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~.. <br />Ordinance No. 2006-59 <br />animals, chattels or property of any kind, or a combination of such uses, or <br />if such construction effects drainage unto or over an adjoining property in <br />any way, the ten day waiting period referred to shall be mandatory. It shall <br />be mandatory that upon making an application for a permit required under <br />the Dwelling Code, other than for electrical work, plumbing work, heating <br />appliances and the installation of any other equipment in a structure <br />governed by such Code, that the plans and specifications shall be filed <br />with the Building Commissioner and remain available for inspection by <br />any person at the office of the Building Commissioner during the ten day <br />waiting period together with a plat of such property for which application <br />for a building permit is requested. Such plat shall show the proposed <br />elevation and grade to be established. <br />Upon the filing of an application for a permit and during the ten <br />day waiting period referred to, the Building Commissioner or his <br />authorized inspector shall make an inspection of the property to be <br />improved and determine the elevation and grade requested to be <br />established on the premises involved will not be injurious to adjoining <br />property. Any property owner or person who has reason to believe that the <br />proposed elevation and grade maybe hazardous or injurious by virtue of a <br />proposed change in elevation or grade, or in the construction contemplated <br />by the application for a building permit, may file objections with the <br />Board of Building Code Appeals. The Board shall, upon receipt of such <br />protest, notify the applicant and the objector of the date for a hearing <br />before the Board on such objections which shall not be more than two <br />weeks after the filing of such written protest. <br />(b) Lots With 50 Feet or Less Frontage on an Existing Street (Amended) In <br />the event the application for a building permit as required under the <br />provisions of the Dwelling Code involves the proposed construction or <br />alteration of any dwelling or appurtenant structure on a lot having fifty <br />feet or less frontage on an existing street, such application shall, in <br />addition to the provisions of subsection (a) hereof be referred to the <br />Engineering Department who shall determine prior to the approval of the <br />application for a permit for such premises, that the proposed construction <br />or alteration does not affect drainage of surface water or waste unto or <br />over adjoining property or into any public street as maybe injurious to the <br />public safety, health or welfare and complies with the retention <br />requirements of the Engineering Department. <br />(c) Exposed Exterior Masonry Walls Exposed exterior walls of masonry <br />construction above grade shall be faced with brick, stone or other material <br />hereafter approved by the Board of Building Code Appeals. <br />(d) Chimneys, Flues and Vents. <br />(1) All chimneys, flues and gas vents, that are exterior of the structure <br />and terminate above the roof line causing them to be viewable <br />from a public way, shall be enclosed in a corrosion resistant <br />material that simulates a conventional masonry chimney. <br />(2) In lieu of above, an enclosure compatible with exterior <br />architectural elements of the structure shall enclose the metal <br />chimney, flue or gas vent. <br />(3) Definitions of a chimney, flue or gas vent are as follows: <br />A. "Chimney" means a primarily vertical masonry or <br />