(A) The Director shall require that all applications for building permits be in writing in duplicate for residential buildings and in triplicate for commercial and industrial buildings. The application shall contain the following:
(1) A plat of survey prepared by an Indiana licensed land surveyor with his or her seal affixed thereto. The survey shall show, to scale: (a) the actual shape, location and dimension of the lot or parcel; (b) the shape, size and location of all buildings or other structures to be erected, altered or moved, and of any building or other structure already on the lot or parcel; (c) all proposed driveways, sidewalks, easements, and utilities already on the lot or parcel; (d) zoning setbacks; (e) existing grades at lot or parcel corners, curbs, and center of building area and the proposed elevation of the finished floor and lot or parcel corners; (f) arrows indicating the proposed surface drainage as per approved subdivision plan if applicable; (g) lot and block numbers and street address approved by the town; and (h) on new construction only, a staked survey shall be required.
(2) The existing and intended use of the lot or parcel and of all structures upon it including the number of dwelling units the building is intended to accommodate.
(3) A dimension plan showing all existing buildings and structures on adjacent lots or parcels.
(4) The name, address and telephone number of each electrical, plumbing, and mechanical contractor.
(5) Two copies of construction drawings drawn to 1/4 inch x one foot scale showing: (a) floor plans with rooms dimensioned to scale and door sizes; (b) basement or foundation plan showing beam or girder layout, column or pier size and spacing; (c) all four exterior elevations showing window sizes or manufacturers numbers; (d) typical wall section, from bottom of footing to ridge line, indicating size of members and spacing, roof pitch, eave size, insulation R-factor and attic access location; and (e) electrical wall and ceiling outlets and switching.
(6) Such other information concerning adjoining lots, and any other information which may be required for determining whether the provisions of this subchapter and each and every rule, regulation, law, ordinance or statute are being complied with.
(B) The construction drawings shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by
the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special conditions exist, the Director is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design professional.
(C) The Director is authorized to waive the submission of construction drawings and other data not required to be prepared by a registered design professional if it is found that the nature of the work applied for is such that reviewing of construction documents is not necessary to obtain compliance with this chapter.
(D) For buildings and structures in flood hazard areas, construction documents shall include:
(1) Delineation of flood hazard areas, floodway boundaries, and flood zones, and the design flood elevation, as appropriate;
(2) The elevation of the proposed lowest floor, including basement; in areas of shallow flooding (AO zones), the height of the proposed lowest floor, including basement, above the highest adjacent grade;
(3) The elevation of the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member in coastal high hazard areas (V Zone); and
(4) If design flood elevations are not included on the community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the Director and the applicant shall obtain and reasonably utilize any design flood elevation and floodway data available from other sources.
(E) One copy of the plans shall be returned to the applicant by the Director, after such copy has been marked either as approved or disapproved and attested to same by an officially authorized signature. A second copy of the plans, similarly marked, shall be retained by the Director.
(F) This chapter shall not require changes in the construction documents, construction or designated occupancy of a structure for which a lawful permit has been heretofore issued or otherwise lawfully authorized, and the construction of which has been pursued in good faith within 180 days after the effective date of this chapter and has not been abandoned.
(G) The Director is authorized to issue a permit for the construction of foundations or any other part of a building or structure before the construction documents for the whole building or structure have been submitted, provided that adequate information and detailed statements have been filed complying with pertinent requirements of this chapter. The holder of such permit for the foundation or other parts of a building or structure shall proceed at the holder's own risk with the building operation and without assurance that a permit for the entire structure will be granted.
(H) Work shall be installed in accordance with the approved construction documents, and any changes made during construction that are not in compliance with the approved construction documents shall be resubmitted for approval as an amended set of construction documents.
(Ord. 2011-16, passed 12-27-11) Penalty, see § 10.99