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<section number="4-112" name="Administration; Section 105, Permits" law="code" slug="sec-4-112" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_4BU_DIV1BUCO_SD2AMINBUCO_S4-112ADSE105PE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Section 105.6, Suspension or Revocation and Reissuance of Permits. Section 105.6, Suspension or Revocation and Reissuance of Permits. The Director or the Director's designee is authorized to suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this Code as follows: (1) whenever the permit is issued in error, (2) incorrectly, (3) inaccurately, (4) in an incomplete manner, (5) for any reason that is necessary to maintain the health, safety and welfare of the public, (6) in violation of any ordinance, regulation or any of the provisions of this Code, and (7) the Director or the Director's designee, in consultation with the Police Department and the Fire/EMS Department, shall have the authority to deny, suspend, or revoke any application or permit under the provisions of this Division and upon a violation of this Division. In addition, the failure to have utility lines located on site through the Utility Service Protection Center ("Miss Utility") and any nonmember utilities prior to starting any excavation deeper than twelve (12) inches will result in permit revocation.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A permit under which no work has commenced and an inspection has not been performed within one hundred eighty (180) days after issuance shall expire and become null and void; provided, however, that the Director or the Director's designee may extend the time herein not to exceed an additional one hundred eighty (180) days upon sufficient justification shown.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit under which work has been started and later suspended or discontinued shall expire and become null and void six (6) months after the work has stopped. Work will be considered suspended or discontinued when the builder fails to prosecute the work so as to ensure completion within a reasonable period of time considering the type of construction involved. The Director or the Director's designee may extend the time herein not to exceed an additional twelve (12) months upon sufficient justification shown.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A permit issued in error or not in compliance with County Code at time of issuance may be suspended by the Director or the Director's designee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>When a permit has expired for failure to commence work, it may be renewed within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of expiration if the conditions under which the permit was originally issued have remained unchanged and there has been no change in law or ordinance that would adversely affect the permit. A fee shall be collected for each renewal; however, no permit may be renewed more than two (2) times.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Whenever the Director or the Director's designee determines by inspection that work started on any building or structure for which a permit has been issued has been suspended for a period of six (6) months, the owner of the property upon which the structure is located, or other person or agent in control of said property, shall, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of written notice from the Department, obtain a new or renewal permit to complete the required work and diligently pursue the work to completion, or shall remove work not completed or demolish the incomplete structures or buildings within sixty (60) days from the date of the printed notice.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Permits suspended for failure to comply with the County Code or ordinances may be reinstated by the Director or the Director's designee upon compliance or approved validation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A permit issued for property within the area of a pending Sectional Map Amendment, as provided for in Subtitle 27 of this Code, that is rezoned to a less intense zone, shall expire if a completed building foundation for a use not permitted in the less intense zone has not been constructed pursuant to a validly issued permit prior to District Council approval of the Sectional Map Amendment. The determination of the Director or the Director's designee made in accordance with Subsection 105.5.1 of this Subtitle shall not be appealable to the Board of Appeals.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The Director or the Director's designee may reissue a permit subject to all applicable laws or regulations in effect at the time the permit was originally issued, for a period not to exceed one (1) year after expiration provided that:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>The County Executive, by Executive Order, has made a finding of severe economic factors adversely affecting real estate development and construction in the County during a specified period and the County Council has been notified by the County Executive of such finding at least seven (7) days prior to issuance of the Executive Order;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>There is a reasonable showing that these economic factors contributed to the expiration of the permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>There has been no change in the zoning of the property which would affect the issuance of the permit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>A processing fee has been paid in an amount equal to the amount that would be required if the permit was renewed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subsection 105.6.1, Revocation of Permits. In addition, the failure to locate utility lines on site, prior to starting any excavation deeper than twelve (12) inches, by not contacting in due time the Utility Service Protection Center, "Miss Utility," and nonmember utilities, as known, and having such utilities locate lines on site, shall be cause - irrespective of whether or not a utility line is ruptured - for revocation of the permit. In order to continue work for which a permit has been revoked, a new application shall be required as specified in Section 105, Permits of IBC/IRC.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A new 105.1.3.4 Post Construction Permit. Any owner cited for unpermitted construction shall be required to obtain a "Post Construction Permit" to complete and certify that the unpermitted construction is in compliance with the Code or to remove the unpermitted work. The Post Construction Permit fee must be paid in addition to any other fees required to obtain permits.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Post construction plans submitted for approval must be certified by a Maryland Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or a Maryland Licensed Architect.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Section 105.7 - Posting of permit. The permit, or a copy thereof, shall be kept on the work site and conspicuously displayed at a location visible from the street until the completion of work for which the permit is issued.</text>
  </level>
</section>
