§ 15.04.170. Building permits.  


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  • No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish any building or structure in the city, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit for each such building or structure from the building official. Building permits shall not be required for nonstructural alterations not exceeding five hundred dollars in value, and paneling, cabinet replacement, or door and window replacement, if such are replaced with an equal-sized replacement. Building permits shall further not be required for replacement of storm windows, screens, railings, the repair of porches, roof overhangs, reroofing or siding projects, or normal and ordinary maintenance work. Structures include but are not limited to portable buildings of eighty square feet or more and portable carports. Portable carports shall be provided with means to resist the overturning effects of wind as specified in the currently adopted building code.

(Ord. 1167 § 1, 2004: prior code §2-4.07(1))