[R.O. 2011 §500.150; CC 1974 §§40.010, 43.600, 81.010 (6); Ord. No. 690 §III, 10-21-1996]
A. 
Except as otherwise exempted in this Section, no wall, structure, building or part thereof shall hereafter be built, enlarged or altered within the corporate limits of the City 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 Board of Aldermen, and one (1) copy thereof shall be kept on file by the City Clerk.
1. 
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 private garages), costing not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or minor changes or repairs in electrical wiring or equipment shall not require the issuance of a permit. A City permit shall be issued for all sewage disposal systems operated as defined by rules promulgated under Sections 701.025 to 701.059, RSMo. The building permit fee due the City of Cabool shall be waived on said sewage disposal systems.
2. 
When any wall, structure, building, or part thereof shall be constructed within the corporate limits without a permit or contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, it shall be taken or torn down or removed, and the expense incident thereto shall be recovered of the owner of such property by a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
B. 
There shall be submitted with all applications for building permits two (2) copies of a layout or plot plan drawn to scale showing actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings to be erected and such other information as may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of a Zoning Ordinance. One (1) copy of such layout or plot plan shall be returned when approved by the Building Inspector together with such permit to the applicant.
[R.O. 2011 §500.160]
A. 
Fees for building permits shall be as follows: Twenty-five cents ($.25) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) on the estimated cost of such building, structure, alteration, repair or addition, including labor and material, whether such labor and materials be furnished free or at any price up to a total of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) cost; plus fifteen cents ($.15) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) on the estimated cost of all over ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) up to a total of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00); plus ten cents ($.10) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) on the estimated cost of all over twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00); one dollar ($1.00) shall be the minimum fee for any permit.
B. 
In addition to any other penalties which may be imposed for violations of City Ordinances, any person who shall fail to obtain a permit required by this Chapter prior to commencement of construction, alteration or remodeling of any building or land shall pay an administrative fee in addition to those fees required in Subsection (A) above to the City as follows:
Estimated Cost
Administrative Fee
Up to 10,000
$20.00
10,000 — 25,000
$30.00
Over 25,000
$40.00
[R.O. 2011 §500.170; CC 1974 §40.020]
The Building Inspector shall inspect all buildings or structures during construction to see that the provisions of this Chapter are complied with. Whenever, in his/her opinion, by reason of defective or illegal work in violation of the provision of this Chapter, 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 the condition in violation has been remedied.