The Building Commissioner shall enforce all town ordinances or codes adopted by the town for the regulation of construction, repair, alteration, or extension of building, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing construction.
(A) Right-of-entry.
(1) Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this section, the Building Commissioner or his or her authorized representative may enter any building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect them or to perform any duty imposed upon the Building Commissioner by this section. If that building or premises is occupied, he or she shall first present proper credentials and demand entry. If that building or premises is unoccupied, he or she shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and demand entry. If entry is refused, the Building Commissioner or his or her authorized representative shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.
(3) No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care, or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper demand is made as provided in this section, to promptly permit entry in the building or premises by the Building Commissioner or his or her authorized representative for the purpose of inspection and examination pursuant to this section.
(B) Stop order. Whenever any building work is being done contrary to the provisions of this section, the Building Commissioner may order the work stopped by written notice served on any persons engaged in or causing that work to be done, and all those persons shall immediately stop that work until authorized by the Building Commissioner to proceed with the work. As an additional part of the notice, the Building Commissioner shall post the stop work order in a prominent place on the building or project and shall serve a copy of the notice of the order to stop work by regular United States mail on the person requesting the permit.
(Ord. 1988-7, passed 10-3-1988)