[Ord. No. 2004-10 Art. I §500.020, 3-1-2004; Ord. No. 2004-15 §1, 4-5-2004; Ord. No. 212 §4, 12-21-2015]
A. 
Residential building permits shall be assessed on the finished living area at twenty-five cents ($.25) per square foot with all inspections at no cost.
B. 
Commercial building permits shall be assessed by arriving at a valuation based on the use of a building valuation data sheet multiplied times the 2003 Missouri modifier rate times the square footage of the proposed project and then applied to the following fee structure:
Total Valuation
Fee
$1.00 to $1,000.00
No fee, unless inspection is required.
$1,000.00 to $50,000.00
$15.00 for the first $1,000.00, plus $5.00 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00.
$50,001.00 to $100,000.00
$260.00 for the first $50,000.00, plus $4.50 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00.
$100,001.00 to $500,000.00
$485.00 for the first $100,000.00, plus $3.50 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00.
$500,001.00 and up
$1,885.00 for the first $500,000.00, plus $2.50 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof.
C. 
Payment of all construction fees shall be paid before a building permit is issued. Any building permit must be posted and visible from the street. If any dirt work or construction is commenced prior to obtaining a permit, a penalty will be imposed in the amount of one-hundred fifty percent (150%) of the standard building permit fee.
[Ord. No. 290 §§ 1 — 2, 6-26-2017]
[Ord. No. 2004-10 Art. I §500.030, 3-1-2004; Ord. No. 212 §4, 12-21-2015]
That building permits shall be issued for a maximum period of one (1) year (365 days), except that where the permit holder can demonstrate that unusual circumstances have created unavoidable delays, the Code Enforcement Officer may, at his/her discretion, issue an extension not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.