(a) Issuance. The application, plans and specifications filed by an applicant for a permit shall be checked by the Building and Zoning Administrator. Such plans may be reviewed by other City departments to check compliance with laws and ordinances under their jurisdiction. If the Building and Zoning Administrator is satisfied that the work described in an application for permit and the plans filed therewith conform to the requirements of the Codified Ordinances and other pertinent laws and ordinances, and that the applicable fee specified in Section 1305.03 has been paid, he shall issue a permit therefor to the applicant.
When the Building and Zoning Administrator issues the permit, he shall endorse in writing or stamp on both sets of plans and specifications "APPROVED". Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified or altered without authorization from the Building and Zoning Administrator, and all work shall be done in accordance with the approved plans.
The Building and Zoning Administrator may issue a permit for the construction of part of a building or structure before the entire plans and specifications for the whole building or structure have been submitted or approved provided adequate information and detailed statements have been filed complying with all pertinent requirements of the Codified Ordinances. The permittee shall proceed at his own risk without assurance that the permit for the entire building or structure will be granted.
(Ord. 1392-00. Passed 10-12-00; Ord. 1798-11. Passed 4-14-11.)
(Ord. 1392-00. Passed 10-12-00; Ord. 1798-11. Passed 4-14-11.)
(b) Retention of Plans. One set of approved plans, specifications and computations shall be retained by the Building and Zoning Administrator for not less than five (5) years for residential construction and ten (10) years for commercial construction from the date of completion of the work covered therein, and one set of approved plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant and kept on such building or work site at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress.
(Ord. 1978-11. Passed 4-14-11.)
(Ord. 1978-11. Passed 4-14-11.)
(c) Validity. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be construed to be a permit for or an approval of any violation of any of the provisions of the Codified Ordinances. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of the Codified Ordinances shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
(Ord. 1392-00. Passed 10-12-00.)
(Ord. 1392-00. Passed 10-12-00.)
(d) Expiration. Every permit issued by the Building and Zoning Administrator under the provisions of this chapter shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 365 days from the date of such permit or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for 180 days at any time after work is commenced.
(Ord. 1798-11. Passed 4-14-11.)
(Ord. 1798-11. Passed 4-14-11.)