§ 16.28.050. Plans and specifications—Requirements.

A.

When required by the director of codes administration, two or more copies of specifications and of drawings drawn to scale with sufficient clarity and detail to indicate the nature and character of the work shall accompany every application for a permit. Such drawings and specifications shall contain information, in the form of notes or otherwise, as to the quality of materials, where quality is essential to conformity with this chapter. Such information shall be specific, and this chapter shall not be cited as a whole or in part, nor shall the term "legal" or its equivalent be used, as a substitute for specific information.

B.

The director may require details, computations, stress diagrams and other data necessary to describe the construction and basis of calculations and they shall bear the signature of the person responsible for the design.

C.

All drawings, specifications or accompanying data shall bear the name and address of the designer. Drawings, specifications and accompanying data for buildings, structures or appurtenances shall comply with the provisions of Section 62-2-101, et seq. of the Tennessee Code Annotated. When required, each drawing comprising the set of construction documents, specifications and accompanying data shall bear the seal of the appropriate architect and/or engineer responsible for the preparation thereof. The director of the department of codes administration shall not require of such designers, mechanics or builders, drawings or specifications in more detail than the minimum required to ascertain compliance with the applicable code. Inspections resulting in disapproval shall state any requirements necessary for approval.

D.

Plans for all buildings shall indicate how required structural and fire-resistive integrity will be maintained where a penetration of a required fire-resistive wall, floor or partition will be made for electrical, mechanical, plumbing and communication conduits, pipes and systems, and also indicate in sufficient detail how the fire integrity will be maintained where required fire-resistive floors intersect the exterior walls.

E.

Foundation plans for prefabricated or factory-built structures shall be sealed by a civil engineer registered to practice in the State of Tennessee.

(Ord. 89-1092 § 1, 1990; prior code § 11-1-34)