§ 10-17. General administrative provisions.

(a)

Board of appeals. IBC section 113, IEBC section 112, IECC section 109, IFC section 108, IFGC section 109, IGCC section 109, IMC section 109, IPC section 109, IPMC section 111, IRC section R112, and ISPSC 108 are repealed in their entirety and reenacted to provide:

Board of appeals . In order to hear and decide appeals and orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created a board of appeals consisting of three members. The board shall be composed of a person appointed by the city manager, a person appointed by the appellant, and a person appointed by the two appointees. The building official shall be an ex officio member of, and shall act as, the secretary to the board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board. The board members shall serve for the duration of the appeal. The board shall conform to the standard rules of procedure governing city boards and commissions and shall render its decisions and findings in writing to the appellant, with a duplicate copy to the building official. A party may appeal the board's decision to city council in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 112.4 of the IBC.

(b)

Board of appeals. ICCPC add section 105 board of appeals to provide:

A board of appeals shall hear and decide appeals of any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the building official or the fire chief in the enforcement of the city ICCPC. The board shall be composed of a person appointed by the city manager, a person appointed by the appellant, and a person appointed by the two appointees. The building official shall be an ex officio member of, and shall act as, the secretary to the board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board. The board members shall serve for the duration of the appeal. The board shall conform to the standard rules of procedure governing city boards and commissions and shall render its decisions and findings in writing to the appellant, with a duplicate copy to the building official. A party may appeal the board's decision to city council in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 112.4 of the IBC.

(c)

Schedule of permit fees. IBC section 109.2, IEBC section 108.2, IECC section 107.2, IFC section 113.2, IFGC section 106.6.2, IMC section 106.5.2, IPC section 106.6.2, IPMC section 103.5, IRC section R108.2, and ISPSC section 105.6.2, are repealed in their entirety and reenacted to provide: Permit fees shall be as prescribed by resolution in accordance with section 1-16 of the Code.

(d)

Valuations. IBC section 109.3, IEBC section 108.3, IRC section R108.3, and add IFC section 105.1.1.1 are amended by addition of the following: In order to establish a fair, consistent, and equitable method to assess permit fees, the following procedure shall be followed:

(1)

Valuations for building permits shall be based on the greater of the amount noted on the permit application, or the most recent building valuation data table as published by the ICC in the Building Safety Journal.

(2)

Valuations for permits other than building permits subject to the building valuation data table shall be the greater of the valuation noted on the permit application or two times the current market value of the material.

(e)

Work commencing before permit issuance. IBC section 109.4, IEBC section 108.4, IECC section 107.3 IMC section 106.5.1, IPC section 106.6.1 and IRC section R108.6, are repealed in their entirety and re-enacted to provide, and ICCPC section 103.3.7.7 is added to provide:

Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences any work on a building, structure, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to an investigation fee equal to 100 percent of the permit fee in addition to the required permit fees.

(f)

Refunds. IBC section 109.6, IEBC section 108.6, IECC section 107.5 IFC section 113.5, IFGC section 106.6.3, IMC section 106.5.3, IPC section 106.6.3, IRC section R108.5, and ISPSC section 105.6.3, are repealed in their entirety and re-enacted to provide; and IPMC section 103.6, and ICCPC section 103.3.7.8 are enacted to provide:

Fee refunds. The code official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:

(1)

The full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.

(2)

Not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.

(3)

Not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plans are reviewed.

(4)

The code official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid, except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after payment of such fee.

(g)

Violations. IECC section 108.4, IFC sections 109.4 and 111.4, IFGC section 108.4, IMC section 108.4, IPC section 108.4, and ISPC section 107.4 are repealed in their entirety.

(h)

Unsafe Structures and Equipment. IRC section R115 is enacted to provide:

Section R115 Unsafe Structures.

Any residential structure deemed unsafe in the manner described by Section 116 of the IBC shall comply with the requirements of Section 116 of the IBC.

(Ord. No. 16-12, § 1, 1-3-17)