(a) Responsible Official. The City Engineer shall be responsible for the inspection of all street improvements including storm and sanitary sewers.
(b) Authority and Duties of Inspectors. Inspectors employed by the City shall be authorized to inspect all work done and all materials furnished. Such inspection may extend to all or any part of the work and to the preparation, fabrication or manufacture of the materials to be used. The inspector shall not be authorized to revoke, alter or waive any requirements of the specifications or plans. He shall be authorized to call the attention of the contractor to any failure of the work or materials to conform to the specifications and contract. He shall have the authority to reject materials which do not meet specification and contract. He shall have the authority to reject materials which do not meet specification requirements or suspend the portion of the work involved until any question at issue can be referred to and decided by the City Engineer. Periodic inspection during the installation of improvements shall be made by the Inspector to insure conformity with the approved plans and specifications as contained in the subdivider's construction agreements.
(c) Final Inspection. Upon completion of all the improvements the subdivider shall request in writing a final inspection by the City Engineer as required under Ohio R.C. 711.091. The Safety Service Director, City Engineer or his deputy shall make a final inspection of street, storm sewers, sanitary sewers and monuments. Inspections shall be promptly made after request.
(d) Overtime Inspection. Inspector's overtime, those hours worked on Saturday, Sunday, holidays and before 7:30 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. on workdays, shall be the responsibility of the contractor and will be billed by the City to the contractor at the Inspector's base pay scale times 1 1/2 plus an additional thirty percent (30%) representing fringe benefits.
(Ord. 4-1978. Passed 3-6-78.)