[Ord. No. 624 § 2, 2-3-1958; Ord. No. 1400 § 1, 10-19-1987]
A. 
Except as otherwise exempted in this Section, no wall, structure (as defined in Code Section 31-1), building or part thereof shall hereafter be built, erected, enlarged, or altered within the corporate limits until an application for a building permit shall have been submitted in writing in duplicate, to the City Administrator, who shall, in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a building permit for the proposed construction. The application shall be drawn to scale, correctly showing the location and actual dimensions of the lot to be occupied and the dimensions and location on the lot of the building, structure or wall to be built, erected, altered or enlarged. The application also shall show the use for which such building, structure or wall is arranged, intended or designed. The application shall contain such other information as the City Administrator may require and shall be signed by the applicant. The building permit herein required shall be signed by the City Administrator, in duplicate, and in such form as may be adopted by resolution of the Board of Aldermen. One (1) copy of the building permit shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.
B. 
The following shall not require a building permit and no application for such building permit need be submitted:
1. 
Ordinary repairs and minor alterations not involving any change in major structural parts such as walls, beams, girders, chimneys or flues and not involving a cost of more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
2. 
Minor changes or repairs in electrical wiring, electrical equipment, or plumbing (except plumbing work increasing the number of plumbing fixtures), regardless of cost.
3. 
Replacement of siding or roofing, or any painting work performed, regardless of cost.
Provided however, an application for a building permit shall be submitted for any alteration of an existing building, structure or wall that changes either the vertical dimension or the outside dimensions of said building, structure or wall, regardless of cost.
C. 
No building shall be moved to another location within the corporate limits until a permit has been obtained from the City Administrator, and such official shall not issue such permit if, in his judgment, the proposed new location would seriously increase the fire hazard to the surrounding buildings or would constitute a violation of any provision of the City Code.
D. 
Any failure by an applicant to comply with the provisions of this Chapter shall be good cause for revocation of a building permit by the City Administrator. When any wall, structure, building or part thereof shall be constructed within the corporate limits without a permit or contrary to the provisions of the City Code, it shall be taken or torn down or removed, and the expense incident thereto shall be recovered from the owner of such property by a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction initiated by the City. The provisions of City Code Section 5-2 also shall apply.
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Cross Reference — As to inspections, etc., see § 5-2; Also for similar provisions, see § 5-21, et seq. of this code. As to definitions, see § 31-1. As to building in floodplain, see ch. 12.
[Ord. No. 624 § 3, 2-3-1958; Ord. No. 1400 § 2, 10-19-1987]
The City Administrator or his designated representative shall inspect all buildings or structures during construction to see that the provisions of the City Code are complied with. Whenever, in the Inspector's opinion, by reason of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision of the City Code, the continuance of building or structure construction or operation is contrary to law and the public welfare, the Inspector or the City Administrator may order all further work to be stopped and may require that no further work be performed until the condition in violation has been remedied by appropriate action. The City Administrator also may exercise any applicable enforcement powers set forth elsewhere in this Chapter and in Chapter 31 of the City Code for violations of provisions of the City Code.
[Ord. No. 1383 § 2, 7-20-1987; Ord. No. 1528 § 1, 2-19-1990]
After September 1, 1987, no mobile home may be moved or transported to a mobile home park in the City or within a mobile home park in the City for the purpose of being installed, connected to service and occupied in that mobile home park until the owner or occupant of that mobile home shall have applied for and received from the City Administrator a permit allowing the mobile home to be connected to service and occupied, which said permit shall not be issued by the City Administrator until:
1. 
The mobile home shall have received the safety inspection required by Section 5-29(15)(d) of the Centralia City Code and
2. 
The feeder assembly for the mobile home shall have been inspected and found to be in compliance with Section 5-29(15)(b) of the Centralia City Code. Application for such permit shall be made at the time that electric utility service is requested. this Section shall not apply to mobile homes installed within a mobile home park in the City on or before September 1, 1987 until or unless said mobile homes are, subsequent to September 1, 1987, moved or transported within said mobile home park or moved or transported to another mobile home park in the City for the purpose of being installed, connected to service and occupied.
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Cross Reference — As to changes and deletions in national electric code, see § 5-29 of this code. As to exemptions to international building code, see § 5-26.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1400 § 3, 10-19-1987]