[Ord. 5570, passed 6-26-1956]
No person shall commence to demolish, tear down or remove, or
demolish, tear down or remove any part or portion of a structure or
building within the City, without first having made application to
the City Engineer and obtaining a permit to do so.
[Ord. 6916, passed 5-28-1987]
All applications for a permit under the provisions of this article
shall be made to the City Engineer on a form to be furnished by the
City for that purpose, in which application shall be stated and exact
location of the property affected, the ownership of the property,
the time when the work is to be commenced and finished, the name of
the contractor or other person making the application and all other
necessary particulars which the City Engineer may require from the
applicant.
Every such application must be signed by the owner of the property
or by their authorized agents, and the signer shall, in the application,
accept full responsibility and liability for all items that are done
under the authority of any permit issued by the City to the applicant.
[Ord. 5570, passed 6-25-1956]
Before any permit shall be issued under the authority of this
article, the applicant shall be required to furnish to the City evidence
that he has provided himself with public liability insurance within
the limits of $10,000 to $20,000 and property damage insurance in
the sum of $20,000. If the City Engineer is of the opinion that the
limits for such insurance, herein provided for, are not sufficiently
large, he shall not issue any permit until the question of such insurance
has been submitted to Council and the limits thereof have been fixed
by Council. Council may extend such limits for public liability insurance
not to exceed $100,000 and property damage not to exceed $50,000,
if it feels that the risks involved in the case are unusual or extraordinary.
The applicant shall also furnish to the City a bond in the amount
of at least $5,000, which limit may also be increased to not more
than $100,000 by Council, upon the recommendation of the City Engineer,
which bond shall be conditioned upon the contractor and owner completing
the demolition, tearing down and removal of such buildings and structures
within the time specified originally, or by enlargement as herein
provided, within the time fixed by the permit, and that the contractor
or the owner shall thoroughly clean up and level the location of the
demolished, torn down and removed structures. However, if the location
is to be used for other buildings, structures or purposes, Council
may, upon application, authorize a permit which does not require the
cleaning up or leveling of the site.
[Ord. 7113, passed 2-25-1993; Ord. 7543, passed 2-14-2002]
(a) All permits granted under this article for demolition of residential
properties shall be originally limited to 30 days per building and
the applicant shall pay for such permit, a fee, to cover the cost
of the exercise of the police power of the City, in the amount of
$150 for the doing of the work.
(b) All permits granted under this article for demolition of commercial
properties shall be originally limited to 30 days per building and
the applicant shall pay for such permit, a fee, to cover the cost
of the exercise of the police power of the City in the following amounts
for the doing of the work:
Cost of Demolition
|
Permit Fee
|
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$0 - $15,000
|
$200
|
$15,001 - $25,000
|
$300
|
$25,001 - $50,000
|
$450
|
Over $50,000
|
$550
|
(c) If, before the work is completed and the permit expires, the contractor
or owner of the property involved makes application to the City Engineer
for an extension of the time of the permit, and if the City Engineer
is satisfied that the permittee and the owner have not been guilty
of any dilatory tactics of delay, he may grant an extension of time
on the permit not to exceed 60 additional days, but the permittee
shall pay an additional permit fee of $10 per day for every working
day covered by such extension of the permit.
[Ord. 6916, passed 5-28-1987]
(a) When any such permit is issued, the permittee or the owner shall
be required to erect over the sidewalks and streets or portions thereof
all necessary shelters and barricades, and furnish the same with lights
and adequate signs for the full protection of the traveling public,
as shall be required by specifications to be drawn from time to time
by the City Engineer and approved by Council. Until such shelters
and barricades, lights and signs have been provided and erected by
the permittee or by the owner of the property, any demolition, tearing
down or removal of the buildings or structures or of any portion of
the buildings and structures on the affected land shall be a violation
of this article, for which the permittee and the property owner shall
be liable.
(b) Any person who is the holder of a permit to demolish, tear down or remove any part or portion of a structure or a building within the City shall be required to follow the specifications for demolition as provided by the Bureau of Code Enforcement. The specifications will be issued at the time the permit is granted and any person who violates these specifications will be subject to the penalty provided in Section
1731.99.
[Ord. 6916, passed 5-28-1987]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article, and any owner of property who permits violation by his contractor, employees or agents shall be guilty of a violation of this article and punished as provided in Section
101.99 of the Administrative Code.
Any violation of the provisions of this article on any day shall
be a separate and distinct violation and subject the violator to a
separate and distinct penalty.