(A) Manufacturing or processing plants; exemption from permit requirement. No building or other permit as provided for by the codes described in or adopted by this Code shall be required for work to be performed upon the property of a manufacturing or processing plant or industry, under the following conditions:
(1) The location of the work is on property of the plant or industry, which property shall comprise the equivalent of one city block or more and be bounded on all sides by city streets; provided, if one or more sides of the property are bounded by another plant or industry, water, railroad rights-of-way or other artificial objects making a street location impossible or impractical, this requirement shall be met by streets bounding all other areas;
(2) The plant or industry retains a registered professional engineer or architect on a permanent basis who shall be responsible for the design and who shall oversee the construction of structures within the plant property; and
(3) The work shall meet the requirements of the codes described in or adopted by this Code.
(1998 Code, § 22-571)