§ 6-6.4. Demolition permit and registration.

(a)

No person, firm, or corporation shall demolish or cause to be demolished a building or structure in the City without obtaining, in advance, a demolition permit from the Department.

(b)

The applicant shall file with the Department a completed application on the form provided, with all information indicated on the application submitted in full and with all other required information.

(c)

All persons performing demolition work within the City shall be registered with the Department. Registration shall be on forms provided by the Department and shall be accompanied by payment of a registration fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Said registration shall be for a term of one (1) year, commencing on the effective date of the surety bond required by this section. However, an owner of the property performing their own demolition work shall be exempt from the bonding and registration requirement, with the exception of buildings or structures being demolished which are over six hundred (600) square feet, the owner shall be subject to the bonding requirement set forth in Subsection 6-6.4(d).

(d)

The Department shall not issue a demolition permit until the applicant files a ten thousand dollar ($10,000.00) bond with the Department, which bond must be approved by the Controller, indemnifying the City against all loss or damage to public ways, public places, and other public property during the course of the work under the demolition permit and further conditioning that the applicant will indemnify the City and pay any and all personal and property damages caused by any negligent act or omission in the demolition of such building or structure. However, the owner of the property performing their own demolition work on a building or structure under six hundred (600) square feet shall be exempt from the bond requirement.

(e)

In all cases where traffic control may be necessary during the demolition work or whenever the building or structure to be demolished is adjacent to arterial streets, the Department shall not issue a demolition permit without first obtaining the approval of the Public Works Department for barricading and traffic control. The permit holder shall be liable upon his performance bond for the placement of any necessary traffic control devices, such as barricades, warning signs and lights.

(f)

The permit holder shall place any necessary devices such as barricades, warning signs, and lights when performing demolition work over, across, or upon public sidewalks.

(g)

The permit holder shall take all necessary precautions to protect public ways, public places, and other public property during the course of the work authorized by the demolition permit. The permit holder must repair or replace any public ways, public places, and other public property damaged during the demolition, to conform to current City specifications, with the work to be approved by the Public Works Department.

(h)

The permit holder shall cut off the sewer service connection to the main sewer line by plugging the sewer line with concrete sufficient to prevent a back-up leak. The permit holder shall notify the Department to inspect the sewer line plug before he begins back-filling.

(i)

After removing all materials and debris from any basement of a building to be demolished, the permit holder shall break up the basement floor sufficiently to assure free drainage of stormwater and shall top basement walls three (3) feet below the finished grade.

(j)

No fire shall be permitted on the demolition site for the disposition of material resulting from the demolition.

(k)

All debris and residue resulting from the demolition must be hauled away and deposited in an approved landfill before backfilling may begin; provided, however, that concrete and masonry from the top three (3) feet below grade level may remain if it is broken sufficiently to permit drainage and if it is put in the basement cavity area, with the maximum size pieces being two (2) feet square.

(l)

The permit holder shall fill to grade level and grade the lot with three (3) inches of top soil. Seeding must be done at the time the lot is graded; provided, however, that seeding shall not be required if a new building is scheduled to be constructed on the demolition site within six (6) months after completion of the demolition.

(Ord. No. 8243-92, § 1; Ord. No. 8931-98, § 2; Ord. No. 9528-04, § 4; Ord. No. 9902-09, § III, 2-9-09; Ord. No. 10225-13, § II, 3-25-13)