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DPW/LRB CONSTRUCTION CODE - DRAFT 5/26/20 For review and comment (b) Applications and required documents shall be filed in writing. After the authority having jurisdiction implements its electronic filing system, applicants may submit documents in writing or electronically. (c) Applications that do not conform with the provisions of division 2 shall not be accepted by the authority having jurisdiction. Section 5-4-2. Plans, specifications, and other data. (a) The following documents shall be submitted with each application for a permit: plans; specifications; engineering calculations; diagrams; soil investigation reports; code search; special inspection and structural observation programs; and other data as may be required by the authority having jurisdiction. {5-25(a)-(b), 9-30(b), 17-18(a).) (b) Number of sets of documents to be submitted with each application: (1) Two sets for single and two-family dwellings or town houses (R-3 Occupancy); (2) Two sets for accessory structures; and (3) Three sets for all other occupancies. {5-25(a), 17-18(b).) (c) Plans and specifications shall: (1) Be drawn to scale upon substantial 24 inch by 36 inch paper; {5-27(a).) (2) 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 the construction code and all applicable laws; {5-27(a).) (3) Display the following information on the first sheet of each set of plans: (A) The tax map key number of the job site; {5-27(a).) (B) The name and address of the owner as referenced on real property records; {5-27(a).) (C) The name and address of the person who prepared the plans; {5-27(a).) (D) The following code search information: (i) The basis of the building design including but not limited to the following: type of construction; occupancy; basic allowable floor areas; separation for mixed occupancy; number of occupants, wind speed (basic, effective), wind exposure, seismic zone, and exposure, etc. In lieu of detailed specifications, the authority having jurisdiction may approve references on the plans to a specific section or part of the construction code or other ordinances or laws; {5-27(a).) (ii) Calculations, stress diagrams, and other data sufficient to show the correctness of the plans, shall be submitted when required by the authority having jurisdiction; {5-27(b).) (iii) 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.; {5-27(c).) (iv) Code search information for building design; and (v) Additional forms required in the construction code; and 19