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Glasgow Form of Permit ordinance (§ 520.120)

Chapter 520: Sidewalks and Retaining Walls

In short: To get a permit for a sidewalk or retaining wall, you deposit $5.00 with the City Clerk for each 50 feet or fraction of it, as a guarantee the work meets city specifications and is finished within 60 days. You get the deposit back once the City Engineer issues a certificate of acceptance.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

A. Whenever any person or persons apply for a permit as provided for in Section 520.010 of this Chapter, they shall deposit with the City Clerk the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each fifty (50) lineal feet or fraction thereof of retaining wall or sidewalk to be constructed as a guarantee that said work will be constructed according to the City's specifications and that the same will be completed within sixty (60) days from the date of the permit, and upon said application the deposit being made, the City Clerk shall issue a permit for said work, which permit shall be in the following form:

(FORM OF PERMIT) NO. ________ Glasgow, Missouri, ____________, 20__, having this day made application to the City Clerk, permission is hereby granted for the construction of a sidewalk on the ______________side of _____________Street, along Lot No. ____ in __________, Glasgow, Missouri. The conditions of this permit are that if said work is completed according to specifications approved by the Board of Aldermen, the City Engineer or other officer discharging the duties thereof, certificates of acceptance are to be presented and this permit returned on or before said date.

B. When said permit is obtained, it shall be submitted to the City Engineer or other officer discharging the duties thereof with a request for the grade to be given for the work specified in the permit. The City Engineer or other officer discharging the duties thereof shall then proceed without any unnecessary delay to set the grade stakes at the established grade for said improvements and shall supervise the construction of said sidewalks, and when same is completed according to the specification and grade given, he/she shall issue a certificate of acceptance of same, which certificate shall be submitted to the City Clerk when the permit is presented for the return of the deposit, and no permit shall be accepted and cancelled by the City Clerk until said Engineer's, or other officer discharging the duties thereof, certificate of acceptance is submitted to him/her as evidence of the completion of the work.

Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 520.120

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.