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DPW/LRB CONSTRUCTION CODE - DRAFT 5/26/20 For review and comment (4) Preventing occupancy or use of a structure, when violations of the construction code, any permit or variance issued pursuant to the construction code, or other applicable law have occurred; or (5) Initiating criminal enforcement and the imposition of penalties or fees, or both, when authorized by the construction code or other applicable law. Section 5-5-2. Posting. Work requiring a permit shall not be commenced until the permit holder or their agent shall have posted the permit in a conspicuous place on the job site. The permit shall be readily visible for the authority having jurisdiction to identify and make all required inspections. The permit shall remain posted in a conspicuous place on the job site until the work has passed a final inspection by the authority having jurisdiction. Failure to comply with this provision shall subject the violator to a$100 fine. {5-21, 5-28(d), 9-36, 17-15(d).) Section 5-5-3. Designation of person, contractor, or subcontractor who will do work. (a) No permit issued shall authorize any person or contractor to work upon any phase of a building, structure, or project unless they have been specifically identified in the permit application, including any attachment or amendments thereto, as the contractor or subcontractor designated to do that particular phase of work. {5-28(e).) (b) No permit shall be loaned to another by the person to whom it was issued. {9-37.) (c) If subsequent to the issuance of a permit, a homeowner either ceases to employ the owner- builder exemption and engages a contractor for any phase of work, or there is a change in the designation of any contractor for any phase of work, the permit holder shall file a written request to the authority having jurisdiction for approval of these changes. The request shall include: the change in designation; a revised declaration form for each contractor or subcontractor engaged to do electrical or plumbing work upon the building, structure, or project; and a non-refundable fee of$100. {5-280.) Section 5-5-4. Expiration. (a) Permits shall expire and become null and void: (1) Permits issued to contractors -three years after the date of issuance of the permit; {5-22(a).) (2) Permits issued to owner-builders - five years after the date of issuance of the permit. {5-22(c).) (3) 180 consecutive days after the date of issuance, if the work authorized by the permit is not commenced by such date; or {5-22(a), 17-18(e).) (4) If the work authorized by a permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 180 consecutive days or more at any time after the date of issuance. {5-22(a), 9-36, 17-18(e).) (b) Upon expiration of a permit, all work shall cease and shall not be recommenced until a new permit is obtained. {5-22(b).) 26