16.28.350 Suspension or revocation of permit.

   (a)   The building official or city engineer may suspend the permit and issue a stop work order, and the permittee shall cease all work on the work site, except work necessary to remedy the cause of the suspension, upon notification of such suspension when:

   (1)   The building official or city engineer determines that the permit was issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation or the provisions of this ordinance;

   (2)   The permittee fails to submit reports when required under Sections 16.28.240 and 16.28.250(c);

   (3)   Inspection by the building official or city engineer under Section 16.28.250(b) reveals that the work or the work site:

   (A)   Is not in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 16.28.230, or

   (B)   Is not in conformity with the grading plan, interim, or final plan as approved or as modified under Section 16.28.250(a), or

   (C)   Is not in compliance with an order to modify under Section 16.28.250(a), or

   (D)   Is likely to be a hazard to life or limb or to endanger any private or public property;

   (4)   The permittee fails to comply with an order to modify within the time limits imposed by the building official or city engineer pursuant to Section 16.28.250(a);

   (5)   The permittee fails to obtain permission for wet season activity under Section 16.28.280.

   (b)   The building official or city engineer may reinstate the suspended permit and lift the stop order, upon the permittee's correction of the cause of the suspension. The building official or city engineer may require as a condition to allowing further work to be done that such reasonable safety precautions be taken as the building official or city engineer considers advisable to avoid the likelihood of continued danger to any private or public property. Such safety precautions may include, but shall be limited to, specifying a flatter exposed slope, construction of additional drainage facilities, berms, terracing, compaction or cribbing.

   (c)   Failure or refusal to comply with a stop work order is unlawful. If the permittee fails or refuses to cease work after being issued a stop work order, the building official or city engineer may revoke the permit and enforce the stop order by any means available under the law.

   (d)   The building official or city engineer shall not reinstate a revoked permit.

(Ord. 4564 § 1 (part), 1999)