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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CABARRUS COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES BE IT ORDAINED that the Cabarrus County Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: ARTICLE II. - PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS Change ordinance as follows: • Sec. 14 -30. - Additional permit restrictions. { (a) Discontinued work; expiry. 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. (b) Appeals from determinations ofpublic safety services department. 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. (c) Remodeling or repair by property owner. 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. (d) �aaa Testing of unlicensed applicant for work on personal residence. 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 thirty 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. (e) Article does not give warranty. 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. (f) Codes do not constitute warranty. 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 Attachment number 1 \n G -2 Page 103