(a) The Commissioner shall examine or cause to be examined each application for permit and the plans, specifications and computations, filed therewith, and with the assistance of other departments and divisions of the City having jurisdiction, shall ascertain by such examination whether the construction indicated and described is in accordance with the requirements of this OBBC and Building Code and other pertinent laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. When permits are required from other administrative officers or agencies, he or she shall promptly transmit or cause to be transmitted all pertinent data for action by such administrative officers or agencies, and shall be the coordinating officer in the handling of such applications, plans, specifications, data and permits.
(b) If the plans submitted conform to the laws as to egress, type of construction, and general arrangement, and are accompanied by drawings showing the structural design and by a statement that the plans and design conform to the requirements of law as to strength, stresses, loads, and stability, and are filed and sworn to by a registered architect or registered professional engineer, and separate permits are secured as required by Section 3105.01, the Commissioner may without further examination accept such affidavit; provided that the architect or engineer who made such affidavit agrees to submit to the Commissioner on the completion of the building or other structure, a certification that the structure has been erected in accordance with the approved plans and the structural provision of OBBC and this Building Code, and that all required inspections and approvals have been secured.