(a) After a permit has been issued, it shall be void if:
(1) The work for which such permit was issued is not commenced within 180 days;
(2) The work is suspended for 180 days;
(3) For construction controlled by the OBC, see OBC Section 106.3.2.
(Ord. 2003-126. Passed 6-5-03.)
However, if, by reason of acts of God, fire, epidemics, landslides, floods, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, acts of public enemies, acts or orders of any kind of any governmental authority, insurrections, riots, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accident to machinery, transmission pipes or canals, partial or entire failure of utilities or any other unanticipated cause or event not reasonably within the control of the applicant for the permit, the applicant cannot commence the work for which the permit was issued or the applicant must suspend work under the permit or must redo work previously done, then the period in which such work must commence or be completed shall be extended by a period equal to the period:
(4) When the applicant cannot commence work;
(5) For which the applicant must suspend work; or
(6) Is required to redo work previously done, as a result of the occurrence of one or more of the foregoing causes or events.
(b) The administrative officer having jurisdiction shall revoke a permit or approval issued under the provisions of this Building Code if there has been any false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application or plans on which the permit or approval was based or whenever any permit or approval has been issued in error and conditions are such that a permit or approval should not have been issued.
(c) This section shall apply to all building permits hereafter issued, whether issued pursuant to application heretobefore or hereafter filed.
(Ord. 1978-146. Passed 12-21-78.)