Chapter 18.110
BUILDING PERMITS

Sections:

18.110.010    Building permits required.

18.110.020    Building permit application procedure.

18.110.010 Building permits required.

Building permits shall be required in accordance with the following, except that no permit shall be required for agricultural or utility uses in accordance with Chapter 18.115 BHCC:

A. No land shall be occupied or used, and no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be occupied or used in whole or in part for any purpose whatsoever, until a building permit is issued by the County Building Inspector, stating that the building and use comply with the provisions of this chapter.

B. No change of use shall be made in any building or part thereof, now or hereafter erected or structurally altered, unless such changes are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and a permit is issued therefor by the County Building Inspector.

C. Nothing in this section shall prevent the continuance of a nonconforming use as hereinbefore authorized, unless a discontinuance is necessary for the safety of life or property.

D. In accordance with this section, building permits shall be obtained from the County Building Inspector before starting or proceeding with the erection, construction, moving in, or the structural alteration of a building or structure. Building permits shall be issued to complying applicants within seven days after application is made and appropriate records and copies of permits shall be maintained as a matter of public record.

E. A building permit shall become null and void six months after the date on which it is issued unless within such six-month period construction, building, moving, remodeling or reconstruction of a structure is commenced or a use is commenced. [Ord. 36 § 26(A), 1995. Code 2009 App. A, § 26(A).]

18.110.020 Building permit application procedure.

Applicants for a building permit shall be required to provide the following:

A. A plat, in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon or used, the size, shape and location of the building to be erected, the dimensions of the required yards, parking and open spaces, and a vicinity map of the lot to be built upon or used.

B. Such information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this chapter. [Ord. 36 § 26(B), 1995. Code 2009 App. A, § 26(B).]