§ 536-209. Permits obtained by a telephone communication or facsimile machine.

(a)

The administrator as assigned by the deputy director of the division may, but is not required to, issue a permit on the basis of information received by a telephone call over a specified telephone line in the office of the division of construction and business services (to which may be attached a recording device to make a record of all information supplied) or on the basis of an application submitted by facsimile machine over a specified telephone line in the office of the division.

(b)

To receive a permit on the basis of a telephone communication or facsimile, all of the following requirements must be met:

(1)

The person, partnership or corporation obtaining the permit and the person applying for the permit are eligible to obtain and apply for a building permit pursuant to section 536-202, and:

a.

Have accomplished construction in the consolidated city for a period of the preceding twelve (12) calendar months without a violation of building standards or procedures that caused a revocation of a building permit pursuant to section 536-704; issuance of and failure to correct violations cited in a stop-work order pursuant to section 536-705; issuance of an order forbidding occupancy pursuant to section 536-706; initiation of a civil action filed pursuant to section 536-707; forfeiture of a licensing bond pursuant to section 536-708; or a judicially imposed fine or imprisonment pursuant to section 536-709; and

b.

Have over the period of the previous one hundred eighty (180) days made prompt payment of all building permit fees for permits issued under this chapter;

(2)

The construction is being accomplished in or on an existing structure;

(3)

The construction does not involve the demolition or removal of a structure;

(4)

The construction does not require the issuance of a design release by the office of the state building commissioner;

(5)

An improvement location permit, issued by the division of construction and business services, is not required;

(6)

Approval of the Marion County Health and Hospital Corporation for a private sewage disposal system is not required;

(7)

The construction does not require a drainage permit; and

(8)

The construction is susceptible to being accurately described without the aid of either a plot plan or detailed plans and specifications.

(c)

The following information shall be supplied over the specified telephone line in order to obtain a building permit under this section 536-209:

(1)

The name of the person telephoning (applicant);

(2)

The name, and listing or license number of the contractor in whose name the requested building permit is being issued (obtainer);

(3)

The address of the construction;

(4)

A precise description of the construction to be accomplished; and

(5)

The value of the construction.

(d)

The obtainer of the building permit shall remit fees for the permit and for obtaining the permit by telephone communication or facsimile machine as provided in section 131-501 of the Code, along with a written application (as provided for in section 536-205) to the division of construction and business services within five (5) business days following the date of the permit's issuance by check or money order made payable to the controller of the City of Indianapolis. The permit number shall be clearly marked on the face of the check or money order. Payment shall be made in the office of the division or through the United States Postal Service. If mailed, the postmark on the envelope shall be evidence of compliance with the five-day remittance requirement. If payment is not received within five (5) business days, the permit shall be voidable by order of the administrator. If a permit issued under this section is voided, no further construction shall be accomplished under that permit.

(e)

The building permit obtained in accordance with this section shall be in full force and effect at the time a building permit number is furnished by the division of construction and business services over the telephone line to the applicant. Following the issuance of the building permit in accordance with this section, the division shall, as soon as conveniently possible after the payment of the permit fee, mail a copy of the building permit document to the applicant for the building permit.

(f)

By making payment for the building permit, the applicant and obtainer shall be deemed to represent and certify that the information contained in that permit is complete and accurate, unless the applicant or obtainer shall within ten (10) days provide in writing to the division of construction and business services any additions or corrections to that information.

(G.O. 160, 1994, § 1; G.O. 132, 1995, § 4; G.O. 1, 2002, § 1; G.O. 9, 2005, § 4; G.O. 63, 2009, § 25; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)