Ordinance 531-78 - Laserfiche WebLink

• 1 punishable as herein provided. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to 2 be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the 3 provisions of this Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which is authorized is lawful. 4 The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent 5 the Administrative Authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing construction 6 operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this Code or of any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate of approval when 7 issued in error. 8 Permits and renewed permits shall expire one (1) year from date of issue except as otherwise specified. When conditions require, the Building 9 Official may, as he deems necessary, issue non-renewable permits which shall expire within a period of less than one (1) year from date of issue. 10 Permits may be renewed and renewed permits may be further renewed by the Building Official upon application within the thirty (30) day period 11 immediately preceding the date of expiration thereof, provided that the work permitted has been started and is progressing at a rate approved by 12 the Building Official. Permits may also be renewed where commencement or completion of the work is delayed by litigation, appeals, strikes or 13 other causes beyond the permitte's control. Progress justifying renewal of a permit where the work has been started, shall include but not be limited 14 to the arranging of financing, preparation of environmental assessments, preparation of plans and specifications, selection of contractors and 15 subcontractors, securing other necessary permits and licenses, site preparation such as demolition, clearing and excavation, soils investi- 16 gation, and work done to overcome unusual construction difficulties. 17 Section 35. That Section 20.7, Part I, Administration, be, and is hereby 18 amended by deleting: 19 Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated by this Code, shall state in writing on the application form provided for that purpose, the character 20 of work proposed to be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such information, pertinent thereto, as may be 21 required. 22 Such applicant shall pay for each permit at the time of issuance, a fee in accordance with the following schedule, and at the rate provided for each 23 classification shown herein. 24 Any person who shall commence any work for which a permit is required by this Code without first having obtained a permit therefore shall, if 25 subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this section for such work, provided, however, that this provision 26 shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority that such work was urgently 27 necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefore before the commencement of the work. In all such cases, a permit must 28 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 29 provided shall be charged. 30 31 32 - 31 -