[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.
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.
[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.
[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.