Alabama/Escambia/Brewton

City Of Brewton | Code Of Ordinances | Chamber Of Commerce |

Residential Building Permit If located with the Historic District, the Historic District Commission must approve prior to beginning of any work or issuance of a demolition permit For questions call: 888-655-1259

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Permit Requirements:

1. Parcel Number and 911 Address

May Need:

Business License

Excavation Permit

Water Well Permit

Sewer application

Utilities:

Building Permit Fees

Each builder or contractor shall obtain from the city clerk or building inspector permits for any new building or structure or for any additions to any existing building or structure or portion thereof to be erected or repaired before beginning work and shall pay for such permit at the time of making application and pay for each building or structure the following fees:

Building permit—$2.50 for every $1,000.00 in construction value

Electrical permit—Temporary pole—$25.00

All others—$50.00

Plumbing permit—$50.00

Mechanical permit—$50.00

A fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall be collected by the city clerk for issuing each permit for water well drilling, boring, constructing or enlarging.

Inspection and other fees:

The following fees are hereby prescribed and shall be payable in advance by the owner, operator or tenant desiring to have electrical work done or installations made, which fees shall be paid into the city treasury:

(1) Two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for the first nine (9) outlets and meter loop and ten cents ($0.10) for each additional outlet above nine (9) for the first inspection; and a like amount for the final inspection. This subsection is applicable to new or existing buildings except in cases where the fees prescribed below apply.

(2) For making an inspection where extensions to existing wiring and facilities are made, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for the first five (5) outlets and ten cents ($0.10) for each additional outlet.

(3) For inspection of range, water heater, clothes washer, clothes dryer, dishwasher, disposal, or other such appliance, and 220-volt air conditioner installations, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each, or four dollars ($4.00) altogether when inspected at the same time.

(4)In addition to the inspections otherwise authorized or required, the inspector may, if such inspector deems it advisable, inspect the entrance, for which inspection a fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be charged.

Each customer shall deposit fifty dollars ($50.00) for residential, three hundred dollars ($300.00) for commercial and nine hundred dollars ($900.00) for industrial with the city before a gas service is installed to the customer's premises. Such deposit will be refunded the customer when the service is discontinued, less any amounts owed by the customer to the city for gas.

vailability: Any point on the existing systems or facilities where in the opinion of the superintendent of utilities such service connection or connections can be made and maintained without impairment or compromise to gas quantity or pressure to existing customers or other distribution requirements.

Application: For service to all consumers served through individual meters.

Net monthly rate residential (GS1):

Monthly availability fee per meter .....$8.02

Actual usage fee = The sum of the weighted average cost of gas (WACOG) to City of Brewton per hundred cubic feet + $0.65 per Ccf + Rate Stabilization Factor + Charges Levied by Other Governmental Authority.

Sec. 13-82. - Removal of building debris.

Building debris such as scrap lumber, plaster, roofing, concrete, brickbats or similar materials resulting from the construction, repair or demolishing of any building or structure on private property, and dirt and rocks, will not be removed by the department, but the owner must cause this waste to be privately removed.

Extra:

Have you every wondered how Fire, EMS, or Police will know which house on the block is yours in a time of need? We have address signs and posts at the Fire Department. Now available for mail box attachment. Call the station at 251-867-7165 or come by for one made on site at 601 St.Nicholas Ave.

The life safety of the citizens of Brewton is our number one priority. Our goal is for every home in Brewton to have at least one working smoke alarm on every level of your house. If you are unable to change batteries or install a smoke alarm due to being elderly or handicapped, or cannot afford to purchase one, please call the Brewton Fire Department on our business line at 867-7165 and we will provide batteries, smoke alarm, and installation free of charge.