(A) The Building Commissioner shall, in addition to all duties imposed by the city and state building codes and not in limitation thereof, inspect all plans, issue all building permits and enforce all building and zoning regulations. A Deputy Building Commissioner shall have such duties as are delegated to him or her by the Building Commissioner and shall have full power to act in his or her stead.
(1) The Building Commissioner shall not inspect plans, specifications, or work in progress in which he or she as an individual has an interest. In case of any conflict of interest, the Deputy Building Commissioner shall exercise the duties of the Building Commissioner.
(2) The Building Commissioner and Deputy Building Commissioner who shall both be architects (with five years experience in home and commercial construction) and registered to practice in Ohio, shall be appointed by the City Manager with the advice and consent of Council and serve at the pleasure of the City Manager.
(B) Building inspectors.
(1) There is created the position of one or more building inspectors whose duties it shall be to make no less than three inspections on every structure built within the municipality, in pursuance to permits issued by the Building Commissioner to assure compliance with the city Building Code and the city Zoning Code.
(2) The building inspectors shall be persons qualified to enforce the requirements of the city Building Code and the city Zoning Code and must receive certification of the Building Commissioner that they are so qualified. No building inspector shall inspect construction of any structure upon which such building inspector performed work.
(‘67 Code, § 152.02) (Am. Ord. 26-1981, passed 10-7-81; Am. Ord. 11-2012, passed 12-5-12)