(A) Application. An application for a permit shall be filed with the Fire Marshal’s office on a form furnished for that purpose, provided by the city and shall include the applicant’s answers in full to inquiries set forth in these forms. Applications for permits shall be accompanied by appropriate fees and the data as may be required by the Fire Marshal.
(B) Contractor’s license required. When the General Statutes requires that general construction, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, fire protection or gas work be performed by the appropriately licensed individual(s), no permit for that type work shall be issued to an unlicensed person or firm.
(C) Drawings and specifications requirements.
(1) Two copies of drawings and specifications, drawn to scale with sufficient clarity and detail to indicate the nature and character of work shall accompany the application for a permit. The plans shall be included as a part of the submittals of the design of the overall building in the event of new construction, and shall be provided as part of the renovation plans, in the event renovation plans are required for the structure. The plans are design plans and specifications and not shop drawings by the manufacturer or installer. The drawings and specifications shall contain information, in the form of notes or otherwise, as to technical properties of the materials, where the properties are essential to show compliance with the technical codes.
(2) All information, drawings, specifications and accompanying data shall bear the name and signature of the person responsible for the design.
(3) The Fire Marshal’s office may also request two copies of the shop drawings of the specific system, as developed by the manufacturer and installer of the system if it is deemed necessary by the complexity of the proposed specific system.
(D) Additional data. The Fire Marshal’s office and/or the Building and Land Development Department may require details, computations, stress diagrams, professional certification and other data necessary to describe the construction or installation of a system.
(E) Fire resistive integrity. Drawings and specifications for all buildings shall indicate how required fire resistive integrity will be maintained, where a penetration of a required fire resistive wall, floor or partition will be made for electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing or communication conducts, pipes and systems. The drawings shall indicate in sufficient detail how the fire integrity will be maintained.
(F) Structural integrity. Drawings and specifications for all buildings shall indicate how structural integrity, including lateral stability, will be maintained where a penetration of a wall or floor or roof takes place and where each wall, floor or roof assembly supports service systems.
(Ord. O-02-08, passed 6-5-2008) Penalty, see § 151.999