[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
conduct or operate or cause to be rented, either as owner, lessee,
lessor, agent or manager within the City, any building or portion
of a building, used for commercial purposes without having first obtained
a safety and building code inspection. The permit so issued will be
effective for two (2) years ensuring biennial inspection by the City
Building Inspector.
[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
Any person, firm or corporation who fails such inspection shall
have thirty (30) days to correct such violations forming the basis
for such failure, providing such building code and safety violations
do not pose a clear and present danger to the life of any person,
or immediate threat of serious physical injury to any person.
[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
Building Code and safety violations that pose a clear and present
danger to the life of any person, or an immediate threat of serious
physical injury to any person shall constitute grounds for an order
mandating the immediate closure of any business activity housed within
the building until such violations are corrected. No order of immediate
closure shall be made by the Building Inspector unless and until also
signed by both the City Administrator and the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by any decision or
order made pursuant to this Chapter may appeal the decision to the
Circuit Court of Pike County, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
For purposes of this Chapter, property owners shall pay a fee
structure of not less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for inspections.
This fee may be adjusted from time to time as approved by City Council.
Buildings existing at the time this Chapter becomes effective will
have their first inspection fee waived.
[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
Over a period of not more than three (3) years from the time
this Chapter becomes effective, the Building Inspector will ensure
that all existing commercial properties have undergone at least one
(1) inspection and are thereafter on a biennial inspection schedule.
[Ord. No. 04-2015 §1, 1-12-2015]
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall be willfully fail
to obtain an biennial inspection provided for in this Chapter or who
shall fail to remedy cited violations within the time frames provided
in the Chapter or who shall allow the conduct of business in violation
of a cease operations orders issued under this Chapter shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more the five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
ninety (90) days or a combination of fine and imprisonment within
that range. Each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense.
