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The building official is authorized and directed to receive permit applications, review construction documents, and issue permits for the construction, rehabilitation, demolition, and moving of structures, inspect the premises for which such permits have been issued, and enforce compliance with the provisions of the Chicago Construction Codes.
Exception: The fire code official is responsible for permits provided for in the Chicago Fire Prevention Code.
The building official is authorized to institute specialized permitting programs, including but not limited to programs for preliminary review of permit applications or to allow registered design professionals to certify compliance of construction documents with the Chicago Construction Codes, in accordance with Section 14A-1-104.4. The building official is authorized to establish fees for each specialized permitting program based on the direct and indirect costs to the City of operating the program. Users of specialized permitting programs must pay the program-specific fees in addition to fees otherwise provided for in the Municipal Code in order to participate in the program and before obtaining a permit.
(Amend Coun. J. 7-24-19, p. 3646, § 10)
The building official is authorized and directed to suspend and revoke permits as provided in Section 14A-4-413.
The building official is authorized and directed to examine, regulate, license, certify, or register the occupations and professions involved in the construction, rehabilitation, demolition, or maintenance of buildings or structures and related building systems pursuant to the Municipal Code. The building official has all powers reasonable and necessary to carry out such duties, including, but not limited to:
1. Preparing forms for applications for examinations.
2. Preparing forms for license certificates and issuing them in conformity with the provisions of the Municipal Code.
3. Preparing subject matter for examination.
4. Preparing and giving uniform examinations to applicants for trade licenses that will test their qualifications in their respective occupations and professions.
5. Grading all tests and examinations for trade licenses.
6. Prescribing, where appropriate, standards for what constitutes a recognized college, university, or trade school and determining the conformance to such standards.
7. Suspending or revoking any trade license issued under the provisions of the Municipal Code for cause as set forth in Section 14A-3-305, or pursuant to the child support compliance provisions of Section 4-4-152 of the Municipal Code, or upon determination by the building official that the licensee or registrant has violated any other provision of the Municipal Code or any of the statutes of the State related to the regulated or registered occupation; provided, however, that where the trade license suspension or revocation is based on Section 4-4-152 of the Municipal Code, the hearing must be administered pursuant to the rules of that section.
8. Suspending the ability of any person to submit new applications or complete pending applications for a permit or other authorization issued by the Department of Buildings for cause as set forth in Section 14A-3-304.
9. Keeping a full and correct detailed record of the official proceedings of the building official.
10. Preserving all documents, books, and papers relating to examinations for trade licenses and hearings of complaints or charges; keeping a record of the names, ages, places of business and residences of all applicants for trade licenses and the disposition made of the applications; keeping an up-to-date record specifying names and addresses of trade license holders, including the dates of issuance of all such trade licenses; keeping a record specifying names, addresses, and dates of trade licenses suspended or revoked, the cause therefor, and trade licenses renewed.
11. Reviewing the trade license fees set forth in the Chicago Construction Codes at least once every three years, as measured from January 1, 2009.
12. Issuing a cease and desist notice to any person performing work or offering to perform work without first having obtained the proper trade license.
(Amend Coun. J. 7-24-19, p. 3646, § 10)
The building official is authorized to promulgate any rule reasonably necessary to carry out the powers and duties prescribed in the Chicago Construction Codes. The building official must give public notice of any proposed rule, before its effective date, by posting a public notice and the proposed rule on the Department’s public website no less than ten days before the effective date of the proposed rule or proposed amendment to an existing rule. Such public notice must include information concerning where written comments may be directed.
The building official is authorized and directed to prepare and maintain all records necessary for the efficient and orderly conduct of the business of the Department of Buildings, including records of applications received, permits and certificates issued, fees collected, reports of inspections, and notices and orders issued.
The building official is authorized and directed to investigate and make recommendations, from time to time, to the Mayor, with respect to additions or revisions of the Chicago Construction Codes, as may be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement and regulation required by this title, and to make recommendations to the Mayor, with respect to permit fees set forth in the Chicago Construction Codes at least once every three years, as measured from January 1, 2009.
(Amend Coun. J. 7-24-19, p. 3646, § 10)
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