(a) (1) Upon an application for a residential building permit being deemed complete pursuant to Section 65913.3 of the Government Code, a city or county shall provide the applicant with an estimated timeframe in which the city or county will determine if the complete application is compliant with permit standards. If the estimated timeframe exceeds 30 business days, the applicant may retain, at the applicantâs sole expense, a private professional provider to check the plans and specifications for their compliance with the requirements imposed pursuant to this part and by local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. (2) If, within 30 business days of an application for a residential building permit being deemed complete pursuant to Section 65913.3 of the Government Code, the city or county has not determined that the completed application is compliant with permit standards, the applicant may retain, at the applicantâs sole expense, a private professional provider to check the plans and specifications for their compliance with the requirements imposed pursuant to this part and by local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. (b) An applicant who retains a private professional provider shall notify the city or county of the applicantâs intent to retain a private professional provider no later than five business days after either of the following, as applicable: (1) Provision of the estimated timeframe in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). (2) The time period in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) elapses. (c) If a private professional provider performs the plan-checking function, all of the following shall apply: (1) The private professional provider shall prepare an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, stating both of the following: (A) That the plans and specifications do or do not comply with the requirements imposed pursuant to this part and local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. (B) The private professional provider performed the plan-checking function. (2) The applicant shall submit to the city or county a report of the plan-checking function. The report shall include all of the following: (A) The affidavit described in paragraph (1). (B) If the plan and specifications do not comply with the requirements imposed pursuant to this part or local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part, modifications to the plans and specifications that are necessary to comply with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part and the local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. (C) Additional information required by the city or county. (3) Within 10 business days of receiving the report pursuant to paragraph (2), the city or county shall consider the report and based on the report shall do either of the following: (A) Issue the residential building permit if the plans and specifications comply with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part or local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. (B) Notify the applicant in writing that the plans and specifications do not comply with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part or local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part, if the plans and specifications do not comply with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part or local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. The notice shall specify the requirements for the plans and specifications to comply with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part or local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part. (4) If the city or county does not issue the residential building permit or notify the applicant within 10 business days pursuant to paragraph (3), and the affidavit provided pursuant to paragraph (1) states that the plans and specifications comply with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part and local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part, the plans and specifications shall be deemed compliant with the other requirements imposed pursuant to this part or local ordinances ad
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