(A) When proper application for a building permit and the payment of all required fees and charges has been made, the Inspections and Permits Department shall issue the building permit upon finding that the application and the proposed work comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and all other applicable ordinances and construction codes of the Town.
(B) Where any ordinance or construction code of the Town or any provision of the General Statutes of North Carolina requires that work be done by a licensed specialty contractor of any kind, no building permit for such work shall be issued unless it is to be performed by such licensed specialty contractor.
(C) Approval and distribution of drawings and specifications required shall be coordinated by the Inspections and Permits Department and shall conform to the current edition of the North Carolina State Building Code.
(D) The building permit issued by the Inspections and Permits Department shall be conspicuously posted by the applicant on the property for which it was obtained in the manner prescribed by the Inspections and Permits Department. The building permit shall remain so posted until the applicant has obtained a permanent certificate of occupancy from the Inspections and Permits Department pursuant to Section 3.15.
(E) A building permit shall become null and void unless the work approved by the permit is commenced within six (6) months after the date of issuance. No work shall be considered to have commenced for the purposes of this paragraph until an inspection has been made and recorded. If after commencement the work is discontinued for a period of twelve (12) months, the permit therefore shall immediately expire. No work authorized by any permit that has expired shall thereafter be performed until a permit has been reinstated, or until a new permit has been secured.