137.177. Building permits in certain second class counties, when required--application, fee, issuance--list given assessor--misdemeanor.
Building permits in certain second class counties, whenrequired--application, fee, issuance--list givenassessor--misdemeanor.
137.177. 1. The term "building" as used in this sectionmeans an edifice composed of brick, marble, wood or some otherproper substance, erected or constructed, designed to stand moreor less permanently, and covering a space of land for use as adwelling, storehouse, factory, shelter for beasts or some otheruseful purpose.
2. (1) The county commission in counties of class two with apopulation of less than seventy-five thousand adjoining a countyof the first class may by order duly made of record require thatbefore any person shall erect or construct any building, the costof which exceeds six hundred dollars, upon any lands lying andsituate outside the corporate limits of any incorporated city insuch counties he shall first file an application for a buildingpermit with the county clerk of such county, which saidapplication shall describe by metes and bounds the lands uponwhich the erection or construction of a building or buildingsproposed and a general description of the building or buildingsto be constructed or erected thereon;
(2) Before any such order shall become effective, it shallbe published once each week for three consecutive weeks in atleast one newspaper of general circulation in the county.
3. Upon receipt of such application the county clerk of suchcounty shall immediately prepare a building permit in thecustomary form and shall issue the same to the applicant upon thepayment by the applicant of the building permit fee of fivedollars.
4. The county clerk of such counties shall keep a true andaccurate record of the building permits so issued and shall, onthe first day of January and the first day of July of each year,deliver to the county assessor a list of all building permitsissued for the previous six-month period.
5. Any person who shall construct or erect or attempt toconstruct or erect any building in such county without firstsecuring a building permit as provided in this section shall beguilty of a misdemeanor.
6. The provisions herein shall not apply to those countieswhich have adopted a planning and zoning commission under chapter64, RSMo, and shall become inoperative and of no effect in thosecounties which may hereafter adopt a planning and zoningcommission under chapter 64, RSMo.
(L. 1957 p. 798 §§ 1 to 5, A.L. 1961 p. 606)