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The Stanley City Council passed an amendment to the city’s building permit ordinance at the February 19th meeting where it was decided that building permits must be issued for any non-structural work with a value of $2,500 or more instead of the $500 it was previously set at. Also added was an exception to building permit requirements for minor repairs which states, “A. UDC Building Permits- repairs or alterations-that do not change the occupancy, use, area, structural strength, room arrangement, fire protection, access to or efficiency of any existing stairways or exits, light or ventilation of the building.
B. Administrative Building Permits- repairs performed for maintenance or replacement purposes on any existing one- or two- family dwelling which does not affect room arrangement, light and ventilation, access to or efficiency of any exit stairways or exits, fire protection and which does not increase a given occupancy and use. No building permit is required for work to be performed which is deemed a minor repair.”
“Anything under $2500, you don’t need a building permit,” Alderperson Mike Henke said.
Solar power has grown in popularity in the United States in the last few years and as energy prices are on the rise, many people are turning to solar panels and other natural forms of energy to power their homes. The Stanley City Council passed a solar panel or solar array ordinance at the bimonthly meeting on Monday evening where it was decided that for free standing panels a residents must have a one-acre minimum parcel size. On commercial parcels, it must be a five-acre minimum parcel unless the solar panel installation is wall or roof mounted.
Alderperson Jason Meyer asked if solar farms that are already installed will be grandfathered in, and the council confirmed that they would be.
