(a) (1) A plumbing permit shall be issued upon an application in writing to the office of City Clerk on a form or forms provided for the purpose.
(2) This application shall, among other things, disclose the following:
(A) The name of the owner of the lot or tract of ground;
(B) The location of the building or structure;
(C) The plumbing work proposed;
(D) The class of occupancy;
(E) The class of construction;
(F) The kind of materials to be used;
(G) The estimated cost of the work;
(H) The date work will commence;
(I) Expected date of completion;
(J) Name and address of plumber, plumbing contractor or contractors doing the work; and
(K) Such other information as may be pertinent to the issuance of the required permit.
(b) An application for a plumbing permit shall be signed by the owner or his or her duly authorized agent, or a plumber or plumbing contractor licensed by the city. If the application is made by the owner or his or her agent, it shall contain the name or names of the licensed plumber, plumbing contractor or contractors doing the work described, or a plumbing permit may be issued to the owner upon his or her application disclosing satisfactory evidence that the proposed work will be performed by the owner, himself or herself and not by a licensed plumber or plumbing contractor, and likewise subject to the final approval of the Plumbing Inspector for work performed.
(c) Upon approval of the completed application and a determination that a permit should be issued, the Chief Building Official or his or her assistant shall issue a permit to the owner or contractor authorizing the plumbing work covered by the application.
(d) Any permit issued under this section shall be valid and subsisting for a period of not more than six months from the date of issuance unless the permittee shall have commenced, within the period so limited, the plumbing work authorized by such permit. Plumbing work commenced for the purpose of this section shall mean the beginning of plumbing work other than the preparation of plans or the letting of a plumbing contract.