§ 40-63. Issuance or refusal generally.

(a)

If the director finds that the plans and specifications for the proposed work for which a permit is sought under this division are sufficient and are in accordance with the purpose, intent and provisions of this article, he shall notify the applicant, and subject to the provisions of this division he shall issue and deliver to the applicant a permit for the work desired to be done in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(b)

If the plans or specifications for work for which a permit is sought under this division are not sufficient or do not contemplate or describe work in accordance with the city's minimum standards or are not adequate to the place and purpose in question, the director shall communicate to the applicant or to the applicant's engineer his objections thereto, permitting and agreeing to such changes in the original drawings and specifications as may be sufficient to meet his objections and after such changes have been agreed to by the applicant and by the applicant's engineer, the director shall, subject to this division, issue the permit.

(c)

The director shall not, in any event, issue a permit for the construction of a pavement which includes curb and gutter or curb, unless suitable and sufficient drainage and drainage facilities are already in existence, or the construction thereof is provided for in the plans and specifications for the work covered by the application. Similarly, he shall not issue a permit upon any application which contemplates pavement of a general sort or type (including width thereof, thickness and reinforcing thereof) which, in his opinion, is inadequate or unsuitable to the area or place where it is proposed to be placed, notwithstanding that the same, as applied for, is in accordance with the minimum standards approved by this article.

(d)

If the plans and specifications (with such changes therein as have been required by the director and approved by the applicant and the applicant's engineer) do not meet the standards and requirements set up by this article, the director shall refuse to issue the permit applied for and shall, upon the duplicate original of the application or a paper attached thereto and suitably identifying the application, certify the fact of his refusal, together with such statement as he sees fit to make of the reasons therefor, notifying the applicant or the applicant's engineer to such effect and delivering such duplicate of the application with his certificate of rejection to either of them who may request it. At the same time, he shall similarly certify the fact of his refusal upon the other original of the application, which shall remain as a permanent file and record in his office.

(Code 1968, § 41-63)