Whenever any work for which a permit is required by the city
has commenced without first obtaining the required permit, a special
investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such
work. An investigation fee shall be required whether or not a subsequent
permit is issued. The investigation fees shall be equal to the full
amount of any permit that would have been required had the project
been fully permitted prior to beginning said work. This fee shall
be in addition to any actual permit fee required. The payment of such
investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with
all provisions of applicable codes nor shall it exempt them from any
penalty prescribed by law.
(Ordinance 2014-05-01, sec. 1(B),
adopted 5/6/14)
The mayor may, upon written request, reduce any fee to actual
costs when the fee is due from an entity of the federal government,
the state, a city or county within the state or an independent school
district within the state.
(Ordinance 2014-05-01, sec. 1(C),
adopted 5/6/14)
(a) Building
valuation shall be based on the building valuation data as published
by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. (SBCCI)
publication in “Southern Building” and as applied to the
Uniform Building Codes, using the most current building valuation
data available in the city secretary’s office. In the absence
of updates from the SBCCI, the city secretary and the mayor may select
a comparable system by mutual agreement.
(b) Residential
properties shall be based on the highest valuation rating for their
respective categories.
(Ordinance 2014-05-01, sec. 2, adopted 5/6/14)
(a) If
no work has begun and no inspections have been performed, the city
may issue a refund equal to 75 percent of the original fee less city
costs.
(b) If
work has begun or any inspections have been performed on the project,
no refund will be made.
(c) No
refunds will be made on any permit after the original expiration date.
(Ordinance 2014-05-01, sec. 4, adopted 5/6/14)
Administrative fee per occurrence: $300.00.
(Ordinance 2019-09-07 adopted 9/17/19; Ordinance 2020-02-01 adopted 2/18/20; Ordinance
2020-09-05 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 2021-09-05 adopted 9/7/21; Ordinance 2022-08-09 adopted 8/29/2022; Ordinance 2023-08-10 adopted 8/15/2023)