All applications for building or use permits, for use of premises, for erection of structures, or for additions to structures, shall be submitted to the city official in charge of issuing building permits and inspection of buildings (referred to as the building inspector in this title). With the exception of buildings and uses in existence at time of adoption of the ordinance codified in this title, no building shall be erected or altered or added to or moved, and no industrial, residential, commercial or public use shall be made of any premises within the city, unless a permit therefor is first obtained under the provisions of this title.