(1) The fee for any building permit is determined by the Building Official in accordance with the provisions of § 103.01. The fees established and set forth therein or in other sections of the city code must be collected where applicable by the Building Official before the issuance of any permits. The Building Official must not issue any such permits for which the payment of a fee is required by the schedules until the fee is paid. Applications must be filed as required by this code or as established by the Building Official. All fees collected must be paid to the Finance Director by the Inspection Department daily, or as soon after collection as practicable.
(2) Prior to the issuance of any building permit which requires on-site improvements, including but not limited to the construction of parking facilities, garbage refuse pickup stations, lighting, landscape, fencing, or items spelled out in a conditional use permit, the City Council or the Building Official must require a contract and a surety bond guaranteeing to the city the actual construction and installation of the improvements within the period specified in the contract and bond, not exceeding two years.
(B) Miscelaneous fees required. The Building Official must not issue permits for any construction, maintenance, reconstruction, improvements, or uses governed by the MSBC without collecting the fees as established in the schedule set forth in the Appendix to this code.
(C) Moving and routing. Moving of any structure and the routing thereof must be cleared through the Director of Public Works with notification to the Police Department for approval of the route and time of the move. All permits must comply with Section 364.12 and the provisions of Section 446 of the city code and M.S. § 221.81, as amended.
(D) Demolition and moving of buildings; fees required. Before issuing any building moving permit or a permit for the demolition of any building or structure, the Building Official must require the payment, by the applicant, of fees in accordance with the schedule established by the fee resolution, set forth in the Appendix to this code.
(E) Underground liquid storage system permit fees. Fees for the installation, alteration, reconstruction, removal, or repair of any underground liquid storage system are computed and based upon valuations in accordance with the schedule set forth in the Appendix to this code.
(F) Fire suppression system/fire alarm system permit; fees required. The installation of any fire suppression sprinkler equipment or system requires the payment by the applicant of fees in the amount provided by the fee resolution, set forth in the Appendix to this code. No permit for the installation of any fire suppression equipment or system or installation of any fire alarm equipment or system will be issued until the applicant files with the Building Official a complete set of plans for such system and approval obtained by the Fire Chief.
(G) False statements, violations, and penalties. It is unlawful to make any false statement in connection with the securing of any permit from the Inspection Department. It is unlawful to violate any provision of §§ 103.02, 93.30 et seq., 93.50 et seq., 99.75 et seq., 100.55 et seq., 92.37(B), 151.014, 99.01 et seq., 99.15 et seq., or 99.30 through 99.41, or make any false statement in the affidavit as sworn statement made, as required by this code, in connection with the securing of any permit from the Inspection Department. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Building Inspector or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively is guilty of a misdemeanor. The imposition of one penalty for any violation does not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons are required to correct or remedy the violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty is not held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
