No person, firm or corporation shall erect or cause to be erected, within the City Limits of the City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas, any building or structure of any kind including building signs and advertising structure, or enlarge or add to the outside dimensions of any building or alter or remodel the exterior of any such building or relocate any building or structure already erected or which may hereafter be erected without a permit therefor as provided by this article. For the purpose of this article a building permit shall be obtained upon application to the City Clerk. The application for such permit shall be made and the permit obtained before the work commenced upon the foundation for any such building or before the enlargement or addition is begun or before any other work shall be done. The application to be made on forms prepared and supplied by the City Clerk, shall among the other things, state the exact location of the work, the building materials to be used (including walls, floors, ceilings, and foundation) dimensions of each floor structure including basements and the contract (or estimated cost of the proposed building structure enlargement, alteration or addition, the purpose for which the structure is intended to be occupied or used, the proposed equipment of the building the number of flues or chimneys to be constructed in the same, and the probable time in which the work shall be completed if the same is to be located within the fire limits is herein defined. If such building is to be located outside said fire limits, the City Clerk may require a copy of fire plans of the architect or contractor and shall require a rough skeleton of the work to be done which will allow the location of any buildings or structure with reference to adjacent lot lines. The permit may be obtained by the owner or his agent by making the foregoing application.
(Ord. 134; Code 2018)
The fee for the permit required by this article shall be the sum of $10.00 to be paid to the City Clerk at the time of making application for such permit. All such fees shall by the City Clerk be paid into the General Operation Fund of the City.
(Ord. 134; Code 2018)
Whenever any work shall have been done in violation of this article the City council may order the same to be corrected by the owner of the premises upon which such work was done and if the same is not or cannot be corrected within a time to be stated in such order the same shall be ordered removed forthwith, and such owner shall forthwith, remove or cause the same to be removed in accordance with said order. Provided, that such correction or removal shall not relieve the person, firm or corporation responsible therefor from the penalty imposed for a violation of this article.
(Ord. 134; Code 2018)
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provision of this article shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not less than one day nor more than three months or be both so fined and imprisoned. Each violated shall constitute a separate offense: provided that any conviction shall not excuse the violation nor permit it to continue contrary to this article.
(Ord. 134; Code 2018)