[R.O. 2017 § 505.010; Ord. No. 96-061801 § 1, 5-21-1996]
A. 
Submit two (2) sets of plans, each signed and dated by a registered design professional licensed by the State of Missouri, as set out in the current Building Code for review and approval by the Building Inspector.
B. 
Appeals of the Building Inspector's decision shall be made to the Board of Appeals.
C. 
Permit will be issued within one (1) week following plan submission.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.020; Ord. No. 96-061801 § 2, 5-21-1996]
A. 
When ready for sewer inspection, call the City's sewer inspector, allow twenty-four (24) hours for inspection. No one is to uncover, cut or connect into any part of the City sewer system without the sewer inspector present. See Chapter 700, Wastewater Regulations, of this Code also.
B. 
For all other inspections when ready, call the Building Inspector's pager. Leave permit number or phone number between 7:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.
C. 
Confirmation calls will be returned within one (1) working day. For confirmation calls, phone number must be left on inspector's pager or on file with permit.
D. 
Inspection will be made by the end of next working day from time of confirmation.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.030; Ord. No. 96-061801 § 3, 5-21-1996]
A. 
Order; Requests.
1. 
The order of inspections shall be as follows:
a. 
Driveway and culvert.
b. 
Footings (rebar in place, prior to pour).
c. 
Rough in framing, plumbing, electrical and sewer.
d. 
Rough in gas (pressured and ready to inspect).
e. 
Final.
2. 
The person requesting the inspection shall call only when ready for inspection.
B. 
Permit number must be posted on-site and permit card must be on-site at time of inspection.
C. 
All items inspected which pass will be initialed by inspector on posted permit.
1. 
One (1) copy will be submitted for payment.
2. 
One (1) copy will go to permit Clerk for filing.
3. 
One (1) copy will go to County Assessor.
D. 
Photos and a written report will be filed on inspections that were not approved. Notification will be sent to owner and/or contractor whose address is listed on permit by Building Inspector.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.040; Ord. No. 96-061801 § 4, 5-21-1996]
A. 
A warning or stop-work order will be issued to those without permits or business licenses depending upon the work being done.
B. 
If a warning order is given and there has been no corrective action taken within forty-eight (48) hours, a stop-work order will be issued. Work or operation will cease immediately.
C. 
The following City personnel have authority to issue warnings and stop-work orders:
1. 
Building Inspector.
2. 
Chief of Police.
3. 
Person designated by Mayor.
D. 
If a warning order is issued, the contractor/owner will be contacted by written notice. Photos and a written report will be filed at City Hall. Phone contact will also be made when possible.
E. 
Any other questions or information can be obtained by contacting the Building Inspector via his/her pager. A return call will be made within one (1) working day, if not sooner.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.050; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 1, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 97-022702 § 1, 2-27-1997; Ord. No. 26-03, 2-17-2026; Ord. No. 26-17, 3-17-2026]
A. 
Calculation Of Fees. Building permit fees shall be calculated using the following formula:
Fee = Gross Floor Area x Fee Rate (per square foot)
1. 
The Fee Rate shall be established based on the cost of building inspections and related administrative services.
a. 
The base inspector's hourly rate is thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per hour.
b. 
A multiplier of 2.1 is applied to account for benefits overhead transportation, equipment, and administrative costs.
c. 
An average of ten (10) hours is assumed for inspections on a typical residential home.
d. 
Based on an average two thousand nine hundred forty-one (2,941) square feet under roof (Gross Floor Area as defined in the Building Code; the resulting fee rate is twenty-five cents ($0.25) per square foot.
2. 
Gross Floor Area shall mean the total square footage of all enclosed spaces as defined by the applicable Building Codes.
3. 
Fees shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Example Calculation:
For a 2,941 square foot home:
•
Effective hourly rate: $35.00 x 2.1 = $73.50
•
Total inspection time: 10 hours = $735. 00
•
Fee per square foot: $735.00 = 2,941 = $0.25
•
Permit Fee: 2,941 x $0.25 = $735.00
B. 
Permit Requirements.
1. 
Residential and commercial construction permit fees shall be calculated based on the formula above.
2. 
A permit is required for any outbuilding or accessory structure of one hundred fifty (150) square feet or more.
3. 
Structures under one hundred fifty (150) square feet do not require a permit but must comply with all applicable Zoning and Building Codes.
4. 
A permit is required for any residential or commercial repair or remodeling involving structural changes.
C. 
Minimum Permit Fee. The minimum building permit fee shall be seventy-five ($75.00).
[R.O. 2017 § 505.060; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 2, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-04, 2-17-2026]
The following fees are added to the cost of the building permit fee:
Type
Fee
Issuance of permit
$5.00 (non-refundable)
Elevator
$75.00 each hour
Culvert (minimum 12 inches I.D.)
Any length
$75.00
Day care inspection
Fee
$75.00
Paved areas (parking lots, tennis courts, etc.)
Fee
$75.00
Paved driveways
Fee
$75.00
Plan review
Fee shall be based on actual time
Fee
$75.00 per hour; Minimum 1 hour
Building appeals request
$125.00 (non-refundable)
Signs (billboards)
$75.00
Storage tanks
Above or below grade
$75.00
Storage tank removal
$75.00
Sprinkler system (building area)
Any amount rate multiplies by actual time
$75.00
Detention for above-ground storage tanks
$75.00
Swimming pools (building fee only)
Residential
$75.00
Multifamily
$125.00
Commercial
$185.00
Towers and antennas
Any
$75.00
[R.O. 2017 § 505.070; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 3, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 97-022702 § 3, 2-27-1997]
A. 
Developers will be assessed a fee equal to the actual cost incurred by the City of Battlefield for engineering reviews (required by the City's Engineer or its retained engineering firm) plus two hundred dollars ($200.00) for handling and processing but no less than the minimum fees as outlined below:
[Ord. No. 14-12 §§ 1-2, 9-2-2014]
1. 
Sites less than ten (10) acres with no off-site drainage areas, with no sinkholes affected and no imminent downstream flooding problems.
a. 
Minimum fee: seven hundred dollars ($700.00).
2. 
Sites of ten (10) acres or more with no off-site drainage areas, with no sinkholes affected and no imminent downstream flooding problems.
a. 
Minimum fee: one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00).
3. 
Sites greater in size than twenty (20) acres, when proposed development affects sinkholes or any site, regardless of size, with imminent downstream flooding problems.
a. 
Minimum fee: one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
B. 
The City Inspector will not issue any type of construction permit until the above engineering review fees have been paid.
C. 
Payment of the above engineering fees is in no way meant to be interpreted as either a legal acceptance of or an adoption by the City of any engineering reviews involved.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.080; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 4, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-05, 2-17-2026]
A. 
Each building structure to be moved shall be inspected by the Building Inspector before moving from one lot to another or to a new location prior to relocating structure.
1. 
Inspection fee: seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
B. 
The fee for moving the structure will be fifty percent (50%) of the fee for the new structure.
1. 
Minimum fee: seventy-five dollars ($75.00) plus electrical, plumbing, mechanical, etc., permits
C. 
A cash bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall be deposited with the Battlefield City Treasurer. The cash bond shall be refunded after the structure has been moved and proper inspections completed.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.090; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 5, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-06, 2-17-2026]
The fee for demolition of a building shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per five hundred (500) square feet of building. A cash bond of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be deposited with the Battlefield City Treasurer. The bond shall be refunded after the proper inspections have been completed and proof of proper disposal of building waste has been submitted to the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.100; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 6, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-07, 2-17-2026]
Where work other than emergency work (situations wherein life, health and safety would be affected) has commenced without proper permit, the late fee shall be calculated as two (2) times the cost of building permit and fees, except the late fee shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). Permit(s) must be obtained within three (3) working days after notification or the late fees shall be charged.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.110; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 7, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-08, 2-17-2026]
A. 
Fee shall be calculated at an hourly rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per hour.
B. 
Minimum fee: seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
[R.O. 2017 § 505.120; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 8, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-09, 2-17-2026]
A. 
Fee shall be calculated at an hourly rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
B. 
Minimum fee: seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
[R.O. 2017 § 505.130; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 9, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-10, 2-17-2026]
A. 
Fee shall be calculated at an hourly rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
B. 
Minimum fee: seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
[R.O. 2017 § 505.140; Ord. No. 96-031901 § 10, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 26-11, 2-17-2026]
If an inspection has failed three (3) different times, there will be a seventy-five dollars ($75.00) fee for each reinspection thereafter.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.150; Ord. No. 97-022703 § 1, 2-27-1997; Ord. No. 97-071503 § 1, 7-15-1997; Ord. No. 26-12, 2-17-2026]
A. 
A deposit of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per core sample (number of samples as determined by the City Engineer) shall be deposited with the City upon approval of a final plat of any phase of construction of any street(s).
B. 
A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for handling and processing for each phase of roadway to be developed shall also be paid at the time of the core test deposit.
C. 
The Building Inspector or a certified inspection agency approved by the Board of Aldermen shall inspect street construction as the work is being performed. Core sample(s) will be taken for compaction of subsoil and approved before any base material is applied.
D. 
In the event proper procedures are not done, core samples will be taken. In the event any core test requirements are determined not to be necessary, the City will refund monies on deposit for core tests to the developer.
E. 
Inspections done by the City Inspector will be calculated by the number of hours required times seventy-five dollars ($75.00). Inspections done by an outside firm will be as billed by that firm and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
F. 
Fees for inspections and/or subsoil testing for each phase of roadway construction will be paid for by the developer at the end of those inspections and/or subsoil testing and prior to any building construction.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.160; Ord. No. 97-022703 § 2, 2-27-1997; Ord. No. 20-30, 12-1-2020]
A. 
Sign fees shall be at cost plus ten percent (10%).
B. 
All traffic signs will meet the standards as published in the most current Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) as published by the Federal Highway Administration and be, at a minimum, 0.080 inch High Intensity (HI) Prismatic Reflective Aluminum. All posts for traffic signs will meet the standards as published in the most current Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) as published by the Federal Highway Administration and be, at a minimum, 2 inch square galvanized steel for the posts and 2.25 inch square galvanized steel for the post anchors. All items will be ordered and purchased by the City.
C. 
Sign pole locations will be determined by the City.
D. 
The developer will be required to excavate the required holes (minimum sixteen (16) inches in diameter by thirty-six (36) inches deep), concrete the poles in place, and install all anchors, posts and signs.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.170; Ord. No. 97-022703 § 3, 2-27-1997]
The City Building Inspector will not issue any type of building permits until the above fees have been paid prior to each phase of construction.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.180; Ord. No. 01-101604 §§ 1 — 6, 10-16-2001; Ord. No. 26-13, 2-17-2026]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to require the payment of impact fees on new land development in order to provide for necessary public infrastructure improvements that are made necessary by such development. Impact fees are intended to ensure that new growth contributes its fair share toward the cost of expanding public facilities.
B. 
Authority. This Section is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to municipalities under Missouri law to enact and enforce regulations for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, including the financing of public infrastructure through the imposition of reasonable fees.
C. 
Applicability. All plats, building permits, and development approvals granted after the effective date of this Section shall be subject to the payment of impact fees in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
D. 
Payment Of Fees. Impact fees shall be due and payable at the time of final plat approval or, where no plat approval is required, at the time of issuance of a building permit. No permit shall be issued until all applicable fees required by this Section have been paid in full.
E. 
Storm Sewer Impact Fee. All land development within the City shall be subject to an impact fee assessed exclusively for the purpose of financing the construction, extension, enlargement, or improvement of the City's storm sewer system.
1. 
Fee Schedule. The storm sewer impact fee shall be assessed at the following rates:
a. 
Residential Development: Two hundred dollars ($200.00) per unit.
b. 
Commercial Development: One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per acre.
2. 
Use Of Funds. Revenues collected under this Subsection shall be deposited into a designated Storm Sewer Impact Fee Fund and shall be used solely for storm sewer infrastructure and related stormwater management facilities.
F. 
Recreational Facility Impact Fee. In addition to all other fees required under this Code an impact fee shall be imposed on new land development for the purpose of financing the acquisition, development, and improvement of public recreational facilities within the City.
1. 
Applicability. This fee apply to all residential commercial and industrial development occurring within the City.
2. 
Fee Schedule. The impact fee shall be assessed at the following rates, proportionate to the type of development:
a. 
Residential: Four hundred dollars ($400.00) per unit.
b. 
Commercial: Four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800.00) per acre.
3. 
Use Of Funds. All funds collected under this Subsection shall be deposited into a designated Recreational Facilities Impact Fee Fund. Such funds shall be used exclusively for the acquisition construction, and improvement of public parks, trails, playgrounds, and related recreational infrastructure serving the residents of the City.
4. 
Administration. The City Administrator or their designee shall be responsible for calculating, assessing, and collecting the fees established herein, and for maintaining accurate records of deposits and expenditures from the Recreational Facilities Impact Fee Fund.
[R.O. 2017 § 505.190; Ord. No. 01-071001 §§ 1 — 6, 6-19-2001; Ord. No. 05-22 §§ 2 — 6, 9-20-2005; Ord. No. 26-14, 2-17-2026]
A. 
No person shall occupy, or otherwise utilize, any newly constructed commercial or residential building or structure without first having obtained an occupancy permit from the City.
B. 
Occupancy permits shall be issued only after the building or structure for which the same is sought has been completed and has passed a final inspection. A newly constructed building or structure shall only be deemed to have passed a final inspection when the City Building Inspector, or other building official, verifies that there has been compliance with all International Building Codes utilized by the City.
C. 
Fees for occupancy permits shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for residential dwellings or units and one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for commercial buildings. It shall be the policy of the City to collect occupancy permit fees at the time of issuance of a building permit.
D. 
When a builder and/or a general contractor and/or an owner of a newly constructed building desires to have the same finally inspected, such person shall make arrangements with the Building Inspector, or other designated building official, to have such inspection conducted. If the building or structure passes the final inspection, the City shall issue an occupancy permit upon payment of the occupancy permit fee or upon verification the occupancy permit fee was paid at the time the building permit was issued.
E. 
Any builder, general contractor or owner who sells, transfers or conveys any newly constructed building or structure, or who permits anyone to occupy or utilize any newly constructed building or structure, without first having the same pass a final inspection or without first having obtained an occupancy permit shall upon conviction be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that any such builder, general contractor or owner permits a third party to occupy or utilize a newly constructed building or structure in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be the basis for a new and separate charge.