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Charter Reference — Authority to adopt technical codes
by reference, §2.17.
[Code 1962 §7-1; CC 1979 §7-16; Ord. No. 921 §2(a), 5-18-1976; Ord. No. 87-14 §7-16, 8-18-1987; Ord. No. 93-17 §§1,
2, 6-1-1993; Ord. No.
13-2000 §1, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 193-2005 §2, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 325-2008 §2, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 01-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 27-2019, 4-2-2019; Ord. No. 256-2021, 12-7-2021]
The 2018 Edition of the International Building Code including Appendix Chapters C, F, G, I, J, as supplemented or amended, is hereby adopted and made a part hereof by reference as the Basic Building Code of the City. A copy of said code as supplemented or amended, duly certified, has been and now is filed in the office of the City Clerk.
[Code 1062 §7-2; CC 1979 §7-17; Ord. No. 01-2013
§1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 27-2019, 4-2-2019; Ord.
No. 256-2021, 12-7-2021]
Whenever the following words and phrases are used in the Building Code adopted by Section 500.020 of this Code of Ordinances, they shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them:
The Board provided for under Section 113 shall be known as the Board of Adjustments as described in Section 405.270.
The City Attorney.
The City of Neosho, Missouri.
[Code 1962 §7-3; CC 1979 §7-18; Ord. No. 01-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 27-2019, 4-2-2019; Ord. No. 256-2021, 12-7-2021]
Copies of the Building Code adopted by this Article are obtainable
during regular business hours at the office of the Building Inspector.
[CC 1979 §7-19; Ord. No. 931 §§2, 3, 6-18-1976; Ord. No. 87-22 §7-19, 9-1-1987; Ord. No. 88-44 §1, 9-27-1988; Ord. No. 88-46 §1, 11-15-1988; Ord. No. 88-47 §1, 12-6-1988; Ord. No. 89-22 §7-19, 9-5-1989; Ord. No. 93-25 §1, 8-10-1993; Ord. No. 13-2000 §2, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 193-2005 §3, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 259-2006 §1, 9-5-2006; Ord. No. 325-2008 §2, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 01-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 09-2018, 4-17-2018; Ord. No. 27-2019, 4-2-2019; Ord. No. 191-2021, 6-1-2021; Ord.
No. 256-2021, 12-7-2021; Ord. No. 309-2022, 5-17-2022]
A.
The Building Code adopted by Section 500.020 of this Article is hereby amended, changed, and altered, as follows:
Section 101.1 is amended by inserting [City of Neosho, Missouri].
Section 105.2 "Building Item 1" replace 120 square feet with
200 square feet.
Section 105.2 "Building Item 2" is deleted in its entirety.
Chapter 13 Energy Efficiency is deleted in its entirety.
Section 1404.11 is amended by adding the following paragraph:
Material commonly known as "corrugated sheet iron" "corrugated
sheet steel," "strong barn," etc., will not be permitted to be used
as an exterior finish on any commercial or residential building. It
shall also not be permitted or allowed as roofing material on any
type building or structure.
Section 1608 of the Building Code is hereby amended to provide
those 15 pounds per square foot, non-reduced snow load be utilized
in determining the design snow loads for roofs, in no case, shall
the design roof snow load be less than 15 pounds per square foot.
Section 1612.3 is amended by inserting: [City of Neosho].
Section 1612.3 is amended by inserting: [November 26, 2010].
Section 1809.5 is amended by adding the following paragraphs
to the existing Section.
The depth of footings for frost protection shall be 15 inches
from finish grade to bottom of footing.
Accessory - residential or commercial storage type buildings
with approved treated skids or the "portable" type for moving from
one location to another, are exempt from the footing requirements
if under 200 square feet but shall be required to be anchored or tied
down in an approved manner to prevent possible overturning from a
minimum 90 mph wind.
B.
The Building Code adopted by this Article is hereby amended as set
out in this Section.
1.
Ordinary Repairs.
a.
General. Ordinary repairs to structures may be made without
application or notice to the Building Official; but such repairs shall
not include the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof,
the removal or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support or
the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement
of parts of a structure affecting the exit-way requirements; nor shall
ordinary repairs include addition to, alteration of, replacement or
relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain
leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring
or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
Ordinary repairs to building where the cost of said repairs, including
labor and materials, is less than seven hundred and fifty dollars
($750.00) may be made without application or notice to the Building
Official.
2.
Rules And Regulations.
a.
Promulgation Of Rules. No rule or regulation shall become effective
until thirty (30) days after the Building Official shall have filed
a copy of said rule or regulation in the office of the City Clerk
for the City of Neosho, Missouri.
3.
Application For Permit.
a.
When Permit Is Required. It shall be unlawful to construct,
enlarge, alter, remove, demolish, or excavate for any building or
change the occupancy of a building from one (1) use group to another,
requiring greater strength, exit or sanitary provisions, or to change
a building to a prohibitive use, or to construct a parking lot, or
construct a retaining wall, or to occupy, use or permit the occupancy
or use of a travel trailer or mobile home, or to install or alter
any equipment for which provision is made or the installation of which
is regulated by the Basic Code, without first filing an application
with the Building Official in writing and obtaining a building permit
therefor; except that ordinary repairs as previously defined, which
do not involve any violation of the Basis Code, shall be exempt from
this provision. This permit is for six (6) months and can be renewed
at the option of the City. No permit will be required for any facility
used as a temporary construction facility for the duration of construction
or development period only. Said temporary construction facility must
be on wheels or skids and its dimensions shall not exceed nine (9)
feet by fifty (50) feet.
b.
Plans And Specifications. The permit application shall be accompanied
by not less than two (2) copies of plans and specifications drawn
to scale with sufficient clarity and detail dimensions to show the
nature and character of the work to be performed. Whenever plans and
specifications are required, they shall bear the signature or seal
of an architect or engineer duly licensed by the State of Missouri.
Plans and specifications are required for all commercial buildings,
multi-family containing more than two (2) dwelling units.
c.
Plans And Specifications — Single- And Two-Family. The
permit application shall be accompanied by a plot plan showing building
setbacks and a non-sealed drawing of proposed construction.
4.
Removal Of Structures.
a.
Lot Regulations. Whenever a building is demolished or removed, the premises shall be maintained free from all unsafe or hazardous conditions during the time of such demolition by the erection of necessary retaining walls and fences in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII. In addition, immediately following completion of the demolition, all debris shall be removed from the premises. In the event upon completion of demolition the lot has not been graded and filled to the grade of the abutting street or to the grade of surrounding properties and there shall be left upon the lot open foundations, open basement areas, or other similar holes or depressions and if construction operations have not been actually undertaken upon the lot, then a substantial solid fence at least six (6) feet in height shall be erected and maintained about the lot until such grading and filling shall have been done or until construction operations shall be undertaken. On lots zoned for residential purposes upon which no construction has been undertaken within a period of six (6) months from the date of the completion of the demolition operations, it shall be the duty of the owner of the lot to fill the same to the street grade or to the grade of the surrounding lots, filling all excavations and holes and foundations and removing all foundation structure to ground level. It shall be the duty of persons engaged in demolition operations after the work shall have actually begun, to proceed on such work continuously and without unnecessary delay and if no substantial work shall be performed upon any such demolition project, after the work shall have initially begun, for a period of fourteen (14) consecutive days, it shall be prima facie proof of violation of the duty to proceed continuously and without unnecessary delay.
5.
Fees.
a.
Fees For Construction And Alterations. For each permit issued
there shall be charged and collected from the applicant a fee in accordance
with the following schedule:
(1)
All new construction and alterations on single-family
residential buildings and duplexes permits shall be based upon total
square foot area to be constructed, erected or altered at a cost of
twenty-five cents ($0.25) per square foot with a twenty-five dollar
($25.00) minimum fee.
(2)
All new construction on residential garages and
detached buildings permits shall be based upon total square foot area
to be constructed, erected or altered at a cost of twenty-five cents
($0.25) per square foot with a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) minimum
fee.
(3)
All commercial buildings or structures shall be
computed on total construction costs according to the following schedule:
a total of five dollars ($5.00) per one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
of construction cost with a thirty dollar ($30.00) minimum fee.
(4)
The fee for signage permits shall be five dollars
($5.00) per one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of construction cost
with a thirty dollar ($30.00) minimum fee.
(5)
The fee for fence permits shall be thirty dollars
($30.00).
b.
Fees For Removal. The fee for a building permit for removal
of a building or structure from one (1) lot to another or to a new
location on the same lot shall be at the rate of one dollar ($1.00)
per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of the estimated cost of moving,
plus the cost of new foundations and all work necessary to place the
building or structure in its completed condition in the new location.
c.
Fees For Demolition. The fee for permit for demolition of a
building or structure shall be three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50)
per five hundred (500) square feet of the total project with a thirty
dollar ($30.00) minimum fee.
d.
Refunds. In the case of revocation of a permit or abandonment
or discontinuance of a building project, fees collected under the
above Sections shall be refunded where such work has not been commenced
prior to the abandonment thereof; however, if any such work has been
commenced, no refund of any building fee shall be made.
[Ord. No. 193-2005 §4, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 01-2013 §1, 1-22-2013; Ord. No. 27-2019, 4-2-2019; Ord. No. 256-2021, 12-7-2021]
A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a person violating any provisions of this Article or obstructing its enforcement shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in Municipal Court, shall be subject to punishment as provided in Section 100.130 of the Neosho City Code. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
B.
In addition to the imposition of the penalties herein described,
the Building Inspector is authorized to institute appropriate action
to prevent unlawful construction or to restrain, correct or abate
a violation; or to prevent illegal occupancy of a structure or premises;
or to stop an illegal act, conduct of business or occupancy of a structure
on or about any premises.
