Legal Documents of Maryville

The following sections and appendices of the International Mechanical Code, 2018 edition, are hereby amended in the City of Maryville, as hereinafter provided:

Amend Chapter 1, Scope and Administration. as follows:

• Amend Section 101.1 Title. by inserting "City of Maryville" as the name of the jurisdiction.
• Amend Section 101.2 Scope. by deleting the last sentence before the exception in its entirety without replacement.
• Amend Section 103.1 Department of Mechanical Inspection by deleting Section 103.1 in its entirety and replacing with the following:
  "Section 103.1 Building Official. The provisions of this code shall be enforced by the Building Official."
• Amend Section 106.4.2 Validity by inserting the following at the beginning:
  "A permit issued shall be construed to be a license to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to violate, cancel, alter, or set aside any of the provisions of this code, nor shall such issuance of a permit prevent the Building Official from thereafter requiring a correction of errors in plans of in construction, or of violation of this code. The Building Official is authorized to suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this code wherever the permit is issued in error or on the basis on incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any of the provisions of this code."
• Amend Section 106.4.3 Expiration by deleting in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
  "106.4.3. Expiration. Every permit issued shall become invalid unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced within 60 days after its issuance, or if the work authorized on the site by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 30 days after the time the work is commenced. Work authorized by that permit shall be completed within the time frame as set forth in the building permit for the same project or one (1) year for projects that do not require a building permit."
• Amend Section 106.4.4 Extensions. by deleting in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
  "Extensions of time may be granted by the Building Official; however, the extension must be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated. The Building Official is authorized to grant, in writing, one or more extensions of time. Each extension shall be for a period of time not to exceed 180 days. A fee of fifty percent (50%) of the permit fee of the original permit may be charged to cover administrative expenses for each extension granted."
• Amend Section 106.4.5 Suspension or revocation of permit. by inserting at the end the following:
  "After a permit has become void, if the owner wishes to commence construction to complete the structure, equipment or system for which the original permit was issued, the Owner shall reapply for a new permit for the completion of the construction. When a new permit is issued, the permit fee for the completion of the construction shall be equal to the permit fee that was paid when the original permit was issued."
• Amend Section 106.4.8 Posting of Permit. by deleting in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
  "106.4.8 Placement of Permit. The permit or copy shall be kept on the site of the work or be made available to inspectors upon request until the completion of the project."
• Amend Section 106.5.2 Fee Schedule. by deleting in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
  "106.5.2 Fee schedule. On buildings, structures, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as established by the applicable governing authority. A permit shall not be valid until the fees prescribed by law have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any, has been paid."
• Amend Section 106.5.3 Fee refunds. by deleting in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
  "106.5.3 Fee refunds. The Building Official is authorized to establish a refund policy."
• Amend Section 107.2.2 Inspection request. by inserting the following at the end:
  "No inspections shall be performed on any site or portion thereof where there is an unsafe condition or a violation of the occupational safety and health standards for the construction industry promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)."
• Amend Section 108.4, Violation penalties. by deleting the section in its entirety and insert in its place:
  "Any person, firm, corporation, tenant, owner or agent who shall violate a provision of this code, or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter, demolish, or move any structure, or has erected, constructed, altered, repaired, moved, or demolished a building or structure in violation of a detailed statement or drawing submitted and permitted thereunder, or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by law."
• Amend Section 108.5, Stop work orders. by deleting the last sentence and replacing with:
  "Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except that such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to penalties as described by law."
• Amend Section 109 Means of appeals. by deleting in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
  "Section 109 Means of appeals. Appeals relative to the application of this code shall be as established and regulated by the International Building Code as locally adopted and amended in the City of Maryville." (1999 Code, § 12-402, modified, as replaced by Ord. #2025-21, Dec. 2025 Ch1_12-2-25)