Any person who shall commence any work for which a permit is required by the Solar Code without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this article for such work; provided, this provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Code Administrator II that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of the work. In all cases in which failure to procure a permit before commencing work shall be determined by the Code Administrator to be excusable under the foregoing provisions, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so and, if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein provided shall be charged and paid.
(Ord. 2892, passed - -1984; Ord. 3796, passed - -2004)