(a) Legal effect; transfer. A permit shall constitute permission to maintain, store, use or handle materials or to conduct processes which produce conditions hazardous to life or property or to install equipment used in connection with such activities. Such permit shall not take the place of any license required by law. A permit issued under this Chapter shall continue until revoked or for such a period of time as designated therein at the time of issuance. It shall not be transferable and any change in use, occupancy, location, operation or ownership shall require a new permit.
(b) Application for permit. Each application for a permit required by this Chapter must be made to the Department of Permitting Services in the form prescribed. Each application must be accompanied by any plans, specifications, or details required by the Director.
(c) Inspection before issuance of permit. Before a permit may be issued, the Director may inspect and approve any receptacle, vehicle, building, device, premises, storage space, or area to be used.
(d) Display of permits. A copy of the permit must be posted at each place of operation or carried by the permit holder as specified by the Director.
(e) More than one (1) permit for the same location. Whenever, under the provisions of this Chapter, more than one (1) permit or certificate is required for the same location, such permits or certificates may be consolidated into a single permit or certificate.
(f) Compliance required. All permits or certificates issued under this Chapter shall be presumed to contain the proviso that the applicant, his agents and employees shall carry out the proposed activity in compliance with all the requirements of this Chapter and any other laws or regulations applicable thereto, whether specified or not and in complete accordance with the approved plans and specifications. Any permit or certificate which purports to sanction a violation of this Chapter or any applicable law or regulation shall be void and any approval of plans and specifications in the issuance of such permit shall likewise be void.
(g) Revocation. Any permit or certificate issued under this Chapter may be suspended or revoked if the Director finds that:
(1) It is used by a person other than the person to whom the permit or certificate was issued.
(2) It is used for a location other than that for which it was issued.
(3) Any of the conditions or limitations set forth in the permit or certificate have been violated.
(4) The permittee fails, refuses or neglects to comply with any order or notice duly served upon him under the provisions of this Chapter within the time provided therein.
(5) There has been any false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application or plans on which the permit or application was based.
Revocation shall be in writing and shall state the reason for the revocation.
(h) Authority to require exposure or stop work.
(1) If any installation requiring a permit or inspection is covered or concealed without having first been inspected, the Director must require by written notice that the work be exposed for inspection. The permittee must pay any cost of exposing and recovering the work.
(2) If any construction or installation work is performed in violation of the plans and specifications as approved by the Director of Permitting Services, the Director must issue a written notice to the responsible party to stop work on that portion of the work which is in violation. The notice must state the nature of the violation, and any responsible party must not continue work on that portion until the violation has been corrected. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 2002 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 2; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 49, § 1; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 30, §1.)