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Subdivision 106 – Construction Documents
13-40-010 Building plans and drawings – General requirements.
13-40-020 Plan approval – Architect's or engineer's seal required.
13-40-030 Final drawings and plans required to comply with code provisions – Certification.
13-40-040 Approval of preliminary plans.
13-40-050 Approval of working drawings.
13-40-060 Encroachment on public domain prohibited.
13-40-070 Foundations below datum – Plans submitted for approval.
13-40-080 Filing of drawings and plans.
13-40-090 Plans to be kept on file at construction- site.
13-40-100 Alteration or modification of plans prohibited – Amended plan required.
13-40-110 Filing of plat – Records.
13-40-120 Fire escape stairways – Change in plans prohibited without consent.
13-40-130 Tanks for flammable liquids.
13-40-135 Exterior concrete masonry unit walls.
13-40-140 Warm air furnaces.
13-40-145 Authority of building commissioner to require inspection reports.
13-40-150 Violation – Penalty.
All plans and drawings for buildings or for structures other than buildings shall be presented to the building commissioner for his or her approval, and each set of plans presented, shall be approved by the building commissioner before a permit will be granted. All such plans and drawings shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch to the foot, on paper or cloth, in ink, or by some process that will not fade or obliterate. All distances and dimensions shall be accurately figured, and drawings made explicit and complete, showing the lot lines and the entire sewerage and drain pipes and the location of all plumbing fixtures within such building or structure.
(Prior code § 45-1; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.12; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)
No plans shall be approved for permit unless such plans are signed and sealed either by an architect licensed to practice architecture, as provided by the Illinois Architectural Act, or by a structural engineer licensed to practice structural engineering, as provided by the Illinois Structural Engineering Act, or by a registered professional engineer licensed to practice professional engineering as provided by The Illinois Professional Engineering Act, provided, however, that the person who signs and seals such plans shall be permitted to do so within the limitations of the particular act under which he is licensed to practice, and provided further, that plans for installations which involve the design of or changes in the supporting structure or which materially affect the structural loadings must be signed and sealed by an architect or structural engineer duly licensed as aforesaid.
(Prior code § 45-2)
It shall be unlawful for any architect or structural engineer or professional engineer or other person permitted under the laws of the state to make drawings and plans, to prepare or submit to the buildings commissioner, for his approval, any final drawings or plans for any building or structure, which do not comply with the requirements in the building provisions of this Code. It shall be the duty of the building commissioner to require that all drawings and plans submitted to him or her for approval, for any building or structure, shall be accompanied by a certificate of such architect or structural engineer or professional engineer preparing such drawings and plans, that said drawings and plans comply with the requirements in the building provisions of this Code.
(Prior code § 45-3; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.12; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)
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