(a) 
Any person or persons, firm, corporation or association seeking to acquire any permit required under this chapter shall have in force the following insurance:
(1) 
$100,000 of comprehensive general liability insurance, per occurrence, including coverage for bodily injury and property damage with products liability and completed operations coverage; and
(2) 
Worker’s compensation coverage in accordance with the requirements of state law.
(b) 
Prior to issuance of any such permit, such applicant shall furnish the building official with a certificate of insurance evidencing the required insurance coverage.
(c) 
The insurance coverage shall include a provision that, in the event such coverage is canceled or reduced, the insurance carrier shall notify the building official at least ten (10) days prior to such cancellation or reduction in coverage.
(d) 
An applicant’s permit shall be automatically suspended during any period in which the applicant fails to maintain in effect the required insurance coverage.
(e) 
This provision shall not apply to the following:
(1) 
A homeowner seeking a permit to work on his own residence.
(2) 
A homeowner seeking a permit to personally do work on other homes owned by him.
(3) 
Electrical contractors.
(4) 
Master plumbers.
Editor’s note–The beginning of section 1 of Ordinance 482 states: “That the Code of Ordinances … is hereby amended by repealing all requirements of bonds for general contractors, and other contractors, inclusive of installation contractors and building movers as a condition for a building permit.”
(Ordinance 482, sec. 1, adopted 7/8/86; Ordinance adopting Code)
The city shall assess and collect the inspection fees for new building construction and remodeling of a structure as set forth in section A3.01.002 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code.
(Ordinance 495, sec. 7-140, adopted 9/8/87; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
This section shall apply to notice requirements in any instance of the alleged violation of the provisions of:
(1) 
Article 3.03;
(2) 
Article 3.04 and its divisions;
(3) 
Article 3.05;
(4) 
Article 3.06;
(5) 
Article 3.07;
(6) 
Article 3.08 and its divisions;
(7) 
Article 3.09;
(8) 
Article 3.10;
(9) 
Article 3.11; and
(10) 
Article 3.12 and its divisions of chapter 3, Building Regulations, of the Code of Ordinances of the city.
(b) 
Upon the discovery of a potential violation of regulations and the resultant need for notice to property owners, the appropriate code enforcement official shall issue notices in the following order:
(1) 
By certified mail with return receipt requested to the property address if occupied; if the property is not occupied, the notice shall be issued to the owner’s address as reflected by utility records of the city or, if none, then to the address shown by the ad valorem tax records of the Lubbock Central Appraisal District.
If the notice is returned without delivery or acceptance, the official may issue notice under the following subsection.
(2) 
By personal delivery to the person shown to have ownership as reflected in the ad valorem tax records of the Lubbock Central Appraisal District. If that person denies ownership, the official shall determine ownership from the real property records of the office of the Lubbock County clerk and serve that person by certified mail or by personal delivery. If service cannot be secured in this manner, the official may issue notice under the following subsection.
(3) 
By posting notice on the front door of the structure. If there is no such door, the notice shall be posted at a location on the structure most likely to be noticed from the public right-of-way. In the event of notice by posting, the notice:
(A) 
Must measure not less than 8-1/2 by 11 inches;
(B) 
Be printed on paper of a shade of medium red; and
(C) 
Be posted between 5 and 6 feet from the top of the foundation of the structure.
(c) 
On notices served by certified mail or by personal delivery, the notice shall have printed at, or immediately below the city letterhead, the following paragraph:
“ACCORDING TO THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, YOU OWN THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE. IF YOU NO LONGER OWN THE PROPERTY, YOU MUST EXECUTE AN AFFIDAVIT STATING THAT YOU NO LONGER OWN THE PROPERTY AND STATING THE NAME AND LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF THE PERSON WHO ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY FROM YOU. THE AFFIDAVIT MUST BE DELIVERED IN PERSON OR BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN THE 20TH DAY AFTER THE DATE YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE. IF YOU IX) NOT SEND THE AFFIDAVIT, IT WILL BE PRESUMED THAT YOU OWN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT”
(Ordinance 696 adopted 12/11/07)