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)
(a) 
Administrative fee per occurrence: $300.00.
(b) 
Habitual criminal or nuisance determination fee: $500.00 per determination.
(c) 
Annual monitoring of habitual criminal or nuisance property: $150.00.
(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; Ordinance 2024-08-10 adopted 8/20/2024; Ordinance 2024-09-04 adopted 9/17/2024; Ordinance 2025-03-11 adopted 3/18/2025)