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Application for Permit. 10. Any person desiring to obtain a building permit shall make application therefor to the Council in writing signed by or on behalf of the person desiring to erect the building therein referred to. Contents of Application. 11. Every such application shall set out— (i) The location of the building in relation to messuage and section boundaries and adjacent buildings : (ii) The proposed use or occupancy of every part of the building : (iii) Information as to the nature of the ground on which the building is or is to be placed and the subjacent strata : (iv) Such other reasonable information as the Council may from time to time require. Plans and Specifications. 12. Together with every such application there shall be submitted to the Council, in duplicate, detailed plans, elevations, cross-sections, and specifications, which shall together furnish complete details of design and qualities and descriptions of all materials and workmanship, and which shall be of sufficient clarity to show to the satisfaction of the Council the exact nature and character of the proposed undertaking and the provision made for full compliance with the requirements of this by-law. 13. In the case of every building with a framework of structural steel and/or reinforced concrete, and in every other case where the Council requires it, there shall also be submitted to the Council stress diagrams, computations, and all other data necessary to show that the design complies with all the requirements of this by-law. 14. (a) Plans of reinforced-concrete work shall show clearly the dimensions of all members, and the size, length, shape, position, and overlap of all reinforcement. (b) Plans of structural steelwork shall be complete working drawings, showing in figured dimensions the exact length and position of each part thereof in such detail that the steel may be supplied and the work fabricated from such drawings. (c) Detailed plans shall be on such a scale, greater than one-eighth of an inch to the foot, as the Council may consider necessary to ensure certainty of interpretation. Plans to be signed. 15. No plans, computations, or other data shall be submitted without first being signed by the architect, engineer, or designer responsible for their production. Documents to be retained. 16. All applications, and all diagrams, computations, and other documents required by this by-law to be submitted to the Council not in duplicate, and one copy of all plans, specifications, and other documents so required to be submitted in duplicate, shall be retained and recorded by the Council, and shall, on reasonable request, be available for inspection by any officer of the Public Works Department, or by the owner of the building for the time being or any person duly authorized by him in that behalf. Withholding of Permit. 17. The Council may withhold a permit if it considers that deficient information has been, supplied relative to the matters hereinbefore referred to, or if it considers that the building does not comply with the requirements of this by-law, and shall in that event give the applicant notice of such withholding and particulars of such deficiency or such non-compliance, and the applicant may thereupon make good such deficiency or make such alterations in plans, elevations, cross-sections, or specifications as shall be necessary to comply with the requirements of this by-law. Effect of Permit. 18. Every permit shall be deemed to operate as a permit to erect a building on the site shown in the application, and subject to compliance in every respect with the plans, elevations, cross-sections, and specifications submitted to and approved by the Council and not otherwise. PART 111. —GENERAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. Building to be bonded. 19. Every building shall be firmly bonded and have its parts tied together in such a manner that the structure will act as a unit. Ornaments to be tied. 20. All veneer-finish, cornices, and ornamental details, whether of the exterior or of the interior of the building, shall be securely and permanently attached to the structure so as to form an integral part of it.

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