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(a) At the proper time, notice shall be given by the building commissioner to the applicant that his or her plans have been examined and are ready to be returned to the applicant, and if such plans have been approved as submitted to the various departments and bureaus as aforesaid, the building commissioner shall, according to the building provisions of this Code, issue a permit for the construction, erection, repair, or alteration of such building or structure; and shall file such application, and shall apply to such plans a final official stamp, stating that the drawings to which the same has been applied comply with the building provisions of this Code. The plans so stamped shall then be returned to such applicant.
(b) No building permit shall be issued under this code unless the building permit application is accompanied by an affidavit, signed by the property owner and, if applicable, the general contractor, licensed, certified or registered trade contractor or any other person deemed necessary by the building commissioner, in which the undersigned (1) acknowledge the penalties that may attach if any work in violation of or beyond the scope of the permit is done on the property identified in the permit application; (2) certify, under possible penalty of law, that all construction work under the proposed building permit will conform to the requirements of the Chicago Municipal Code; (3) acknowledge that any false statement of fact made on the affidavit required by this subsection may subject the person making such a statement to a range of civil and criminal penalties, such as a period of incarceration, fines and an award to the City of up to three times any damages incurred; and (4) make any other acknowledgments or certifications on the affidavit that the building commissioner, in consultation with the corporation counsel, may require to implement the requirements of the Municipal Code of Chicago.
(c) No building permit shall be issued under this chapter if the applicant for such permit or the property owner identified in the permit application or any person owning, directly or indirectly, 25 percent or more of the interest in such applicant or property owner has any outstanding debt, as defined in Section 2-32-094 (a), unless and until each applicable person owing such debt satisfies or otherwise resolves the debt within the meaning of Section 2-32-094(a). Provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to any federal, state or local government agency. Provided further, that this subsection shall not apply to any permit application for emergency repairs as determined by the building commissioner. For purposes of this subsection (c), “25 percent or more of the interest in the applicant or property owner” shall mean 25 percent or more of the combined voting power or fair market value of all stock, partnership interests or other ownership interests in the applicant or property owner or the right to receive at any time the distribution of 25 percent or more of the income or profits of the applicant or property owner.
(Prior code § 43-7; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.11; Amend Coun. J. 5-24-06, p. 76944, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-18-09, p. 56026, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 6-3-09, p. 63891, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 6, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 10; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. XI, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 21)
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