[Ord. No. 481 §§1 —
11, 12-11-2006]
A.
Any
person or persons, partnership, firm, corporation or other business
association intending to construct a building or alter the outside
dimensions of a building or other structure shall, before proceeding
with said work or commencing excavation in connection therewith, file
with the City Clerk, a written application designating the kind of
building, structure or addition or character or extent of alteration
which he/she intends to erect or make, materials of which the same
is to be composed, the legal description and location of the real
estate, a drawing showing setbacks and the part or portion of the
real estate to be occupied by the building or improvements, together
with such plans and specifications as may be required by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, and shall obtain a permit therefore as hereinafter
provided.
B.
No "nuisance or unsightly" buildings (see Subsection (J)) without good cause shall be erected or shall buildings or houses be allowed to remain in an unfinished condition in said City for a period of over nine (9) months. For the purposes of this Section, a basement structure without living accommodations above it shall be considered an unsightly building and one in an unfinished condition. It shall be unlawful to allow buildings or houses to remain in an unsafe, demolished or damaged condition for a period of over sixty (60) days.
C.
No
building or premises in any part of the City shall be used for any
trade, industry or purpose that is noxious or offensive by reason
of emission of odor, smoke, gas, fumes or noise or that is detrimental
to the public health, safety or welfare.
D.
Upon
the filing of said application, the City Clerk shall refer the same
to the City Engineer and shall then determine whether the permit shall
be issued, provided that should there be some doubt as to the advisability
of issuing a permit, the City Engineer may refer the application to
the Board of Aldermen at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
E.
The City Clerk shall, at the time of filing of any application as
aforesaid, charge and collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) plus
five cents ($0.05) (per square foot) based upon total square foot
floor area for each one- or two-story building to be constructed,
erected or altered under such permit, plus one-half cent ($0.005)
per square foot for all floors above the second floor, for credit
to the General Fund.
[Ord. No. 605, 10-12-2015]
F.
Upon
receiving the application as aforesaid, the City Engineer shall determine
if the structure conforms to grade, ordinances and regulations of
this City, and that if no good cause of any nature exists why said
work should not be done, then said City Engineer shall, within two
(2) working days, approve the same with the provisions of this Chapter
or show cause as why more time is needed.
G.
Where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, the Board of Aldermen may prescribe in a specific case a variation in the application of any provisions in harmony with the general purpose and intent of this Chapter so that the public health, safety and welfare may be conserved and the Board of Aldermen may grant temporary and conditional permits of no more than one (1) year duration for structures and uses not permitted by this Chapter, but which are necessary for the development of said City. (Refer to Section 500.210.)
H.
Inspections
shall be done within twelve (12) working hours of notification of
readiness or show cause as to why this time frame could not be met.
I.
It
shall be unlawful for any contractor or other person to engage in
the actual work of erecting any building or other structure within
the limits of this City or making any alterations on any such building
or structure, to proceed with any work until he/she knows the owner
has obtained a permit as in this Chapter provided. The fine for this
shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
J.
STRUCTURE
UNSIGHTLY
Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
Any permanent constructed unit of more than one hundred eighty
(180) square feet regardless of whether the unit is made of wood,
brick, block, metal or mortar, such that it can't be moved either
with or without the aid of blocks, axles or wheels.
A condition of premises that is unhealthy, dangerous to individuals
public or private, as presenting harm to other property values in
the area. Before a condition can be determined as unsightly, there
must be actual notice to the owner with opportunity for hearing before
the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen can only make the determination
of what is and is not unsightly.
[Ord. No. 481 §12, 12-11-2006]
When an existing building is damaged by fire or other cause
or if alterations and repairs are made to an extent of fifty percent
(50%) or more of the physical value of the building before such damage
or alteration, the entire building or structure shall be made to comply
with the requirements of this Chapter for new buildings. If the cost
of such alterations or repairs is less than fifty percent (50%) of
the physical value of the building, the Building Official shall determine
to what extent the portions so altered or repaired shall be made to
conform to the requirements of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 481 §13, 12-11-2006]
All buildings or structures shall have foundation walls, piers,
piles, cassion, continuous slabs or other approved foundations which
shall be designed to resist frost action or shall be founded in bed
rock. All footings shall be designed to distribute the load as nearly
uniformly as practicable. The frost line in the Lincoln, Missouri
area shall be deemed to be twenty-four (24) inches.
[Ord. No. 481 §14, 12-11-2006]
Footings shall be built of poured concrete reinforced with no
less than two (2), one-half (½) inch reinforcing rods continuous
with ends staggered and lapped not less than twenty-four (24) inches.
[Ord. No. 481 §15, 12-11-2006]
Foundations shall be built upon natural solid ground where possible.
Loam or other soil containing organic matter shall not be used. Where
solid natural ground does not occur at the foundation depth, such
foundations shall be extended down to natural solid ground or piles
shall be used.
[Ord. No. 481 §16, 12-11-2006]
All exterior walls and interior bearing walls shall be supported
on continuous poured concrete footings reinforced with at least two
(2) one-half (½) inch reinforced rods. Foundation walls, if
built of concrete blocks, shall be reinforced with (block mesh) in
every other course. Block mesh shall be continuous and lapped not
less than six (6) inches.
[Ord. No. 481 §17, 12-11-2006]
Wall footings for all buildings where the surface of the ground
slopes more than one (1) foot in ten (10) feet shall be level or shall
be stepped so that both the top and the bottom of such foundations
are level.
[Ord. No. 481 §18, 12-11-2006]
Foundation plates or sills shall be of lumber or timber that
is sound, free of rot and large loose knots and shall be of the structural
grade corresponding to the stresses used in design. Foundation plates
or sills shall be bolted to the foundation with not less than three-eighths
(⅜) inch bolts embedded at least six (6) inches into the masonry
and spaced not more than four (4) feet apart.
[Ord. No. 481 §19, 12-11-2006]
Footings and foundations for all buildings and structures shall
be at least sixteen (16) inches wide and at least eight (8) inches
deep.
[Ord. No. 481 §20, 12-11-2006]
The space between the bottom of the floor joist and the ground
of any building (except as in occupied by a basement or cellar) shall
have at least eight (8) foundation vents placed three (3) feet from
each corner through the foundation wall or exterior walls to insure
ample ventilation and such openings shall be covered with wire mesh
not greater than one-quarter (¼) inch in any dimension.
[Ord. No. 481 §21, 12-11-2006]
The minimum clearance between the bottom of the floor joist
and the ground beneath shall be at least thirty (30) inches. The minimum
clearance under girders or beams shall be no less than twenty-one
(21) inches.
[Ord. No. 481 §22, 12-11-2006]
All lumber or timbers used in construction of wood frame buildings
or structures shall be of grade three (3) or better, no wood floor
beam, roof beam, joist, rafter or framing timber shall be less than
one and one-half (1½) inches in thickness.
[Ord. No. 481 §23, 12-11-2006]
All lumber used in subfloor shall be of three-quarter (¾)
inch in thickness and tongue and groove or twenty-three thirty-seconds
(23/32) Oriented Strand Board (OSB) of equivalent.
[Ord. No. 481 §24, 12-11-2006]
In all floor joist framing there shall be not less than one
(1) line of bridging for each eight (8) feet of span and the material
used shall be not less than one (1) by three (3) lumber double-nailed
at each end or equivalent metal bridging may be used.
[Ord. No. 481 §25, 12-11-2006]
In the construction of buildings for residential occupancy and
wood frame business structures, the studs in walls and partitions
may be placed where the wide faces parallel to the wall or partition,
provided the studs are considered as columns and are designed accordingly.
Stud walls shall have top and bottom plates. Studs shall be of 2 x
4's nailed or screwed on sixteen (16) inch centers.
[Ord. No. 481 §26, 12-11-2006]
Plates which are used in exterior walls to support ceiling joists
and rafters shall be double of the same width as the supporting studs
are, each not less than one and one-half (1½) inches thick.
In non-bearing walls, the studs shall be the same as for exterior
walls, except where studs are more than two (2) by four (4).
[Ord. No. 481 §27, 12-11-2006]
Roof rafters and ceiling joists shall be an engineered or blueprinted
design on no greater than twenty-four (24) inch centers with five-eighths
(⅝) inch sheet rock or set on sixteen (16) inch centers with
one-half (½) inch sheet rock, vertically supported at the ridge
or shall be adequately trussed or tied together with not less than
a one (1) by six (6) collar beam and shall be one-third (⅓)
the distance from the top of the rafter to the seat of the rafter
and each rafter shall be fastened to the wall plate.
[Ord. No. 481 §28, 12-11-2006]
The joints of solid or built up beams or girders shall be made
over a column or pier supports when constructed as simple spans.
[Ord. No. 481 §29, 12-11-2006]
All windows and door openings shall have double studs for the
full height of the opening of jam with double two (2) by ten (10)
headers over the said opening.
[Ord. No. 481 §30, 12-11-2006]
Roof deck sheeting shall consist of not less than one (1) inch
boards or nineteen thirty-seconds (19/32) inch plywood, or OSB of
equivalent strength on maximum twenty-four (24) inch centers, or seven-sixteenths
(7/16) OSB on sixteen (16) inch centers.
[Ord. No. 481 §31, 12-11-2006]
Any structure for which a permit has been issued by the City
of Lincoln, Missouri, whether that structure be new construction or
old construction shall be started ninety (90) days from the date of
permit issuance unless good cause is shown to the Board of Aldermen
by the permit holder that an extension should be granted. Likewise,
any structure or construction requiring any permit shall be completed
within one (1) year of the date of issuance of the permit unless said
permit holder appears before the Lincoln Board of Aldermen and for
good cause requests an extension of time. Said extension of time may
or may not be granted by the City of Lincoln with respect to the request
for extension.
[Ord. No. 481 §32, 12-11-2006]
At any point in time during construction the building codes
are not followed, the City Engineer may issue a stop work order on
the project until such time as the building meets the City ordinance
requirements. If the problem persists to the end of the project, the
parties sewer and water will be denied until such time the deficiencies
in the construction regulations have been resolved.
[Ord. No. 18 §§1 —
2, 2-4-1931]
A.
Every
person, co-partnership or corporation who shall build, erect or maintain
any building, enclosure, oil or gasoline pump, booth or any place
of business or any permanent obstruction of any kind upon any of the
public grounds, streets, alleys or sidewalks within the City of Lincoln,
Missouri, without first having submitted to the Board of Aldermen
of the said City of Lincoln a detailed plan and specifications of
the proposed building, enclosure, oil or gasoline pump, booth or place
of business and obtained a permit from such Board to build, erect
or maintain the same according to rules and regulations as the Board
may deem safe, reasonable and proper shall, upon conviction therefor,
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
B.
The
Board of Aldermen shall have and retain the right to hear and determine
the necessity and propriety of permitting the obstruction of any of
the streets, alleys, sidewalks and public grounds of the said City
and to refuse to permit such obstructions to be built or maintained
in its discretion and to cause the removal of any such obstruction
now being maintained or such as may be hereafter constructed upon
thirty (30) days' notice to the owner thereof, provided however, that
no such obstruction shall hereafter be built or erected until said
Board of Aldermen shall have granted permission therefor by its order
of record.
[Ord. No. 147 §§1 —
2, 3-14-1967]
A.
Before
anyone shall move a building over the City Streets of Lincoln, Missouri,
an application shall be made to the City Board of Aldermen which application
shall state the date such building is to be moved, the height, length,
width and weight of said building, streets in the City of Lincoln
over which said building is to be moved and the exact time of day
said building is to be moved.
B.
At
the next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen after said application
is made or in the event said application is made in person at a regular
meeting, the Board of Aldermen shall issue a permit to said applicant
which shall specify the date, time of day and streets over which said
building is to be moved, if the Board is satisfied that the moving
of said building will not unduly interfere with traffic flow and that
utility lines and streets over which said building is to be moved
will not be damaged.
