[A] 106.4 Permit Issuance

The enforcing agency shall review the application, construction documents, and other data filed by an applicant for permit in accordance with the act. If the enforcing agency finds that the proposed work conforms to the requirements of the act, the code, and all other applicable laws and ordinances thereto, and that all fees prescribed by the act have been paid, then the enforcing agency shall issue a permit to the applicant.

R 408.30906a

When the code official issues the permit where construction documents are required, the construction documents shall be endorsed in writing and stamped "APPROVED." Such approved construction documents shall not be changed, modified or altered without authorization from the code official. Work shall be done in accordance with the approved construction documents.

     The code official shall have the authority to issue a permit for the construction of part of a mechanical system before the construction documents for the entire system have been submitted or approved, provided adequate information and detailed statements have been filed complying with all pertinent requirements of this code. The holder of such permit shall proceed at his or her own risk without assurance that the permit for the entire mechanical system will be granted.

The issuance of a permit or approval of construction documents shall not be construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this code or of other ordinances of the jurisdiction. A permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code shall be invalid.

     The issuance of a permit based upon construction documents and other data shall not prevent the code official from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said construction documents and other data or from preventing building operations from being carried on there under where in violation of this code or of other ordinances of this jurisdiction.

Each permit issued by the code official under the provisions of the code shall expire by limitation and becomes null and void if the work authorized by the permit is not begun within 180 days from the date of the permit, or if the work authorized by the permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is begun for a period of 180 days. Before work is recommenced, the permit shall be reinstated if the code has not changed. If the code has changed and the work was not started, a new permit shall be first obtained, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original construction document and that suspension or abandonment has not exceeded 1 year.

R 408.30906a

A permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension of the time within which the permittee may begin work under that permit if for good and satisfactory reasons. The code official shall extend the time for action by the permittee for a period not exceeding 180 days if there is reasonable cause. No permit shall be extended more than once.

R 408.30906a

The code official shall have the authority to suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this code wherever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any of the provisions of this code.

One set of approved construction documents shall be retained by the code official for a period of not less than 180 days from date of completion of the permitted work, or as required by state or local laws. One set of approved construction documents shall be returned to the applicant, and said set shall be kept on the site of the building or job at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress.

This code shall not require changes in the construction documents, construction or designated occupancy of a structure for which a lawful permit has been heretofore issued or otherwise lawfully authorized, and the construction of which has been pursued in good faith within 180 days after the effective date of this code and has not been abandoned.

The permit or a copy shall be kept on the site of the work until the completion of the project.