A reinspection fee of $50 shall be assessed against the applicant for an electrical permit who has requested an inspection which cannot be completed and/or approved by the Control Authority for any of the following reasons:
(A) The work for which the inspection has been requested is not installed or completed to the extent that an inspection can be made;
(B) The inspection reveals that the electrical system has more than three code violations due to:
(1) Equipment not installed per instructions included in the listing or labeling;
(2) Equipment installed without correct polarity;
(3) Components not properly grounded;
(4) Wiring not installed as to be free from short circuits;
(5) Equipment installed with improper ratings; and
(6) Devices and fixtures not energized because of loose connections or broken wires.
(C) The Inspector is unable to gain entry at the time requested by the contractor; and
(D) When previously noted violations have not been corrected:
(1) Fees assessed as herein provided may be appealed to the County Board within 14 days of the mailing of notice of the assessment. An appeal shall the due date for payment until the date of the final order of the Board.
(2) The fees shall be assessed by mailing notice of same to the owner or other person by certified mail, return receipt requested. Payment thereof shall be due 14 days after mailing of the notice, which notice must contain a statement of the right of the owner or other person to appeal the same to the Board and the time limitation thereon.
(3) In any judicial proceeding brought by the county to collect fees which have not been paid as required by the provisions hereof, failure to receive notice of the assessment of the fee may be a defense thereto, but only if the notice was not sent to the proper mailing address of the defendant or was received thereat by someone other than a person upon whom substituted service may be made pursuant to the State Code of Civil Procedure.
(4) Any fee or fees assessed as herein provided, and any judgment entered for same, shall be in addition to any fine imposed by the Circuit Court under this chapter.
(5) No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any building for which reinspection fees are unpaid.
(Ord. O-71-5-08, passed 5-8-2008; Ord. O-83-3-10, passed 3-11-2010
; Ord. O-106-2-14, passed 2-13-2014)