§ 23-27.3-114.1 - Action on application.
SECTION 23-27.3-114.1
§ 23-27.3-114.1 Action on application.– (a) The building official shall examine or cause to be examined allapplications for permits and amendments thereto within fifteen (15) days afterfiling. Before a permit is granted for the excavation or for the erection ofany building or structure, a written statement shall be furnished by the ownerfrom a town or city engineer as to the established grades. If the applicationor plans do not conform to the requirements of this code or of all applicablelaws, the building official shall reject the application citing the specificsections of this code or applicable law upon which the rejection is based. Ifthe building official is satisfied that the proposed work conforms to therequirements of this code and all laws applicable thereto, he or she shallissue a permit.
(b) In cases where the permit application is for theconstruction of a new residential dwelling occupied by one, two (2), and/orthree (3) families, the building official shall reject the application or issuethe permit within sixty (60) calendar days after the filing of the application.If after sixty (60) calendar days the application has not been either rejectedor a permit issued, the permit fee shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%). Thereview period shall begin on the date when the application is filed with thebuilding official and shall include any actions on the application required bysubsection (a) herein, subsection 23-28.1-2(b)(2) and 23-28.1-6 and actions byany other departments with authority over the issuance of the permit.
(c) In cases where the permit application is for therehabilitation of an existing residential dwelling occupied by one, two (2),and/or three (3) families and affecting not more than fifty percent (50%) ofthe square footage of the original dwelling, the building official shall rejectthe application or issue the permit within fifteen (15) calendar days after thefiling of the application. If after fifteen (15) calendar days the applicationhas not been either rejected or a permit issued, the permit fee shall bereduced by fifty percent (50%). The provisions of this subsection shall applyto actions by other departments with authority over the issuance of the permitexcept in cases where the permit application requires plan review under§§ 23-28.1-2(2) and 23-28.1-6.
(d) If an application requires access by driveway to a statehighway or state highway right of way, or the placement or alteration of curbs,or the connecting to, pumping or draining water to, the state highway drainagesystem, or making any alteration to the state highway system, a physicalalteration permit shall first be obtained from the director of the departmentof transportation pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under§§ 24-8-9, 24-8-33 and 24-8-34. The director shall render a decisionwithin ninety (90) days of receipt of request for access.