(a) The issue of a permit is not an approval or authorization of the work specified therein. A permit is merely an application for inspection, the issuance of which entitles the permittee to inspection of the work which is described therein.
(b) Neither the issuance of a permit nor the approval by the Department of any document shall constitute an approval of any violation of any provision of this Code or of any other law or ordinance; and a permit or other document purporting to give authority to violate any law shall not be valid with respect thereto.