(A) Form. An application for a permit, signed by the owner or his or her authorized agent, shall be filed with the Mayor or his or her designee. Such application shall be accompanied by the plans and specifications required by this section and shall provide such information as may reasonably be required by such body for an intelligent understanding of the proposed work.
(B) Registered architects and engineers. Design for the construction or substantial remodeling of any building allowed by zoning regulation within the corporate limits of the city, except as listed below, shall be entrusted only to an architect or professional engineer acting within the scope of his or her professional registration under KRS Ch. 322 and 323. Single-family dwellings, and accessory buildings or structures thereto are hereby exempted from this section.
(C) Plans and specifications.
(1) (a) Two copies of plans and specifications shall accompany each application. Plans shall be drawn to scale with sufficient clarity to indicate the nature and extent of work proposed. Such plans and specifications together shall contain information sufficient to indicate that the work proposed will conform to the provisions of this subchapter and all relevant deed restrictions, laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
(b) Such information shall be specific, and this subchapter shall not be cited in whole or in part, nor shall the term “legal” or its equivalent be used as a substitute for specific information. Each set of plans and specifications shall give the address of the work, the name and the business and home address of the owner, and the name and business address of the person who prepared and is responsible for them.
(c) The legislative body shall require drawings showing the location of the proposed building or structure and of every existing building or structure on the site or lot along with a boundary line survey, if and where necessary, prepared by a qualified surveyor, may also be required by the Mayor or his or her designee.
(2) All plans submitted for approval shall contain a drawing or plat showing the lot plan, the location of the building on the lot, accurate dimensions of the building and lot, and such other information as may be required by the legislative body.
(D) Time limitation. An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to have been abandoned six months after the date of issuance; provided, that for cause, one or more extensions of time, for periods not exceeding 90 days each, may be allowed by the Mayor or his or her designee.
(1996 Code, § 15-3.02)