Chapter 05 Construction Administrative Code

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C ONSTRUCTION A DMINISTRATIVE C ODE§ 5-4-7 (c) The authority having jurisdiction may grant one or more extensions of time for additional periods not exceeding ninety consecutive days each, either at the request of the applicant or at the discretion of the authority having jurisdiction. Requests by the applicant for extension shall be filed in writing with the authority having jurisdiction prior to one hundred eighty days after the date of submission. (d) Restarting permit application. If a permit application is abandoned and therefore withdrawn, the application process must be restarted. In order to restart an application after it is abandoned and therefore withdrawn, the applicant shall resubmit plans with alterations to meet provisions of this code in effect at the time of resubmittal and pay a new plan review fee. (e) If an application is abandoned and therefore withdrawn, plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the authority having jurisdiction. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2; am 2023, ord 23-87, sec 2.) 5-4-7 Section 5-4-8. Applications made prior to subsequent changes in applicable laws. An applicant for a permit who has filed an application with the authority having jurisdiction prior to the effective date of a subsequent change in applicable law shall be required to obtain the permit no later than one hundred eighty consecutive days after the effective date of such law. If the permit has not been obtained within one hundred eighty consecutive days after the effective date of the subsequent law, the application and plans shall comply with the requirements set forth in the subsequent law. Where the subsequent law specifies a time period for obtaining a permit other than the one hundred eighty-day period stated above, the time period specified in the subsequent law shall govern. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-4-8 Division 2. Pre-approval. Section 5-4-21. Plans for dwellings; pre-approval. (a) Plan pre-approval. Plans for dwellings and multi-family dwellings may be pre-approved by the authority having jurisdiction. The application process for a permit that is based on plans for dwellings or multi-family dwellings that have been pre-approved and filed with the authority having jurisdiction shall exclude the plan and specification review required in sections 5-4-1 and 5-4-2. This exemption shall not apply to reviews by other appropriate departments and divisions of the County and the State required pursuant to section 5-4-5. SUPP. 17 (1-2025) 5-23