(A) Application for permit. The application for a building permit shall be made to the Building Commissioner in writing upon a form for that purpose. The application shall contain the name of the owner or owners and, if title is held by means of a land trust, the beneficiary or beneficiaries; the exact location of the proposed work; the character of the work; the proposed use or occupancy of all parts of the building; the estimated cost of the proposed work; and other required information. Plans and specifications shall be submitted with the application to the Building Commissioner for his or her approval. The application must be signed by the owner or all owners, the beneficiary or all beneficiaries of a land trust, the architect if one is engaged, and the contractor having primary responsibility for the progress of the work, all of whom shall be jointly and severally responsible for compliance with the provisions of city and state laws.
(B) Plans and specifications. The application for a building permit shall be accompanied by two sets of plans and specifications drawn to scale upon proper cloth or paper. It shall include a plot plan of the lot showing the relation of the lot to adjoining streets and alleys, the relation of the building to all boundary lines of the lot and the relation of the proposed new construction to existing buildings upon the lot, if any. Plans shall also show the proposed or existing arrangement of sewage, drain and water lines, and plumbing fixtures. The plans must bear the signature and seal of a architect licensed in the state pursuant to 225 ILCS 305, the State Architecture Practice Act of 1989. If the Building Commissioner deems the work as shown by plans to be in conformity with this code, with the Zoning Code and with other applicable ordinances, he or she shall stamp and approve both sets of plans. One set will be retained by him or her and one set will be kept on the building job as long as the work is in progress. Plans and specifications need not be submitted, at the discretion of the Building Commissioner, for small, simple and unimportant work.
(Prior Code, § 150.046) (Ord. 1837, passed 7-13-1959; Ord. 2089, passed 12-23-1968; Ord. 2330, passed 4-27-1976; Ord. 2332, passed 4-27-1976)