The provisions of this Ordinance shall be administered and enforced by the Municipal Building Inspector. This official shall have the right to enter upon any premises at any reasonable time prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the purpose of making inspections of buildings or premises necessary in carrying out his duties in the enforcement of this Ordinance.

It shall be unlawful to commence the excavation for, or the construction of, any building or other structure, including accessory structures, or to store building materials or erect temporary field offices, or to commence the moving, alteration or repair (except repairs not changing the character of the structure and not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in cost, or painting or wallpapering) of any structure, including accessory structures, until the Building Inspector of the municipality has issued for such work a building permit including a statement that the plans, specifications and intended use of such structure in all respects conform with the provisions of this Ordinance. Application for a building permit shall be made to the Building Inspector of the municipality on forms provided for that purpose. Any building permit issued shall become invalid unless the work authorized by it shall have been commenced within six (6) months of its date of issue, or if the work authorized by it is suspended or abandoned for a period of one (1) year.

It shall be unlawful for the Municipal Building Inspector to approve any plans or issue a building permit for any excavation or construction until he has inspected such plans in detail and found them in conformity with this Ordinance. To this end, the Municipal Building Inspector shall require that every application for a building permit for excavation, construction, use of land, moving or alteration be accompanied by a plan or plat drawn to scale and showing the following in sufficient detail to enable the Municipal Building Inspector to ascertain whether the proposed excavation, construction, use of land, moving or alteration is in conformance with this Ordinance:

a.

The actual shape, proportion and dimensions of the lot to be built upon.

b.

The shape, size and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered or moved, and of any buildings or other structures already on the lot.

c.

The existing and intended use of all such buildings or other structures.

d.

The setback and side lines of, buildings on adjoining lots and such other information concerning the lot or adjoining lots as may be essential for determining whether the provisions of this Ordinance are being observed.

If the proposed excavation, construction, moving, or alteration, as set forth in the application, are in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance, the Building Inspector of the municipality shall issue a building permit accordingly. If an application for a building permit is not approved, the Building Inspector of the municipality shall state in writing on the application the cause for such disapproval. Issuance of a building permit shall, in no case, be construed as waiving any provision of this Ordinance.

No land or building or other structure or part thereof hereafter erected, moved, or altered in its use shall be used until the Building Inspector of the municipality shall have issued a Certificate of Occupancy stating that such land or structure or part thereof is found to be in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance. Within three (3) days after the owner or his agent has notified the Building Inspector of the municipality that a building or premises or part thereof is ready for occupancy or use, it shall be the duty of the Building Inspector of the municipality to make a final inspection thereof, and to issue a Certificate of Occupancy if the building or premises or part thereof is found to conform with the provisions of this Ordinance, or, if such certificate is refused, to state the refusal in writing with the cause.

For any and every violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, and for each day and every day that such violation continues, said violation(s) shall be punishable as a misdemeanor by a fine of $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than ten days in the city jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 2009-101, § 3, 3-2-2009)

In case any building or other structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Ordinance, the Building Inspector of the municipality or any other appropriate authority or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specially damaged by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to correct or abate such violation or to prevent occupancy of such building, structure or land.