Ferris City Zoning Code
BUILDING PERMITS
CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
§ 154.130 BUILDING PERMITS; CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY.
(A) Building permit required. No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered without a building permit issued by the Administrative Official. No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. No permit for the construction of a building or buildings upon any land shall be issued until a building site has been created by the land being a platted lot appearing on a plat properly approved by the city and filed in the records of the county clerk of Ellis County.
(1) Application for building permit. All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by plans in triplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions and shape of the lot to be built upon; the exact sizes and locations on the lot of buildings already existing, if any; and the location and dimensions of the proposed building or alteration. The application shall include such other information as lawfully may be required by the Administrative Official, including existing or proposed building or alteration; existing or proposed uses of the building and land; housekeeping units or rental units the building is designed to accommodate; conditions existing on the lot; and such other matters as may be necessary to determine conformance with, and provide for the enforcement of this chapter. One copy of the plans shall be returned to the applicant by the Administrative Official, that has markings on the copy either as approved or disapproved and attested to same by his or her signature on such copy. The original and 1 copy of the plans, similarly marked, shall be retained by the Administrative Official.
(2) Expiration of building permit. If the work described in any building permit has not begun within 6 calendar months from the date of issuance thereof, the permit shall expire, and work shall not proceed until a new building permit has been obtained.
(B) Certificate of occupancy required. No tract of land or premises nor non-residential structure thereon shall be used, occupied or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Building Official stating that the tract of land, premises or structure, as case may be, complies with the provisions of this chapter and any other part of the city code applicable thereto.
(C) Application for certificate of occupancy. Certificates of occupancy shall be applied for coincident with the application for building permit, and will be issued within 5 days after the erection or structural alteration of such building shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of pertinent statutes and ordinances.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)
§ 154.999 PENALTY.
(A) Misdemeanor.
(2) Penalty for violation of § 150.044. Any person, firm or corporation owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel of land or portion thereof violating any of the provisions of § 154.044 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable for a fine of not more than $2,000, and each and every day the violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined as herein provided.
(3) General penalty. Violation of any other provisions of this chapter or failure to comply with any of its requirements shall constitute a misdemeanor. Any person who violates any other provisions of this chapter or fails to comply with any of the requirements of such provisions shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $2,000. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.
(B) Responsible party. The owner or tenant of any building, structure, premises, or part thereof, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, or other person who commits, participates in, assists in or maintains such violation may each be found guilty of a separate offense and suffer the penalties herein provided.
(C) Legal right. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the city from taking such other lawful action as necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)