<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-30. - Additional permit restrictions.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Discontinued work; expiry.</span> If, after a permit has been obtained and the work has commenced, the work is discontinued
               for a period of 12 months, the permit immediately expires. No work authorized by a
               permit that has expired may thereafter be performed until a new permit has been secured.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Appeals from determinations of public safety services department.</span> Unless otherwise provided by law, any appeal from an order, decision, or determination
               of a member of the public safety services department pertaining to the International
               Building Code (including North Carolina amendments) or any other state building law
               shall be taken to the commissioner of insurance or other official specified in G.S.
               143-139, by filing a written notice with him and with the public safety services department
               within ten days after the day of the order, decision, or determination. Further appeals
               may be taken to the state building code council or to the courts as provided by law.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Remodeling or repair by property owner.</span> This article shall apply to all situations where a property owner desires to do remodeling
               or repair work on his own personal residence. This article is designed to protect
               the public and the property owner from faulty workmanship and mistakes.
               
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               (d)
               
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               <span class="ital">Testing of unlicensed applicant for work on personal residence</span>. Whenever any person who is not a licensed contractor applies for a permit for any
               electrical work on his own personal residence, the applicant shall be given a test
               by a tester designated by the construction standards department. The test will be
               written. A person may take the test more than one time but must wait a period of 30
               days before testing again. If the test shows that the person is capable of performing
               the work for which the permit is sought and shows that the applicant is knowledgeable
               of the state and local building codes, the application shall be considered in the
               same manner as any other application for permit.
               
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               (e)
               
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               <span class="ital">Article does not give warranty.</span> Nothing in this article shall be deemed a warranty either as to the ability of any
               particular person to do a particular job or as to the safety, quality, or suitability
               of any work which is done. Neither the issuance of a permit nor the inspection and
               approval of any work shall constitute a warranty.
               
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               (f)
               
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               <span class="ital">Codes do not constitute warranty.</span> Nothing in a building, plumbing, electrical or heating or cooling code or ordinance,
               or any other provision relating to construction or alteration of any building or component
               of a building, shall constitute a warranty or guarantee of any kind relating to a
               building or component. Neither the issuance of a permit, nor the completion of an
               inspection, nor a certificate of occupancy shall constitute a warranty or guarantee
               either that the construction or alteration complies with all applicable laws and ordinances
               or that it is free of defects or will perform or last in any particular way.
               
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               (Ord. of 5-13-91, Â§ 6; Ord. No. 1999-06, 6-21-99; Ord. No. 2003-04, 3-17-03; Ord.
               No. 2010-05, 6-21-10; Ord. No. 2016-01, 2-15-16)
               
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Time limitation on validity of permits, G.S. 153A-358.
               
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