Part 110



110.000 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS*

Ord. No. 2

Adopted: April 2, 1973

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*Cross reference(s)--Nuisance and hazard abatement, Pt. 2; storage or accumulation of building materials, § 70.958; construction noises, § 72.001; permit for construction of swimming pool, § 111.002.

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An ordinance to prevent building construction without building permits and to provide a penalty for violations thereof.

THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS:

110.001 Application for permit.

Sec. 1. No building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, converted, repaired, altered or enlarged, moved or demolished until a building permit has been obtained by the owner or his agent. The application for a permit shall be made in writing on approved forms; and shall be accompanied by one (1) complete set of dimensioned plans showing all habitable floors, basement, cellar, foundations and sections, and by specifications describing the kind, size, quality and grade of all construction materials and service equipment. The Building Official may waive the requirement for filing plans when the work involved is of a minor nature and the building operation is adequately described in the application. All plans submitted for filing shall be prepared and signed as required by the statutes of the State of Michigan. Where compliance with State statutes governing building construction is required, the application shall be accompanied by a set of the plans approved by the designated authority. Applications for a building permit to move any building shall show the width and cubical content of the building to be moved, its location and address and the location and address to which it is being moved and the route to be traversed in the course of such movement, in addition to the information required by this section for building permits for other types of operations. No permit to move a building shall be granted except upon compliance with Section 2 of this Code.

110.002 Condemnation.

Sec. 2. No permit shall be issued for any building or other structure upon any land which has been condemned for any public improvement, or on any land ordered condemned by the City Council for any public improvement until a notice of such proposed condemnation has been fixed to the plans, application and permit. Nor shall a permit be issued for any building or structure upon which a notice of violation of any pertinent laws or ordinances has been issued, unless there shall be included in the application proposed work to correct the violation at the same time.

110.003 Violations.

Sec. 3. Any person erecting, using, moving, demolishing, occupying or maintaining any building or structure in violation of this Building Code or causing, permitting or suffering any such violation to be committed, shall be punished as in other misdemeanor cases. Any building or structure erected, used, moved, demolished, occupied or maintained in violation of this Chapter is hereby declared to be a nuisance per se. Upon application to any court of competent jurisdiction, the court may order the nuisance abated and/or the violation or threatened violations restrained and enjoined.

Effective date. This ordinance is to be effective 10 days after adoption by the City Council.