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(A) Legality. All plans and specifications under this section shall be prepared by a registered architect or engineer as required and defined in G.S. Chapter 83A or Chapter 89C unless otherwise excepted under the statutes.
(B) Plans required.
(1) Plans must be furnished to the Director on all apartment, institutional, commercial industrial, residential (one- and two-family) buildings. For every building classified under § 104.1.1 of the current North Carolina Administrative Code and Policies, plans must be submitted to the Division of Engineering and Building Codes of the state’s Insurance Division for approval. Evidence of the approval must be presented to the Department before a permit may be issued for the buildings.
(2) A site plan, pursuant to the county’s published site plan requirements, must be furnished when the application is made for a building permit. Plans for driveway entrances joining roads must be maintained and approved by the state’s Department of Transportation and a copy of same furnished to the Department. Other plans as specified in the County’s Unified Development Ordinance shall be required.
(1984 Code, § 2-4-65) (Ord. passed 8-6-1979; Ord. passed 6-18-1990; Ord. passed 4-19-2021)
(A) The issuance of a permit based on drawings and/or specifications shall not prevent the Director or his or her authorized agent from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in the drawings and/or specifications or from stopping unlawful building or use carried on thereunder. Wherever any work is being performed contrary to the provisions of this section, the Director may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on any person engaged in the work and/or causing the work to be performed. The order shall be given to the owner or permittee or his, her or its agents.
(B) After due stop order notice has been given, it shall be unlawful for any person to proceed with the work until the corrective work required to be performed by the notice is complied with, within a reasonable specified time. Noncompliance with the requirements as set forth in the stop order shall cause the permit to be voided by the Director.
(C) Any deviation from the approved plans must be consistent with G.S. §§ 160D-1112. An additional permit fee may be charged depending on the extent of variation from the original plans.
(1984 Code, § 2-4-66) (Ord. passed 8-6-1979; Ord. passed 6-18-1990; Ord. passed 4-19-2021)
Penalty, see § 150.999
Building permit and inspection fees for the construction, alteration or repair of buildings, billboards, signs, electrical wiring, rewiring, plumbing, plumbing alterations, heating and air conditioning insulations shall either be based on square footage, cost of construction or inspection service to be performed according to a fee schedule adopted and published from time to time by the Board of Commissioners and kept on file in the offices of the Clerk to the Board, and Division.
(1984 Code, § 2-4-67) (Ord. passed 8-6-1979; Ord. passed 6-18-1990)
(A) The copy of the permit issued shall be kept on the premises for public inspection during the prosecution of the work and until completion of the same. An identification placard provided by the Department showing the permit number shall be conspicuously posted and readily visible for public inspection on the site.
(B) A record of each inspection, signed by the Inspector, shall be entered into the county’s permitting system.
(1984 Code, § 2-4-69) (Ord. passed 8-6-1979; Ord. passed 6-18-1990; Ord. passed 4-19-2021)
Pursuant to G.S. §§ 160D-1111, if, after the work or use authorized by the permit is not commenced within six months from the date of issuance, or if, after commencement of work or use, the work or use is discontinued for a period of 12 months, the permit shall be deemed canceled and the work or use may not commence after this period until a new application is filed and a new permit has been issued under the permit provisions of this section.
(1984 Code, § 2-4-70) (Ord. passed 8-6-1979; Ord. passed 4-19-2021) Penalty, see § 150.999
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