Rancho Mirage Municipal Code Ch. 15.26 Construction Permits

It is unlawful for any person, agency or district to construct or repair any project or improvement, or do any act for which a permit is required, without having first obtained the required city permit. Work or activity authorized by a permit must commence prior to the expiration of the permit and continue to completion in a diligent and continuous manner. When a permit and/or the time within which to do work under a permit expires, all rights and privileges granted by city are vacated unless the permittee has commenced the work or activity authorized by the permit or has obtained an extension of time to complete the work, whichever is the applicable. If the work is an emergency repair, the person, agency or district shall notify city within two hours of commencement of such repair, if during normal business hours (Monday through Friday eight a.m. to five p.m.) or by nine a.m. of the next working day, if work is commenced other than during normal working hours.

(Ord. 357 § 1, 1986)

Any person, agency or district, having obtained a permit for the construction or repair of any project or improvement or any activity of any kind, shall first notify the issuing city department forty-eight hours prior to the date permittee intends to exercise the permittees rights under the permit. The permittee shall notify the issuing department twenty-four hours prior to any action taken by permittee that requires an inspection of any phase of the permitted work.

(Ord. 357 § 2, 1986)

If a stop work notice is issued by any department of the city, it is unlawful for any person, agency or district to continue work on the project or improvement subject to the stop work notice.

(Ord. 357 § 3, 1986)

If any person, agency or district violates any provision of this chapter, in addition to any fine or penalty imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the person, agency or district cited shall pay to the city, in addition to any fees normally collectible, a penalty fee in the amount of three times the normal fees collectible but in no case less than two hundred fifty dollars per day for each day of violation. If the permit involved in the violation is that of a grading permit, the penalty fee shall be no less than ten dollars per cubic yard of earth cut or filled prior to obtaining the necessary grading permit.

(Ord. 357 § 4, 1986)

Grading and building permits having a building department valuation in an amount of one hundred thousand dollars or an amount hereinafter established by resolution of the city council shall not be issued for work upon and/or construction of any improvement upon real property wherein that real property has:

A. Placed upon its record of title, a lien for the payment of taxes, fees, assessments or any other financial obligation due and owing to the city; or

B. A condition of any prior city approval which requires the payment of any fee, assessment, security and/or payment of any kind for public improvements and said fee, assessment, security or payment has not been made to the city.

(Ord. 420 § 1, 1988)