The office of Building Inspector of the City
is continued. The office of Building Inspector shall be filled by
a competent person appointed by the City Manager for such term and
at such salary and remuneration as the Commissioners of Rehoboth Beach
shall determine. Vacancies in the office shall be filled by the appointment
of the City Manager. Assistant Building Inspectors may be appointed
who shall exercise the same powers as the Building Inspector, subject
to review by the Building Inspector.
The person appointed to fill the office of Building
Inspector shall be known as the "Building Inspector." He shall be
at least 18 years of age, of good moral character and a graduate of
a high school or an accredited preparatory school and shall have a
thorough knowledge of the trades of building construction and carpentry.
[Amended 4-16-2021 by Ord. No. 0421-01]
The Building Inspector shall enforce the provisions
of this chapter. The Building Inspector shall require that the application
for a building permit and the accompanying plot plan shall be submitted
in paper form and in digital format acceptable to the City and shall
contain all the information necessary to enable him to ascertain whether
the proposed building or structure complies with the provisions of
this chapter. In addition to other necessary data, the plot plan shall
show the location of all existing buildings or structures on abutting
land within 50 feet of the side or rear of the lines of the premises
of the applicant.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed
or considered as requiring any person to make application for or obtain
a permit in order for such person to make usual and necessary repairs
to any existing building or structure within the limits of the City.
The words "usual and necessary repairs" (i.e., replacing roof, gutters,
siding, storm windows, etc.) shall not be construed or considered
to include any addition to, or any structural change or alteration
in, any such existing building or structure, nor the reconstruction
of any such existing building or structure which may be destroyed
in whole or in part by fire, storm or other catastrophe. A building
permit, however, may be required by other chapters of the Code of
the City of Rehoboth Beach.