(a) 
No building or structure or part therefor shall be hereafter constructed, erected, altered, demolished, moved, or placed within the city unless all appropriate permits to comply with this article and the building codes referred to herein shall have first been issued for such work. No permit shall be issued by the city for the building or for the installation of the city’s water and wastewater services or a private sewage facility upon any lot in a confirming plat for which a final plat has not been approved by the city and filed for record, or upon any lot in which the standards contained in the city’s ordinance, as amended, or referred to therein have not been complied with in full. No site clearance, excavation, grading, or landfill on public or private land shall commence unless all applicable permits shall have first been issued for such work.
(b) 
Any owner may make minor improvements and ordinary repairs on any structure without a permit that such improvements and repairs conform to all applicable building laws and codes. The code compliance officer shall have the right to inspect all such improvements or repairs and determine whether a permit is necessary.
(c) 
Fees for permits and inspections shall be as adopted by the city council.
(d) 
It is the responsibility of the homeowner/property owner to obtain the permit and confirm the contractor’s insurances, warranties, licenses, and bond. It is illegal for the city to require validation of the third party contractors per TML regulations.
(e) 
Commencement of any work for which a permit is required prior to the issuance of the required permit shall be unlawful.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Inspection.
All plumbing and electrical materials installed in any new house moved into the city limits shall be uncovered and plainly visible to the city plumbing and electrical inspectors.
(b) 
Compliance with city ordinances.
All plumbing and electrical materials installed in any new house moved into the city limits shall be in compliance with all ordinances of the city.
(2002 Code, secs. 4.04, 4.05)
Any fence surrounding land, a lot or lots, or any dwelling house, business house, shed, barn, coal house or outbuildings of any description extending into or obtruding upon any part of any street or alley inside the city limits is prohibited.
(2002 Code, sec. 4.06)