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APPLICATIONS

Every application for a Permit shall be filed at the Construction Services Center upon forms provided by the Department. Applications shall be filed and permit granted prior to your permit being used.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

Every application for a Permit required under Subsection A of Section 57.05.20 shall be accompanied by not less than THREE sets of plans and specifications for the appliance, device, equipment, or system for which the application is filed.

INFORMATION REQUIRED ON PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS

Whenever plans and specifications are required to be filed with any application for a Permit, they shall comply with the following provisions:

  1. The plans and specifications shall contain sufficient detail to enable the Department to evaluate the hazard of the equipment, system, device, or other contrivance. Plans and specifications shall include the details necessary to indicate clearly all the apparatus and its arrangement and to show that it will conform to the provisions of this article and of other relevant laws.

  2. All plans shall be drawn with ink or indelible pencil or shall be reproduced by conventional processes. Plans shall be drawn to an indicated scale or shall be suitably dimensioned. The first sheet of each set of plans and specifications shall give the street address of the work and the name and address of the applicant.

  3. Distances and dimensions on the plans when required to show conformity with the provisions of this article shall be shown in figures.

  4. Specifications, legibly and definitely stated, shall be included either on the plan or on separate sheets. Specifications shall cover the character of the materials used and indicate all features relating to the installation in detail.

  5. In lieu of detailed specifications, the Department may approve reference on the plans to a specific section or subsection of this article or other law.

  6. When plans or specifications do not comply with all provisions of this article, the necessary changes or revisions shall be made thereto.