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(B) Obtain approvals from other approving department /agencies. (6) Approval from DPW - Building Division will be given within forty-eight hours. (7) Pre - approved construction drawings will not be required to be individually stamped by a duly registered engineer or architect in accordance with chapter 464, Hawai`i Revised Statutes. Section 5 -27. Requirements for plans and specifications. (a) Plans and specifications shall be drawn to scale upon substantial paper 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 and all relevant laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. The first sheet of each set of plans shall give the tax map key number of the work site and the name and address of the owner and person who prepared the plans, along with occupancy and type of construction, and floor area computations. Plans shall include a plot plan showing the location of the proposed building and every existing building on the property. The following information shall be included in the code search information which will be part of the plans submitted, that is the basis of the building design which includes but is not limited to the following: Type of Construction; Occupancy; Basic Allowable Floor Areas; Separation for Mixed Occupancy; etc. In lieu of detailed specifications, the building official may approve references on the plans to a specific section or part of this code or other ordinances or laws. (b) Computations, stress diagrams, and other data sufficient to show the correctness of the plans, shall be submitted when required by the building official. (c) All plans other than R -3 and U occupancies shall have on the plans information of occupancy, type of construction, floor area computations, allowable area increases, separation wall if used, fire resistive substitution, fire sprinkler, exits, etc. Information shall show code search information for building design. Section 5 -28. Issuance of permits (a) The application, plans and specifications filed by an applicant for a permit shall be reviewed by the building official. Plans shall be reviewed by any other appropriate department of the County and the State to verify compliance with laws and ordinances under their jurisdiction. If the building official finds that the work described in an application for a permit and the plans, specifications and other data filed therewith conform to the requirements of this code and other pertinent laws and ordinances, and the fees have been paid, the building official shall issue a permit therefore to the applicant; provided that no permit shall be issued for the moving of any building or structure or portion thereof which has deteriorated or has been damaged to an extent greater than fifty percent of the cost of replacement (new) of such building or structure. Exception. The Building Division will waive the requirements of plan and specification review by the building official of pre- approved R -3 Occupancy package model homes previously approved by the department of public works. (b) When the building official issues the permit, the building official shall endorse in writing or stamp on all sets of plans and specifications "REVIEWED." Such reviewed plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified, or altered without authorization from the building official, and all work shall be done in accordance with the approved plans. (c) The building official may issue a permit for the construction of part of the building or structure before the entire plans and specifications for the whole building or structure 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 the holder's own risk without assurance that the permit for the entire building or structure will be granted. 10