A. Conditions For Issuance: If the applications, plans and specifications are in conformity with the requirements of this code and all other laws or ordinances applicable thereto, the building inspector or his authorized agent shall, upon receipt of the required fee, grant a building permit for said work and shall sign, date and endorse in writing or by rubber stamp both sets of plans and specifications as "approved".
B. Plans And Specifications: One such approved set of plans and specifications shall be retained by the department of building inspection, and one such approved set of plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant, which set shall be kept at the site of such work at all times until the work authorized thereby is completed and shall be available for inspection by any public official. Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified or altered without written permission from the building inspector or his authorized agent.
C. Evidence Of Issuance: With every permit issued, the building inspector or his authorized agent shall issue to the applicant an appropriate card properly filled out evidencing issuance of the permit. It shall be the duty of each applicant to place such card in a conspicuous place on the premises where the building is to be erected, the card to be unobstructed from the public view and available for the inspectors to mark. (1975 Code Ch. 16 § XI)
D. Expiration Of Permit: Permits shall expire twenty-four (24) months after issuance if the dwelling exterior has not been completed.
E. Revocation: If the building inspector or any inspector of the department of building inspection shall find any time that the above mentioned ordinances, laws, order, plans and specifications are not being complied with, he shall revoke the building permit by written notice served on the general contractor or on the person in charge of that phase of work in which the error or violation has occurred, and upon the owner, such service to be either personal or by mailing a copy of said notice to the address of said person as known by the building inspector, and shall likewise be posted a copy of said notice at the site of the work. When any such permit is revoked it shall be unlawful to do any further work upon such building until a new permit is issued, excepting such work as the building inspector or any inspector of the department of building inspection may authorize as reasonably necessary to protect work already done on the job, existing property, adjoining property and the public.
F. Violations And Errors Not Excused By Issuance: The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans or specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate, or to fail to comply with, the provisions of this code, shall be valid except insofar as the work or use which it authorized is lawful. If errors shall, subsequent to the issuance of a permit, be discovered in the application, plans and specifications or execution of the work, the building inspector or his authorized agent may require the correction of said errors in said application, plans, specifications or constructions and may rescind the permit and prevent building operations being further carried on thereunder when in violation of this code or any ordinances of the city.
G. Other Construction Practices: Any item, phase or area of construction not specifically covered by this building code shall meet with the approval of the building inspector. This code does not limit the scope or use of other construction practices that are not specifically covered herein; provided, the intended standards of construction and safety are maintained. Detailed material, information and structural design data on other construction practices must be submitted to the building inspector for approval prior to starting construction. (1975 Code Ch. 16 § XI; amd. Ord. 2007-06, 7-20-2007; Ord. 2024-01, 1-8-2024)