16.32.050: INSPECTION OF IMPROVEMENTS:
The building inspector and City Engineer shall inspect or cause to be inspected all buildings, structures, streets, fire hydrants, water supply, and sewage disposal systems in the course of construction, installation or repair. Excavations for fire hydrants, water and sewer mains and laterals shall not be covered over or backfilled until such installations shall have been approved by the City Engineer, nor shall any pavement on any street be laid unless and until the City Engineer has been notified of the intention and the time and place of the paving and unless and until the City Engineer has approved the paving of the street in all its aspects. If any such installation is covered before being inspected and approved it shall be uncovered after notice to uncover has been issued to the responsible person by the inspector. If any paving of any street is done without prior notification and approval of the City Engineer then the subdivider and any other responsible person would be liable for any costs incurred by the City in repairing or replacing the pavement whenever such repair or replacement shall result from inadequate paving by the subdivider or other responsible person. At completion of the construction of improvements the City Engineer shall be provided with as built drawings from the subdivider. The City Engineer shall complete an intermediate inspection and shall inform in writing the subdivider and the City Council of the results of the inspection.
The City Engineer and the City building inspector are designated and authorized as the officers charged with the enforcement of this title. They shall enforce all the provisions of this title. (Ord. 2024-06: Ord. 89-003 § 8(E))