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Cross Reference — As to additional fire prevention regulations, ch. 525.
[Ord. No. 151 §101, 7-24-1961]
The following shall be and are hereby declared to be the fire limits: City limits of Kearney, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 151 §102, 7-24-1961]
A. 
Except as hereinafter exempted in this Section, no wall, structure, 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 Building Inspector who shall, in accordance with the provisions herein contained, 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 a resolution of the City Council 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, beams, girders, chimneys and flues, or involving a cost of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or erection of detached outbuildings outside the fire limits (such as sheds, chicken houses, and one (1) car private garages) costing not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or minor changes or repairs in electrical wiring or equipment shall not require the issuance of a permit.
C. 
No building shall be moved until a permit has been obtained from the Building Inspector and such official shall not issue such permit if in his/her 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 Article, it shall be taken or torn down or removed, and the expense incident thereto shall be recovered of the owner of said property by a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 151 §103, 7-24-1961]
The Building Inspector shall inspect all buildings or structures during construction to see that the provisions of this Article are complied with. Whenever in his/her opinion, by reason of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision of this Article, 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 condition in violation has been remedied.