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An approval under Section 14A-10-1003 for work requiring a permit is only valid if a permit to complete the work is applied for within 12 months of the date of approval, the permit is issued, and work under the permit is diligently pursued to completion. An approval under Section 14A-10-1003 is not a permit, nor may it waive any procedural requirement or fee to obtain a permit.
The building official must record and retain details of action granting or denying a request for approval under Section 14A-10-1003.
The building official, at the building official’s sole discretion, may require any request for alternative code approval to be considered by the Committee on Standards and Tests pursuant to Section 14A-10-1004 or the Building Board of Appeals pursuant to Section 14A-10-1005. In such case, a fee paid under Section 14A-10-1003.3 will be credited toward the fee due under Section 14A-10-1004.3.1 or 14A-10-1005.4.1, as applicable.
An approval granted by the building official pursuant to Section 14A-10-1003 is wholly discretionary and project- specific. It does not have any precedential effect, nor does it require the building official to approve any similar request in the future.
The Committee on Standards and Tests is created to assist the building official with protecting public health, safety, and welfare by ascertaining the suitability of construction materials, construction methods, systems of construction, or arrangements of materials that are not allowed or recognized by, or vary from, the requirements established by the Chicago Construction Codes and that are claimed to be equally as good as or superior to those allowed by the Chicago Construction Codes.
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