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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§ 505', '§1']

Building Permit Requirement.
§ 505.015
Requirements As To Earthquake Regulations.
Plot Plan To Accompany Application.
Construction Requirements in Fire Limits.
Permissible Structures in Fire Limits.
Repairs To Frame Buildings in Fire Limits.
Protection of Wall Openings.
Chimney Construction Requirements.
Limits of Area and Heights.
§ 505.140
§ 505.150
Workmanship and Safety of Design.
§ 505.160
Parapet Construction.
§ 505.170
Domestic Gas-Fired Appliance Requirements.
§ 505.180
Other Domestic Fueled Appliance Requirements.
§ 505.190
Fireplace Construction Requirements.
§ 505.200
Clearances of Chimneys, Flues and Fireplaces.
§ 505.210
Floor Construction Under Heating Appliances.
§ 505.220
Clearances of Heating Appliances and Stacks.
§ 505.230
Smoke Pipe Construction.
§ 505.240
Electrical Installation Requirements.
§ 505.250
Garages Defined.
§ 505.260
Permit Required To Use Building As Garage.
§ 505.270
Special Structural Requirements For Garages.
§ 505.280
Repairs Made in Garages.
§ 505.290
Gas Appliance Piping Requirements.
§ 505.300
Outside Valve Required On Gas Service Pipes.
§ 505.310
Rigid Metal Gas Connections Required.
§ 505.320
Venting Requirements For Appliances.
§ 505.330
Air For Combustion of Gas Appliances.
Chapter 505: Building Requirements
Section 505.015
Section 505.140
Section 505.150
Section 505.160
Section 505.170
Section 505.180
Section 505.190
Section 505.200
Section 505.210
Section 505.220
Section 505.230
Section 505.240
Section 505.250
Section 505.260
Section 505.270
Section 505.280
Section 505.290
Section 505.300
Section 505.310
Section 505.320
Section 505.330
as hereinafter exempted in this Section, no structure, wall, building
or part thereof shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered within
the corporate limits until a plan of the proposed work, together with
a statement of the materials to be used, shall have been submitted
in writing in duplicate to the City Clerk, who shall, in accordance
with the provisions herein contained, upon the payment of the appropriate
fee as hereinafter provided and after inspection of the plans or buildings
and determining that the laws of the City are complied with, to issue
a permit for the proposed construction. The permit herein required
shall be made in duplicate and in such form as may be adopted by resolution
of the Board of Aldermen and one (1) copy thereof shall be kept on
repairs and minor alterations not involving any change in major structural
parts such as walls, girders, chimneys and flues, or involving a cost
of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) shall
not require a permit. Any new unattached structures shall require
a building permit regardless of cost. All building permits will expire
six (6) months from the date of issuance. Extension of time will require
authorization from the City Code Enforcement Officer.
C. No building
shall be moved until a permit has been obtained from the City Clerk
and such official shall not issue such permit if in his judgment the
proposed new location would seriously increase the fire hazards of
any wall, structure, building, or part thereof shall be constructed
within the corporate limits without a permit or contrary to the provisions
of this Title, it shall be taken or torn down or removed, and the
expense incident thereto shall be recovered of the owner of said property
by a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction, and such construction
in violation of this Title, shall constitute an offense subject to
the penalties provided.
[Ord. No. 233 §§1 —
3, 12-13-1990]
A. Any new
construction or major structural renovation begun after January 1,
1991, all buildings for which leases are executed by political subdivisions
of the State after January 1, 1994, and all buildings for which leases
are executed by the State or any institution of higher education after
January 1, 1994, shall comply with the Standards for Seismic Design
and Construction of the Building Officials and Code Administrators
Code or of the Uniform Building Code.
Section shall not apply to any building owned by the State, any institution
of higher education, any political subdivision upon which construction
was begun or finished before December 13, 1990, any private structure
with less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in total area, or
any single family or duplex residence.
in this Section, the term "major structural renovation" means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or other improvement
of an existing structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty
percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before the start
of construction of the major structural renovation.
There shall be submitted with all applications for building
permits two (2) copies of a layout or plot plan drawn to scale showing
buildings to be erected and such other information as may be necessary
to determine and provide for the enforcement of this Title.
A. Building Permit Fees. A fee for each plan examination and
permit shall be paid prior to issuance of the permit. The fee for
each plan examination shall be the actual cost borne by the City in
the event that a private firm is employed to review a plan. Additional
fees will be charged to cover necessary special inspections and reinspection
B. Fee Schedule. Permit fees shall be calculated using the
estimated construction cost submitted by the applicant or as published
in the most recent edition of "The Journal of Building Safety" magazine
published by the International Code Council, whichever is greater.
The building permit fee multiplier shall be applied to each type of
permit = estimated cost x .0039 (not including plan review fee).
addition permit = estimated cost x .0039 (not including plan review
basement permit = estimated cost x .0039.
review = estimated cost x .0013.
C. Miscellaneous Charges. Miscellaneous permit fees shall include
permits to alter, repair or construct in the following crafts. The
permit applicant shall supply the estimated cost of that type of construction
permit = Estimated cost x .0039.
4. Deck,
shed, garage = estimated cost x .0039.
pool permits = estimated cost x .0039.
permit fee for moving a building or structure to a new location shall
be as for new construction by the most recent published square foot
schedule of construction valuation.
sewage disposal system permit = estimated cost x .0039.
permit fee for demolition of a commercial building or structure shall
be minimum fifty dollars ($50.00) for up to two thousand (2,000) square
fee and thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per additional one thousand (1,000)
square feet or part thereof and be in force for ninety (90) days.
If demolition has not been completed in this time period, a renewal
fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for ninety (90) days shall be
permit fee for demolition of a residential building or structure shall
be minimum thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for up to two thousand (2,000)
square feet and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per additional one thousand
(1,000) square feet or part thereof and be in force for ninety (90)
days. If demolition has not been completed in this time period, a
renewal fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for ninety (90) days shall
be assessed at that time.
permit fee for placing a mobile home in the City shall be a minimum
of fifty dollars ($50.00) for up to a sale price of said mobile home
of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) and one dollar ($1.00)
per additional one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fraction thereof
of the sale price over twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
D. Minimum Permit Fees. The minimum permit fee of thirty dollars
($30.00) shall be charged within the City of Wright City.
E. Extra Inspection. If by judgment of the Building Official
an inspection requested is not ready or accessible for inspection
or in the judgment of the Building Official the applicant has caused
the City extra inspections other than typically required, a fee of
thirty-five dollars ($35.00) may be assessed for each additional inspection
or reinspection.
An official selected by the Board of Aldermen shall inspect
all buildings or structures during construction to see that the provisions
of this Title are complied with. Whenever in his opinion, by reason
of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision of this Title,
the continuance of a building operation is contrary to public welfare,
he may order all further work to be stopped and may require suspension
of work until conditions in violation have been remedied. If satisfactory
evidence is shown to the City Clerk that the Veterans Administration
or Federal Housing Administration inspection be passed, then no additional
inspection fee shall be charged, otherwise an inspection fee of thirty
dollars ($30.00) shall be paid the City.
building hereafter erected or enlarged within the "fire limits" as set out in Section 500.010, shall except as provided for in Section 505.060, be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of brick, stone, hollow tile, hollow or solid concrete block, concrete or other equivalent non-combustible materials; and shall have the roof, also top, and sides of all roof structures, including dormer windows, covered with non-combustible or fire-retardant materials. All cornices shall be non-combustible material.
with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stucco or veneered
with brick or its equivalent shall be classed as frame.
A. No frame,
wooden or metal structure shall hereafter be built within the "fire limits" as given in this Title, or as they may be
hereafter established or amended, except the following:
1. Temporary one (1) story buildings for use of builders, only in connection with a building operation for which a permit has been issued under Section 505.010;
not exceeding ten (10) feet in height;
3. Porches,
balconies and canopies not exceeding ten (10) feet in width, nor extending
more than three (3) feet above the second story floor beams. No such
structure shall be joined to any similar structure of another building;
windows when covered with non-combustible or fire-retardant materials;
detached outbuildings not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square
feet in area and eight (8) feet in height, and not within five (5)
feet of any lot line;
not exceeding two (2) stores in height and separated by at least five
(5) feet from lot lines of adjoining property;
7. A building
occupied exclusively as a private garage or stable, not more than
one (1) story in height, nor more than seven hundred fifty (750) square
feet in area, located on the same lot with a dwelling; provided, that
such building be placed at least three (3) feet from the lot line;
(1) story metal buildings or other unprotected non-combustible construction,
with no wood in walls or roof structure, having a horizontal separation
of at least ten (10) feet on all sides, with area not exceeding twenty-five
hundred (2,500) square feet when used for a business occupancy, or
not exceeding one thousand (1,000) square feet when used for other
occupancy. Business occupancy means the use of a building or structure
for transacting of business or rendering or receiving of professional
services; including among others, banks, barber shops, beauty parlors,
offices, radio and television stations, telephone exchanges;
tipples, ice houses, material bins, trestles and water tanks when
built on planking and timbers of the dimension usual for heavy timber
towers not in excess of two hundred fifty (250) square feet in base
area and fifteen (15) feet in height;
not more than fifteen (15) feet in height, erected on the same lot,
as an accessory to a dwelling or store;
12. Non-combustible
display signs, or combustible display signs when not over fifteen
(15) feet high and not attached to or forming part of any other structure;
frame or metal building or other unprotected non-combustible construction
not in conformity with this Section shall be moved from without to
within the fire limits; or from one lot to another within the fire
Any existing frame building within the "fire limits" not in conformity with this Title, which may hereafter be damaged
by fire, decay or otherwise to an amount greater than one-half (½)
of its value, exclusive of foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt,
but shall be removed.
Every room of any building exceeding one thousand (1,000) square
feet in area or occupied by more than one hundred (100) persons shall
have at least two (2) exits. Every story of any building shall have
at least one (1) exit and every story that exceeds twenty-five hundred
(2,500) square feet in area shall have at least two (2) separate and
independent exits. All doors in required exits shall swing in the
direction of exit travel. The term "exit" and the
required number of exits, their location, unobstructed width, illumination
and indicating signs shall be in accordance with a national recognized
standard and satisfactory to the Fire Chief.
purpose of preventing the spread of fire from building to building
communicating openings in fire walls and certain openings in exterior
walls required by this Title, to be of masonry or equivalent construction
shall be protected by approved fire doors, approved fire windows or
other approved means satisfactory to the Fire Chief. Protection shall
be required for conditions as follows:
communicating openings are located in fire walls separating buildings.
In such cases, communicating openings shall be protected on each side
of the wall by fire doors approved for the protection of openings
in fire walls;
openings are located above the first story in an exterior wall facing
on a street less than thirty (30) feet measured from building line
to building line;
openings in an exterior wall are less than thirty (30) feet distant
in a direct unobstructed line from an opening in another building.
Protection shall not be required where openings in exterior walls
face in the same direction;
openings in an exterior wall are above and less than thirty (30) feet
distant from any part of a neighboring roof of a building of other
than fire-resistive construction (reinforced concrete frame, floors
and roof or their equivalent).
All chimneys, flues or fireplaces hereafter built or rebuilt
in any building, within the corporate limits, regardless of the type
of fuel used, shall conform to the provisions of this Title.
Chimneys shall be built of brick, or solid block masonry, or
of reinforced concrete not less than three and three-quarters (3 3/4)
inches thick. Chimneys shall be lined throughout with fire clay, flue
lining or with fire brick, provided that chimneys for gas appliances
only may be lined with any approved corrosion resistant lining. Chimneys
shall be built on concrete or masonry foundations. Chimneys shall
not rest upon or be carried by wooden floors, beams or brackets, nor
be hung from wooden rafters. Iron brackets or stirrups attached to
wooden construction shall not be used to support chimneys. Footings
for exterior chimneys shall start below the frost line. All chimneys
shall be built as nearly vertically as possible and shall extend at
least three (3) feet above the highest point at which they come in
contact with the roof of the building and at least two (2) feet higher
than any ridge within ten (10) feet of such chimney or flue.
area of buildings between fire walls shall not exceed the following:
B. If fronting
on more than one (1) street, above areas may be increased twenty-five
percent (25%) for each additional street. For the purpose of this
Section "a street" shall be deemed to include any
avenue, boulevard, street, alley or lane, twenty (20) feet or greater
in width, or any court, parking space or yard with direct connection
to a street, and not less than twenty (20) feet wide. Such court,
parking space or yard shall be the property of the owner of the building
and shall not be enclosed or roofed over. Non-fire-resistive building,
fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, may be two hundred
percent (200%) greater in area than the above. Fire-resistive building
(reinforced concrete frame, floors and roofs or the equivalent) shall
not be limited as to area or height. No building shall exceed three
(3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height unless of fire-resistive
which are required by this Title to be of masonry construction shall
be continuous from foundation to the roof. The thickness of such walls
shall be sufficient to carry safely all imposed loads and shall comply
with minimum dimensions as specified in this Section.
bearing walls, not common to more than one (1) building, shall have
a minimum thickness of twelve (12) inches for one (1) story buildings
or for the upper two (2) stories of buildings, more than one (1) story
in height. This minimum thickness shall be increased four (4) inches
for each two (2) stories or fraction thereof below the upper two (2)
stories. (For example, minimum thickness required for a seven (7)
story wall would be twenty-four (24), twenty (20), twenty (20), sixteen
(16), sixteen (16) twelve (12) and twelve (12) inches. Brick bearing
walls, not common to more than one (1) building, may be eight (8)
inches in thickness under the following conditions:
of dwellings not over two (2) stories in height, and,
not over fifteen (15) feet in height, provided such walls are reinforced
at intervals not exceeding twenty (20) feet by cross walls, piers
or buttresses.
2. Brick non-bearing walls, not wholly supported by girders at each story, and not common to more than one (1) building, shall conform to minimum thickness of Subsection (1) above, except that the walls four (4) inches in thickness may be permitted where sixteen (16) inches or greater thickness is specified in Subsection (1). (For example, minimum thicknesses required for a seven (7) story wall would be twenty (20), twenty (20), sixteen (16), sixteen (16), twelve (12), and twelve (12) inches.
non-bearing walls, wholly supported by girders at each story, may
be twelve (12) inches in thickness where common to more than one (1)
building or eight (8) inches in thickness where not common to more
than one (1) building.
4. Brick walls which are common to more than one (1) building when not covered by Subsection (3) above, shall conform to the minimum thickness of Subsection (1), except that no such wall shall be less than sixteen (16) inches in thickness.
stone walls shall be four (4) inches thicker than specified above
for brick walls. Hewn or squared stone walls shall conform to the
thickness specified above for brick walls.
masonry walls shall conform to the thickness specified above for brick
walls except that no hollow block or hollow tile walls shall be used
where common to more than one (1) building unless faced on both sides
with not less than four (4) inches of brick properly bonded. Where
structure members project into hollow masonry units, the hollow space
shall be filled with non-combustible material the full thickness of
the wall and six (6) inches or more above, between and below such
concrete walls of monolithic construction shall be not less than two-thirds
(2/3) the thickness specified above for brick walls except that no
such wall shall be less than six (6) inches in thickness. Concrete
walls not properly reinforced shall conform to the thickness specified
above for brick walls.
non-combustible walls, where acceptable to the Fire Chief, other non-combustible
materials of required structural stability may be used in walls, when
conforming with the following minimum requirements:
Fire stopping in all classes of buildings shall be arranged
to cut off all concealed draft openings such as at floors, ceilings,
roofs and attic spaces and shall form effectual fire barriers horizontally
and vertically. In buildings of non-fire resistive construction, wood
two (2) inches in thickness, nominal dimension, may be used; in other
types of construction approved non-combustible material shall be used.
All workmanship and building materials shall be of good quality
and shall conform to specifications which the Fire Chief prescribes.
The more generally standard specifications for quality of materials
are those of the American Society for Testing Materials. All parts
of every building shall be designed to safely carry loads to be imposed
thereon and shall in all other respects conform to good engineering
eight (8) inches or more in thickness shall be extended a minimum
of eighteen (18) inches above the roof level on those walls which
are required by this Title to be of masonry construction, except specifically
exempted below. All parapeted walls shall be suitably coped. Parapets
shall not be required on:
terminating at roofs of fireproof or semi-fireproof construction;
of a building, the roof of which is at least three (3) feet lower
than the roof of, or any opening in an adjacent wall;
facing on a street having a width of thirty (30) feet or more;
of a building which is thirty (30) feet or more distant in all directions
from other buildings;
of a detached dwelling or of a building not exceeding one thousand
(1,000) square feet in area;
of a building where the roof has an angle of more than twenty degrees
(20°) with the horizontal.
Domestic gas consuming devices may be vented to special flues
when such special flues are of a type listed and approved by the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., or a similarly recognized testing laboratory and
satisfactory to the Fire Chief; provided however, that such special
vents shall not be permitted for incinerators, for devices or appliances
which may be readily converted to the use of solid or liquid fuel,
nor on boilers or furnaces except with specific approval of the Fire
Heating appliances fired with coal, oil, wood, or gas, may be
vented to special flues in lieu of the above when such special flues
are of a type listed and approved for such use by the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., or a similar nationally recognized testing laboratory
or installed in accordance with the conditions of the approval and
the circumstances of such use are satisfactory to the Fire Chief.
The back and sides of fireplaces shall be solid masonry or reinforced
concrete, not less than eight (8) inches in thickness. A lining of
fire brick at least two (2) inches thick or other approved material
shall be used unless the overall thickness is twelve (12) inches.
Fireplaces shall have hearths of brick, stone or other approved non-combustible
material supported on a fireproof slab or brick trimmer arches. Such
hearths shall extend at least twenty (20) inches outside of the chimney
breast and not less than twelve (12) inches beyond each side of the
fireplace opening along the chimney breast. The combined thickness
of hearth and supporting arch shall be not less than six (6) inches
at any point. Wood forms or centers used in the construction of that
part of the supporting construction which is below the hearth of the
fireplace shall be removed when the supporting construction of the
hearth is completed and before plastering on the underside.
All wooden and other combustible construction shall be kept
at least two (2) inches from chimneys and flues and shall be kept
at least four (4) inches from the back of a fireplace. Such spaces
shall be fire stopped with non-combustible material.
Heating appliances shall not be mounted on floors of combustible
construction unless they are either approved by the Fire Chief as
suitably designed for such mounting or are set on approved bases of
insulated value sufficient to prevent overheating of the combustible
construction. Ranges, stoves, heating furnaces and similar heating
appliances without legs or with legs less than four (4) inches high,
if on floors of combustible construction, shall have such floors protected
by masonry at least eight (8) inches in thickness, topped with boiler
iron and arranged in a manner that will provide air circulation throughout
the masonry. Similar heating appliances with legs which provide not
less than four (4) inches open space under the base of the appliance
shall have such floors protected with non-combustible material. Protection
shall be provided for at least that portion of the combustible floor
which is under the heating appliance, and if the appliance uses solid
fuel, suitable protection shall also be provided for a distance of
not less than eighteen (18) inches at the front or side where ashes
Ranges, stoves, heating furnaces, and all other heating appliances
shall be installed to provide safe clearance to woodwork or other
combustible material, whether plastered or not. Ranges, stoves, heating
furnaces and similar heating appliances and smoke pipes from such
devices shall have a clearance of at least eighteen (18) inches to
walls, ceilings or partitions of combustible construction or to any
other combustible material. Appliances of special types which have
been tested and found safe for installation with lesser clearances
may be installed with such clearances as the Fire Chief shall approve.
Where a durable form of non-combustible heat insulating protection
is applied to the appliance or to the combustible material, installation
may be made with lesser clearance as the Fire Chief may approve.
Every smoke pipe shall connect with a chimney or other approved
flue. No smoke pipe shall pass through any floor, ceiling, roof or
wall of combustible construction except that metal smokestacks from
industrial heating or process devices may be extended through roofs
when metal ventilated jackets or collars conforming to recognized
good practices and acceptable to the Fire Chief are provided. Smoke
pipes shall not pass through partitions of combustible construction
unless they are guarded at the point of passage by metal ventilated
jackets or collars not less than twelve (12) inches larger in diameter
than the smoke pipe or by equivalent protection satisfactory to the
All electrical wiring, apparatus or appliances shall be installed
in accordance with the National Electrical Code as approved by the
No person shall use any building or part thereof as a garage
No repairs of any kind shall be made in any basement or sub-basement
Piping for any and all types of gas used for fuel or lighting
purposes in buildings and structures shall be installed to conform
with nationally recognized good practices.
An outside valve shall be installed on every gas service pipe
regardless of size that supplies large stores or factories or places
of public assembly such as churches, theaters, motion picture theaters,
schools and hospitals and on every service pipe two and one-half (2
½) inches or larger in diameter.
Gas connections to stoves, heaters and other appliances shall
be made by metal pipe, or by approved metal tubing securely fastened
in place, except that for devices which require a moveable connection,
approved flexible tubing may be used provided that there is but one
(1) shut-off valve and provided further, that such valve is located
in the rigid pipe back of the point where the flexible tubing connects
to the riding pipe and in no case at the device.
Draft hoods, flues or vents, vent connectors, clearance to combustible
materials, size and height above roofs shall be in accordance with
nationally recognized good practices. Compliance with National Board
of Fire Underwriters Pamphlet Number 54 shall be deemed compliance
Gas appliances shall be installed in a location in which the
facilities for ventilation permit satisfactory combustion of gas and
proper ventilation under normal conditions of use. Where appliances
are installed in a confined space shall be submitted with all applications
for building permits two (2) copies of a layout or plot plan drawn
to scale showing the exact size and location on the lot of the building
and accessory buildings to be erected and such other information as
may be necessary to determine and provide for the enforcement of this