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DPW/LRB CONSTRUCTION CODE - DRAFT 5/26/20 For review and comment (j) The authority having jurisdiction may require plans, computations, and specifications to be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii as an architect or professional engineer, if prescriptive requirements of the construction code are not being adhered to. {5-25(h).) (k) No person shall materially deviate from any reviewed plan or specifications or fail, neglect or refuse to comply herewith, unless permission to do so has first been obtained from the person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii and listed as the architect or professional engineer of record. Revised drawings or a letter, or both, that show such deviations and have have been prepared, designed, and stamped by the architect or professional engineer of record, shall be submitted to the authority having jurisdiction for review and approval. {9-33(c).) Section 5-4-4. Review of application. (a) The application,plans, specifications, and other data filed by an applicant for a permit shall be reviewed by the authority having jurisdiction. Plans shall also be reviewed by other appropriate departments and divisions of the County and the State to verify compliance with laws under their jurisdiction. {5-28(a), 9-34, 17-18(c).) (b) Nothing contained in the construction code shall be construed to require the authority having jurisdiction to accept or reject any permit application before completion of reviews required pursuant to the construction code and other applicable laws. {9-32.) Section 5-4-5. Action on application. (a) If the application,plans, specifications, and other data filed by an applicant for a permit do not conform to the requirements of pertinent laws, the authority having jurisdiction shall reject such application in writing, stating the reasons therefor. {105.3.1 MCC.) (b) If the authority having jurisdiction 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 the construction code and all other pertinent laws; and the fees specified in article 7 have been paid, the authority having jurisdiction shall issue a permit therefore to the applicant. {5-28(a), 9-34, 17-18(c).) Section 5-4-6. Cancellation of application. (a) Thirty days to pick up permit or plan review letter. Upon notice to applicant that their application is ready for pick up with either a "recommend for issuance" or"recommend return with correction,"the applicant shall have thirty working days to pick up their permit or application respectively. If the permit application is not picked up within thirty working days, the application will be cancelled. The thirty-day period will begin on the working day following the day that notification is electronically sent to the applicant. 22