Friona City Zoning Code
§ 14.221
Building Permits.
(a)
Issuance.
(1)
The application plans and specifications filed by an applicant for a permit shall be checked by the building inspector. If the building inspector is satisfied that the work described in an application for permit and plans filed herewith conform to the requirements of this article, and other pertinent laws and ordinances, he shall issue a permit therefor to the applicant.
(2)
When the building inspector issues the permit he shall endorse in writing or stamp on both sets of plans and specifications “approved.” Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified, or altered without authorization from the building inspector and all work shall be done in accordance with the approved plans.
(b)
Retention of Plans.
(1)
One (1) set of approved plans and specifications and computations shall be retained by the building inspector for a period of not less than ninety (90) days from date of completion of the work covered therein and one (1) set of approved plans and specifications shall be returned to the applicant which set shall be kept on such building or work at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress.
(2)
Plans submitted for checking for which no permit is issued, and on which no action is taken by the applicant for 90 days shall be returned to the last known address of the applicant to renew action on said plan and payment of a new permit fee shall be required.
(c)
Validity.
(1)
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be construed to be a permit for or an approval of any violation of any of the provisions of this article. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this article shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which authorized is lawful.
(2)
The issuance of a permit based upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the building inspector from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing building operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this article or of any other ordinance of the city.
(d)
Expiration.
Every permit issued by the building inspector under the provisions of this article shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of such permit or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days. Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained so to do, and the fee therefor shall be one half (½) the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further, that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
(1983 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16, Section 16-21)
