No building, structure, or storage container shall be located or erected, added to or structurally altered until the Administrative Officer has issued a permit. Except upon a written order of the Zoning Inspectors, no such building permit shall be issued.

There shall be submitted with all requests for permits an application fully completed in accordance with the form furnished by the Administrative Office and two (2) copies of a layout or plat which shall show the exact size and location on the lot of the building, accessory buildings, or storage containers to be erected and such other information as may necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter.

Once a permit has been issued and construction commenced, the structure shall be completed within a reasonable time.

All requests for permits required by this Chapter shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00). Ten dollars ($10.00) of the building permit fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be paid to the City Zoning Inspector to defray his or her expenses of serving as Zoning Inspector if the Zoning Inspector is not already an appointed City Official. The remaining five dollars ($5.00) will be paid to the City General Revenue Fund to defray clerical costs attendant to the implementation of this Chapter. If there is no Zoning Inspector, all of the building permit fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) will be paid to the General Revenue Fund of the City.