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Building Permits & Fees - Ordinance No. 1182

AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE#909, PROVIDING FOR THE OBTAINING OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND/OR ALTERATION OF BUILDINGS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EASTBOROUGH, KANSAS:

Section 1.

That Ordinance #909 is hereby repealed.

Section 2.

It is hereby declared that a Building Supervisor be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Eastborough and be given full supervision and control over the mater of the issuance of permits for the construction and/or alteration of residences and other structures in said City of Eastborough.

Section 3.

It is unlawful for any person to construct a residence or other structure in the City of Eastborough without first obtaining a permit from said Building Supervisor. Any person contemplating the construction of a residence or other structure in said City of Eastborough shall submit the construction documents including a site plan locating property boundaries, set back lines and public and private easements including utilities to said Building Supervisor and deposit the fee hereinafter provided at least ten (10) days before planned construction. Said Building Supervisor will examine such construction documents and ascertain whether they meet the requirements of all ordinances of the City of Eastborough. If said Building Supervisor finds that such plans and specifications do meet the said requirements, then upon the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the Building Supervisor shall grant the permit.

Section 4.

Where an alteration, extension or addition is made to a home or structure in the City of Eastborough, which will cause a change in the exterior walls of the house or a change in the exterior dimensions or exterior lines of the house, said change shall not be made until an application is made to the Building Supervisor requesting a permit for such change. Said request shall be accompanied by construction documents as set forth in Section 3 and, in addition, the original dimensions of the house and the change requested. The procedure shall be as set forth in Section 3.

Section 5.

At the time said construction documents are submitted to the Building Supervisor, applicant shall pay the City Clerk a document review and administrative fee in the amount of $300.

Section 6.

Any person who shall begin construction for which a permit is required without first having obtained a permit from the Building Supervisor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less than $100 or more than $1000 and/or shall be subject to being enjoined from completion thereof.

Section 7.

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the official city paper of the City of Eastborough according to law.

ADOPTED at Eastborough, Kansas, on this 27th day of August, 2002.