(A) Requirement. With each application for a land use and zoning permit, and when required by the Building Inspector for enforcement of any provisions of this code of ordinances, two sets of plans and specifications shall be submitted. The Building Inspector may require plans and specifications to be prepared and designed by an engineer or architect licensed to practice as such in the state.
(B) Not required. When authorized by the Building Inspector, plans and specifications need not be submitted for the following:
(1) One-story buildings of Type V conventional woodstud construction with an area not exceeding 600 square feet;
(2) Group J, Division 1, Occupancies of Type V conventional woodstud construction; and
(3) Small and unimportant work.
(C) Information on plans and specifications.
(1) Plans and specifications shall be drawn to scale upon substantial paper or cloth and shall be of sufficient clarity to indicate the nature and extent of the work proposed and show in detail that it will conform to the provisions of this code of ordinances and all relevant laws, rules, and regulations. The first sheet of each set of plans shall give the street address of the work and the name and address of the owner and person who prepared them.
(2) Plans shall include a plot plan showing the location of the proposed building and every existing building on the property. In lieu of detailed specifications, the Building Inspector may approve references on the plans to a specific section or part of the this code of ordinances or other laws. Computations, stress diagrams, and other data sufficient to show the correctness of the plans, shall be submitted when required by the Building Inspector.
(D) Retention of plans. One set of approved plans, specifications, and computations may be retained by the Building Inspector for a period of not less than 90 days from the date of completion of the work covered therein, and one set of approved plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant, which set shall be kept on such building or work at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress. Plans submitted for checking, for which no permit is issued, and on which no action is taken by the applicant for 90 days, shall be returned to the last known address of the applicant; to renew action on such plans, a payment of a new plan-check fee shall be required.
(E) 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 this code of ordinances. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code of ordinances shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
(F) Corrections. The issuance of a permit based upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the Building Inspector from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing building or construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code of ordinances.
(2006 Code, § 4.04)