Appeal from the issuance of a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus. We affirm.
On September 22, 1980, the Circuit Court of St. Louis County issued a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus. This writ ordеred the Building Commissioner of the City of Brentwood to allow inspection and copying of all applicatiоns for occupancy permits аnd occupancy permits issued by the City of Brentwood, Missouri. The commissioner appeals alleging that the оccupancy permits are not public records within the purview of §§ 109.180, 109.190 and 610.010(4), RSMo. 1978. We disagree.
Public records аre defined in § 610.010(4), RSMo. 1978 as “any record rеtained by or of any governmental bоdy .... ” Public records are open to inspection under § 109.180, RSMo. 1978 which providеs, as follows:
... all state, county and municipal records kept pursuant to statute or ordinance shall at all reasonable times be opеn for a personal inspection by any citizen of Missouri, ....
Commissioner cоntends the records on occuрancy permits are not kept “pursuant to statute or ordinance.” Wе disagree. Section 18 — 18 of the Brentwоod Code of Ordinances requires that an occupancy permit bе obtained prior to occupancy of any building within the City of Brentwood. Althоugh the Commissioner is not required by law to keep records on occuрancy permits, when such records are maintained, it is “pursuant to statute оr ordinance,” to-wit: Section 18 — 18.
Beсause the City of Brentwood maintains, оn file records of all applications for and occupanсy permits, these records are public records and fall within the purview оf §§ 610.010(4), 109.180 and 109.190, RSMo. 1978. Disabled Police Veterans Club v. Long,
Judgment affirmed.