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AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED II AN ORDINANCE
FIXING THE MANNER IN WHICH BUILDING PER-
MITS SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF CLER-
MONT; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH
PEmIITS; REQUIRING A PERMIT TO BE ISSUED
BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION OR
REPAIR OF ANY STRUCTURE IN THE CITY SHALL
BE COMMENCED; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT:
SECTION 1. Before any construction, alteration
or repair of any structúre in the City of Clermont shall be
commenced, the owner or the contractor or agent of the owner
shall first apply for and obtain a building permit from the
City Council of the City of Clermont.
SECTION 2. Applications for building permits
shall be made to the City Council on forms to be provided by
the City and such application shall be in duplicate and the
applicant for a permit shall give fully all of the information
provided for in the application.
Applications shall be léft with the City Clerk
who shall in turn deliver the original application to. the Mayor
and the Mayor will deliver the same to the Building Inspector
who shall under the direction of the Mayor make such investiga-
tion as the circumstances may require. If the application is
in proper form and complies with the ordinances of the City,
the Building Inspector will approve the application, return
the same to the Mayor who will deliver it to the City Clerk.
After the application has been approved by the Building In-
spector, it shall then be referred by the Clerk to the Fire
and Building Committee of the City Council and if approved
by a majority of the members of this Committee, the Clerk shall
then issue unto the apPlicantwå.bu.ilding permit and the applicant
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or his employees may 13roceed'w,i,th the construction, alteration
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or repairs applied for.
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SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the Building
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Inspector to check the work that is being done to see that the
work is carried out in the manner provided for by the ordinances
of the City and in conformity with the application upon which
the permit was based.
SECTION 4. If the Building Inspector shall find
that there is any substantial deviation from the provisions
of the application or if any of the ordinances of the City are
being violated, he shall immediately report the same to the
Mayor who shall 'investigate and if it is found that such viola-
tion has occurred or is about to occur, the Mayor is hereby
vested with authority to temporarily revoke the permit which
was issued and shall call a special meeting of the City Council
and summons before it the owner or if the building is being
constructed under contract, both the owner and the contractor,
and the Council shall hear and determine whether or not the
ordinances of the City are being violated or whether or not
the building is not being constructed as the application pro-
vided for and unless the contractor and the owner shall agree
to correct such violations as have occúrred and prevent such
violations in the future, the Council shall revoke the permit
and no further work shall be allowed to be done until a new
permit is granted.
SECTION 5. Where, because of fire, storm or
other emergency, any property owner or his agent may, with
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the approval of the Buildin~ Inspector, make temporary
emergency I'~~a.ærs without waiting for the issuance of a
'permit, but no repairs ef a permanent nature shall be made
until a permit has been issued.
SECTION 6. Minor repairs, the cost of which
shall not exceed $10.00, may be made without a permit, and
no permit shall be required for painting or decorating.
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SECTION 7. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof in the municipal court, be punished by a
fine of not more than $25.00 or by imprisonment for not more
than lO days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the Mayor. The owner and the contractor shall
be equally guilty if violations of this ordinance occur.
SECTION 8. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with the provisions, of this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent that such conflict exists
and no further.
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Passed and adopted by the Council at its regu~
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Received and approved-by me this
of August, 1940.
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