(A) Power and authority. The Building Inspector shall be the municipal official who shall have the duty of enforcing all building and housing regulations as herein prescribed. He or she shall inspect all buildings repaired, altered, built or moved in the municipality as often as necessary to ensure compliance with all municipal ordinances. He or she shall have the power and authority to order all work stopped on any construction, alteration or relocation which violates any provisions prescribed herein. He or she shall issue permission to continue any construction, alteration or relocation when the governing body is satisfied that no provision will be violated. If the stop order is an oral one, it shall be followed by a written stop order within 24 hours. Such written order may be served by any municipal police officer.
(1976 Code, § 9-101)
(B) Right of entry. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to allow the Building Inspector entry into any building or structure where the work of construction, alteration, repair or relocation is taking place for the purpose of making official inspections at any reasonable hour.
(1976 Code, § 9-102)
(C) Appeal from decision. In the event it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of this chapter has been wrongly interpreted by the Building Inspector; that the time allowed for compliance with any order of the Building Inspector is too short; or that conditions peculiar to a particular building make it unreasonably difficult to meet the literal requirements prescribed by this chapter and the Building Inspector, the owner, his or her agent or the occupant may file a notice of appeal within ten days after the decision or order of the Building Inspector has been made. The governing body shall sit and act as the Municipal Board of Appeals and shall have the power and authority, when appealed to, to modify the decision or order of the Building Inspector. Such a decision shall be final, subject only to any remedy which the aggrieved person may have at law or equity.
(1976 Code, § 9-103)
(D) Barricades and lights. It shall be the duty of the owner, tenant or lessee causing the construction, demolition or moving of any building or improvement within the municipality to have during such work all excavations, open basements, building materials and debris protected by suitable guards or barricades by day and by warning lights at night. The failure, neglect or refusal of said persons to erect such guards shall constitute a violation of this section and the municipal police or the Building Inspector shall stop all work until guards are erected and maintained as required.
(1976 Code, § 9-104)
Penalty, see § 150.999