(a)   No structure or building or part thereof shall be built or enlarged in the City of Buffalo, Kansas, until a proposed work plan is submitted to the mayor or appointed officer of the City of Buffalo, Kansas, who shall, if in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a for the proposed construction if in his judgment the proposed construction conforms to the standards of good construction practices within the City of Buffalo, Kansas, and if in his judgment the construction would not seriously increase the fire hazard of surrounding buildings. Structures hereafter erected without permit, or not in conformity with this Article, shall be removed. No building shall be moved until a permit has been obtained from the said mayor or appointed officer, or other designated official; and such official shall not issue such permit if in his judgment the proposed new location of the building would seriously increase the fire hazard to the surround buildings.

(b)   It shall be the duty of the mayor or appointed officer to review the erection, repair, or alteration of any building within the limits in violation of this Article, and he shall have and is hereby granted the power and authority to revoke any building permit issued by him under the provisions of this Article when the person, persons, or corporation to whom the same was issued depart from the plans and specifications presented to him in such a way as to violate the provisions of this Article, and shall not permit such person to proceed with such building, repairs, or alteration until the provisions of this Article are fully complied with.

(c)   Any building within the corporate limits of the City of Buffalo, Kansas which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay, or otherwise to an amount greater than fifty per cent (50%), exclusive of its foundation shall not be repaired or rebuilt without the owner thereof having first obtained a permit according to the provisions of this Article.

(d)   Any and all persons who shall violate the provisions of this Article or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted or approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit thereunder shall severally for each and every violation not in compliance respectively, upon complaint of the said mayor or appointed officer, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both said fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for the violation of this Article shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified each ten (10) days prohibitive conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions, as provided in this ordinance.

(Ord. 202; Code 2021)