(A) Issuance.
(1) The application, plans, and specifications, and other data, filed by an applicant for permit shall be reviewed by the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives. Such plans may be reviewed by other departments of the city to verify compliance with any applicable laws under their jurisdiction. If the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, find that the work described in an application for a permit and the plans, specifications, and other data filed therewith conform to the requirements of this code and other pertinent laws and ordinances, and that the fees specified in § 150.047 have been paid, a permit shall be issued therefor to the applicant.
(2) When the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, issue the permit where plans are required, the plans and specifications shall be endorsed in writing or stamped “APPROVED.” Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified, or altered without authorization from the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, and all work shall be done in accordance with the approved plans.
(3) The Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, may issue a permit for the construction of part of an electrical system before the entire plans and specifications for the whole system have been submitted or approved, provided adequate information and detailed statements have been filed complying with all pertinent requirements of this code. The holder of such permit shall proceed at personal risk without assurance that the permit for the entire building, structure, or building service will be granted.
(B) Retention of plans. One set of approved plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant and shall be kept on the site of the building work at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress. One set of approved plans, specifications, and computations shall be retained by the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, for purposes of public record until final approval of the work.
(C) Validity of permit.
(1) The issuance 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 this code, or of any other ordinance of the city. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of these codes shall be valid.
(2) The issuance of a permit based upon plans, specifications and other data shall not prevent the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans, specifications, and other data, or from preventing building operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of these codes, or of any other ordinances of the city.
(D) Expiration.
(1) Every permit issued by the Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 180 days following the last inspection of said work. Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so, and the fee therefor shall be one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further, that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year. In order to renew action on a permit after expiration, the permittee shall pay a new full permit fee.
(2) Any permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension of the time within which work may commence under that permit when unable to commence work within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory reasons. The Building Official, or his or her authorized representatives, may extend the time for action by the permittee for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action from being taken. No permit shall be extended more than once.
(E) Suspension or revocation. The Building Official may, in writing, suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this code whenever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation of the city.
(Prior Code, § 6-13-28)