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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 be a registered architect or registered professional engineer, and separate applications for permits have been made as required by Sections 1703.02 and 1703.03, the Commissioner of Buildings may without further examination accept such affidavit and issue a permit for the construction, provided that the architect or engineer who made such affidavit agrees to submit to the Commissioner of Buildings on completion of the building or other structure, a certification that the structure has been erected in accordance with the approved plans and the requirements of this Code, and that all required inspections and approvals have been secured.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
The Commissioner of Buildings shall examine applications for permits, within a reasonable time after filing. If, after examination, he or she finds no objections to the same and it appears that the proposed work will be in compliance with the laws and ordinances applicable thereto and the proposed construction or work will be safe, he or she shall approve such application and issue a permit for the proposed work as soon as practicable. If his or her examination reveals otherwise, he or she shall reject such application, note his or her findings in a written report to be attached to the application and deliver a copy to the applicant.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
When the Commissioner of Buildings issues a permit, he or she shall endorse in writing or stamp on two 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 without authorization from the Commissioner of Buildings and all work shall be done in accordance with such stamped plans and specifications. One set of stamped plans, specifications and computations shall be retained by the Commissioner of Buildings and one set of stamped plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant. The latter set shall be kept at the site of work at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress and shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by the Commissioner of Buildings.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
Before issuing a permit for any work to be done in or on any street or alley or on or above public property which may cause the City to sustain loss or damage, the Commissioner of Buildings shall require the owner to make a deposit of money as follows:
Estimated Construction Cost | Deposit Required |
Up to $10,000 | $100.00 |
$10,000 and up | 1% of estimated cost |
Such deposit of money shall be held and used for the payment of the repair of any damage during construction to any public sidewalk, highway, curb or other public property or for any damage because of the failure to conform to any ordinance, lawful order of the Division of Building or Building Code provision. If any damage shall be caused and the same is not repaired within ten days after notice to the owner from the Commissioner of Buildings to repair the same, unless such period is extended, the City may proceed to repair such damage or cause the same to be repaired and pay for the cost of repair from the funds so deposited, and hold the owner liable for any deficiency. Such deficiency may be enforced in a suit at law brought by the City against the owner, who shall be liable for any and all deficiencies. The deposit, less a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), shall be refunded to the owner after completion of the construction in case there is no such damage or no violation of law. The Commissioner of Buildings is hereby authorized to release any funds which may be deposited in the event there is no damage or in the event the damage has been repaired and there is no violation by the owner, his or her contractor or his or her agent or failure to conform to any ordinance, lawful order of the Division of Building or Building Code provisions.
In the event the owner fails to comply with and conform to any ordinance or order of the Division of Building or building provisions, the deposit of moneys made at the time of issuing a permit shall be forfeited to the City and shall be turned over by the Building Commissioner to the Finance Director for deposit to the General Fund. This provision is in addition to all other remedies heretofore set forth in this section.
Nothing in Sections 1703.01 through 1703.21 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, provided, however, that 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.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
A permit issued shall be construed to be a license to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to violate, cancel, alter or set aside any of the provisions of this Code, or other applicable laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, nor shall such issuance of a permit prevent the Commissioner of Buildings from thereafter requiring a correction of errors in plans or in construction, or of violations of this Code or of other applicable laws, ordinances, rules or regulations.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
Any permit issued shall become invalid unless the work authorized by it has been commenced within six months after its issuance, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of one year after the time the work is commenced, provided that, for cause, one or more extensions of time, for periods not exceeding ninety days each, may be allowed in writing by the Commissioner of Buildings.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
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