(a) Approval.
(1) The Commissioner and other administrative officers having jurisdiction shall act upon an application for a permit without unreasonable or unnecessary delay. If the administrative officer having jurisdiction is satisfied that the work described in an application for permit and the plans filed therewith conform to the requirements of OBBC and this Building Code and other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, he or she shall issue a permit therefor to the applicant upon payment of the fee, if any, prescribed by ordinance.
(2) When the administrative officer having jurisdiction issues a permit, he or she shall endorse in writing or stamp on both sets of plans and specifications “DRAWINGS ON WHICH PERMIT WAS ISSUED”. Such plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified or altered in any manner affected by this Building Code without authorization from the administrative officer having jurisdiction, and all work shall be done in accordance with stamped plans and specifications.
(b) Deposit or Bond. When any work is to be done beyond the street or alley line or on or above public property which may cause the City to sustain loss, damage or injury to public property, or to be put to expense in correcting conditions resulting therefrom, the Director of Public Service may require the person, firm or corporation proposing to do such work, or the owner for whom such work is to be done, to post a deposit or furnish a bond in the form determined by the Director of Law and in the amount determined by the Director of Public Service, to indemnify the City against any costs that may be incurred and any loss, damage, or injury that may be sustained by the City because of such work, and as guarantee of compliance with OBBC and this Building Code and other applicable law, ordinances, rules and regulations. Such required deposit or bond shall be posted before any permit is issued for work beyond the street or alley line or on or above public property.
(c) Amendments. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the filing of amendments to an application, or to the plans and specifications accompanying such application, at any time before the completion of the work. However, such amendments shall be submitted and approved before any work proposed under such amendment is begun. Such amendments, after approval, shall be filed with and deemed a part of the original application.
(d) Disapproval. If the applications for a permit, or the plans and specifications filed therewith, or the application for approval of an amendment, describes work which does not conform to the requirements of OBBC and this Building Code or other applicable laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, or does not contain sufficient information, the administrative officer having jurisdiction shall return the plans and specifications to the applicant with his or her refusal to issue such permit or approval. When requested by the applicant, such refusal shall be in writing, and shall contain the reasons therefor.