be identified to the same single unique number, and shall become unique by their individual permit type.

(2)

Wherein work, for which a permit number of the same code type has previously been issued, involves construction, alteration or improvement work which was not identified during the original permit application, such work shall be accomplished only under a separate and additional permit which is identified to a different unique number, even though the alteration, construction, improvement may be accomplished within the same year.

(Ord. No. 01-08, art. 3, 6-18-2001; Ord. No. 08-18, 10-6-2008)