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The building official may determine that no inspection is required for a permit that is purely administrative or that is a revision to another permit. For repair work and other minor scopes of work, at the time of permit issuance, the building official may designate the permit as “eligible for inspection” and, in such cases, the permit will be marked as complete if an inspection is not requested within 365 days of permit issuance.
(Added Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8634, Art. III, § 4)
It is the duty of the owner to cause work that requires a permit to remain visible and able to be accessed for inspection purposes until inspected. Neither the building official nor the City will be liable for any expense entailed in the removal or replacement of any material required to allow inspection of work done pursuant to or without a required permit.
Inspectors do not have authority to approve conditions that violate the Chicago Construction Codes or other City ordinances. Inspection results or comments purporting to approve a violation of or cancel a provision of the Chicago Construction Codes or other City ordinances are invalid.
Where the building official is required to conduct more than one inspection of the same premises for the same purpose under the same permit because the previous inspection resulted in a finding of non-compliance with a provision of the Chicago Construction Codes or because the previous inspection could not be completed because the inspector was not provided full access to the premises, the building official is directed to charge a reinspection fee as set forth in Section 14A-12-1205.1.
Exception: The building official may not charge a reinspection fee where the subsequent inspection is due to an error made by the City.
Where an inspection of permitted work is specially requested by the owner or required due to inaccurate or incorrect information on the permit application, faulty construction or installation, or the failure to make necessary repairs, the building official is directed to charge an extra inspection fee as set forth in Section 14A-12-1205.1.
It is the duty of the holder of the building permit or their duly authorized agent to notify the building official when work is ready for inspections as described in this section. It is the duty of the permit holder to provide access to and means for inspections of such work that are required by this section. If the building official notifies the permit holder that an inspected condition does not comply with the Chicago Construction Codes, the permit holder must promptly resolve that condition and may not cover or conceal the condition or area of work until authorized by the building official.
(Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 32180, Art. I, § 9)
For purposes of this chapter, both the permit applicant named on the face of a permit certificate and the person in possession of the copy of the permit certificate that is required to be displayed at the work site pursuant to Section 14A-4-401.5 are considered holders of the permit. A trade license holder or other person who requests an inspection pursuant to this chapter is also presumed to be a holder of the permit.
(Added Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 32180, Art. I, § 9)
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