[Amended 6-29-2012, Ordinance No. 2012-03, § 7]
1. 
No person shall erect, enlarge, construct, relocate, substantially improve, repair, place, alter, move or demolish any building, structure, mobile or modular home, or other construction without first obtaining a separate building permit for each such building or structure from the office of the Building Official, and other city officials.
2. 
No man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate located within a designated "flood hazard area," including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, shall be initiated until a separate building permit or special use permit has been obtained for each such operation from the office of the Building Official. (Reference: Title 82, 1991 O.S., Section 1601 et seq.)
3. 
No mobile or modular home shall be placed on improved or unimproved real estate without first obtaining a separate building permit for each mobile home from the office of the Building Official.
4. 
Applications for building permits shall be signed and in writing, upon an official blank form supplied by the office of the City Building Official, and shall be submitted to either of said officials, along with the required fee.
5. 
Building permit fees shall be as determined by resolution of the City Commission, and shall be based primarily upon the municipal costs incurred in the administration of the City Building Permit System.
6. 
The office of the Building Official shall be responsible for the administration of the building permit process within the community; building permit application forms may be obtained from, and submitted to, the City Building Official.
7. 
Applications for building permits shall contain all applicable information required on the building permit form, and shall be accompanied by drawings of the proposed work (drawn to scale), showing floor plans, structural details, computations and such additional information as may be required of the applicant by the office of the City Building Official, this Code of Ordinances or the City Commission.
8. 
Upon receipt of a complete building permit application and the required fee, the Building Official shall review the application to ensure that:
a. 
The involved land is properly zoned for the proposed use;
b. 
Applicable zoning district provisions (including Floodway Damage Prevention provisions as provided for in Article 4 this Chapter) have been met;
c. 
Roadway access is available;
d. 
Adequate sanitary provisions have been made for utilities;
e. 
All easements provided in the recorded plat, if any, are not encroached upon;
f. 
All other required municipal permits have been obtained.
9. 
If the City Building Official is satisfied that the proposed work described in the application and attached materials conform to the requirements of the adopted Zoning Ordinance, Building Code and other regulations and requirements, he shall authorize the issuance of the building permit by signing the application and shall return a copy to the applicant.
10. 
If the application or attached materials do not conform to pertinent municipal regulations, the City Building Official shall not approve said application. The Building Official shall return the application, with written reason(s) attached, to the applicant. The applicant may subsequently amend his application, if possible, and resubmit it, or initiate other action to correct the deficiencies.
11. 
The City Building Official shall complete all required review processes in an efficient and effective manner. The Building Official shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the building permit application within 10 working days, without unreasonable or unnecessary delay.
12. 
A building permit, once approved and issued, shall be construed as a permit to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to violate, cancel, alter or set aside any municipal regulations, nor shall such issuance prevent the City Building Official from thereafter requiring a correction of errors in plans, construction or a violation of this Chapter.
13. 
If the work allowed under an issued building permit has not been initiated and actively pursued within six months from the issuance date of the permit, such permit shall become null and void, unless a request for an extension is submitted to, and approved by, the City Building Official. If the permit becomes null and void, a new permit must be obtained and the regular fee incident thereto collected, in order for the work to be initiated or resumed.
14. 
The City Building Official shall keep a permanent and accurate accounting of all building permits and fee payments.
15. 
The Building Official may revoke a building permit in case there has been any false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application or attached materials on which the building permit approval was based.
16. 
Building permits shall be conspicuously displayed on the project or site, in a manner visible from the street.
17. 
The City Clerk and the City Building Official shall monitor municipal utility hookup requests and shall not allow municipal utilities to be turned on to any unit, structure or project for which a building permit has not been issued.
18. 
Appeals from any aggrieved person concerning a decision of the City Building Official relative to the granting of building permits, shall be taken to the Weatherford Board of Adjustment, who shall act as the Permit Board of Appeals for the City of Weatherford.
19. 
In the event of any conflict between these building permit provisions delineated herein and any provision(s) of the Building Code adopted by the City Commission, the provisions of this Chapter shall prevail.
1. 
Before any person shall move any house, building or heavy structure on or over any street within or through the City of Weatherford, it shall first be necessary to obtain a permit to do so from the office of the Building Official.
2. 
The fee for a permit to move such house or structure shall be established by the City Commission. (See Weatherford City Building Department for fee schedule.) In the event it is necessary to move utility lines, poles, signs or other structures to facilitate the move, the cost therefor will be paid by the applicant, in addition to the normal fee.
3. 
No permit shall be issued to any person to move a house or structure unless the person has in effect a bond in the sum of $5,000, conditioned that the mover will indemnify the owners of any property (public or private, including pavement, curbs, etc.) for any damage thereto resulting from the moving of any house or structure by him or by his agents or employees, and holding the City of Weatherford harmless from liability for any such damages.
4. 
It shall be the duty of the Building Official to approve or determine the route that may be used and the potential for damages, if any, to any property. He may prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to promote an effective move and for protection of person and property. The mover shall erect all necessary danger signals during the move.
5. 
Any person moving any house or any other structure on or over any street or alley, shall be liable personally and upon his bond for any damages to trees, public property, persons or any matter whatsoever resulting from such moving. This shall not be construed to authorize any person to cut or trim any trees, or commit any injury to any public or private property which cannot be immediately restored to its former condition, and no permit shall authorize any moving under conditions which will promote such damage.
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cut any pavement on any street or alley within the City of Weatherford, without a permit from the office of the Building Official.
2. 
An estimate of the cost of cutting such pavement shall be made by the Street Superintendent and a deposit equal to the amount of the estimate shall be made by the applicant.
3. 
The city may, at its option, either make repairs of the pavement which has been cut under the provisions of this section, and charge the costs of such repairs to the deposit herein provided, or require that the person cutting the pavement to make the repairs; in the latter case, the person's deposit shall be returned, upon satisfactory repair of the pavement. Any balance remaining after all such costs are paid shall be returned to the person making said deposit.
4. 
Any person cutting such pavement shall maintain proper safeguards, with suitable lights, during the night hours sufficient in number to give adequate warning of danger to all persons.
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to initiate any ditching operation involving any public easement, right-of-way, place, area or building within the City of Weatherford, without first obtaining a permit from the office of the Building Official.
2. 
Such permit shall be issued only if the applicant meets the following conditions:
a. 
The applicant shall provide a map of the proposed project to the Building Official prior to initiating work; said map shall show, or have placed upon it by the Building Official, all municipal utility line locations in the project area, and all areas of public easement, right-of-way, places, areas or buildings potentially affected by the proposed project.
b. 
The applicant shall provide written proof that he has coordinated his project with all other applicable utility companies (telephone, electric, gas and CATV) and is aware of the locations of all such lines.
c. 
The applicant shall provide a surety bond (or cash deposit), suitable to the City of Weatherford, as to dollar amount and form, to insure that any damages will be repaired; upon completion of the project, the City of Weatherford, will review any damage claims and make appropriate arrangements.
d. 
The applicant shall agree, in writing, to maintain proper safeguards, particularly at night.
3. 
Violation of any of these provisions shall be grounds for revocation of the applicant's permit at any time.
4. 
The fee for such permit shall be as determined by resolution of the City Commission.
1. 
Oil and gas companies, and other persons, firms and corporations not operating pursuant to a franchise granted by the municipality or not operating pursuant to a license or permit granted by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, shall secure a permit from the Office of the Building Official before placing, installing, laying, constructing, operating or maintaining any pipe, cable, wire, conduit or line across, over, under, along, through or upon any street, alley, public way or public place within the corporate limits of the City of Weatherford; said permit shall first be approved by the City Building Official.
2. 
The application for the permit shall specify:
a. 
The location of the pipe, cable, wire conduit or line; and
b. 
The privileges and proposed terms which the applicant desires to secure from the city and to exercise.
3. 
The Building Official, if he sees fit to grant the permit, will grant it on written terms which are mutually agreeable. The City Building Official may revoke said permit after adequate opportunity for a public hearing, for any of the following reasons:
a. 
Failure to abide by the terms on which the permit was granted;
b. 
Violation of State Law or municipal ordinances; or
c. 
Protection of the public peace, health, safety or welfare.
4. 
The applicant shall pay such fees for such permit and for its periodic renewal as the City Commission may establish by resolution.
5. 
The City Building Official may require an applicant to provide a bond for the protection of the city and/or the public in such sum and with such terms as the City Building Official deems desirable. When the City Building Official requires such a bond, a permit shall have no force or effect unless the required bond is also in effect.
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to construct, build, erect or alter any fence within the corporate limits of the City of Weatherford, except as provided herein.
1. 
For the purposes of this section, the term "fence" shall mean any structure or wall made of any material, including live plants, which is commonly used to border, envelope, decorate or to limit or exclude ingress or egress in an area.
2. 
Fences may be erected within the city only after the property owner or his agent has obtained a building permit through the office of the City Building Official and upon all payment of required fees. Fees for said permit shall be as established by the City Commission.
3. 
Fences may be erected in yards or along the edge of yards; provided that no fence or wall shall be located in front of the front building line in any case. No fence or wall shall exceed six feet in height, unless extraordinary circumstances require it, and, in no instance, shall a fence or wall exceed eight feet in height.
4. 
If the property for which a fence permit is sought is on a corner lot on which a front and side yard setback are established, no fence which obstructs site lines at elevations between two feet and six feet above any portion of the crown of the adjacent roadway shall be maintained in a triangle form by measuring the distance of 30 feet along said front and side lot lines and connecting the points so established to form a right triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection. No permit shall be issued in such event.
1. 
Application for permits to wreck or demolish any building or part thereof, shall be accompanied by a statement in writing by the owner or his agent, giving the full name and residence of each of the owners of the building to be demolished, the name and address of the person who is to do the work, and any other information which may be required. Before the permit is issued, an approved bond shall be filed with the Building Official. In no case shall any wall be taken down more than one story in advance of any other wall. All material and debris shall be immediately lowered to the ground and shall not be placed on the floors of the building.
2. 
The fee for a permit to wreck a building within shall be established by resolution of the Weatherford City Commission.
1. 
If any building within the city shall be seriously damaged by fire, the elements, decay, or otherwise, to such an extent as to render it dangerous, or render any part of it dangerous, such building shall not be repaired, or the walls thereof be used for rebuilding upon until the same has been carefully examined by the Building Official and a permit given for such building or repair to proceed.
2. 
Any existing buildings within the fire limits which may hereafter be damaged by fire, the elements, decay or otherwise to any amount greater than 50% of its original value shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
1. 
When any building, or part thereof, or any structure of like nature is in the condition of being dangerous, insecure, unsafe or unsanitary in the opinion of the Building Official, he shall cause notice in writing to be given to the owner, occupants, lessees or persons in possession, charge or control of such place or building to make such change, alteration or repairs, as safety or the ordinances of the city requires.
2. 
If at the expiration of the time specified in such notice for the completion or work required to be done by the terms of such notice, in order to render the building or structure safe, said notice shall not have been complied with, and said building or structure is in such unsafe or unsanitary condition as to endanger life or property, or the health of the occupants or the community or neighborhood, it shall be the duty of the Building Official or Health Officer of the city, upon order to that effect from the City Commissioners to proceed forthwith to tear down such unsafe and unsanitary condition as aforesaid, or to take such measures as may be necessary to put such building or structure in a safe and sanitary condition.
3. 
An itemized account of the expense of tearing down and removing such building or structure or of putting same in a safe and sanitary condition shall be presented to the owner or owners, lessee or occupant for payment, and in case the owner or owners, lessee or occupants, as the case may be shall fail or refuse, on demand, to pay the same, then the same may be recovered from such owner or owners, lessee or occupants, in an action of debt in the name of the city.
1. 
Any person desiring to engage in the business of plumbing in the City of Weatherford, shall obtain a permit from the Building Official, provided the person is licensed by the State of Oklahoma and the City of Weatherford.
2. 
The fee for said permit shall be established by resolutions of the Weatherford City Commission.
[Added 6-29-2012, Ordinance 2012-13]
In a residence that is owner occupied, the owner may perform plumbing work on the residence provided all permits are obtained and all inspections are called for and performed. Work must be accomplished by owner.
1. 
All person, firms, partnerships, corporations locally or non-locally hereafter engaging in the business of installing electrical fixtures, wiring or apparatus in or on any building within the corporate limits of the City of Weatherford, shall obtain a permit from the Building Official, provided that the person is licensed by the State of Oklahoma and the City of Weatherford.
2. 
The fee for said permit shall be established by resolution of the Weatherford City Commission.
[Amended 6-29-2012, Ordinance 2012-03]
In a residence that is owner occupied, the owner may perform electrical work on the residence provided all permits are obtained and all inspections are called for and performed. Work must be accomplished by owner.
[Added 7-31-2013, Ordinance 2013-01]
1. 
The fees for all permits shall be established by resolutions of the Weatherford City Commission.
2. 
If any person commences work, for which permits are required, before obtaining the necessary permits, the permit fees shall be doubled the amount of the regular permit fees.
3. 
The fees shall be paid by whichever party is responsible for obtaining the permit; owner, workman, contractor or sub-contractor.