(A) All improvements shall be subject to inspection by a duly authorized and qualified village inspector both during the course of construction and after construction is complete. The inspector shall have authority over materials of construction, methods of construction, and workmanship to ensure compliance with working drawings and specifications. The contractor shall provide for reasonable tests and proof of quality of materials as requested by the inspector. Upon due cause, the inspector may require that work be suspended and due cause shall include weather conditions, questionable materials of construction, methods of construction, workmanship, or nonadherence to specifications and drawings.
(B) Subdivider responsible. Approval by the inspector or absence of inspection shall in no way relieve the subdivider of full responsibility for adherence by his contractors to specifications and working drawings nor for high standards of materials, methods, and workmanship.
(C) Approval not acceptance. Approval by the inspector shall not be deemed acceptance of the improvement by the village. Acceptance shall be only by action of the Board of Trustees and acceptance shall be contingent upon a favorable inspection report.
(D) Notification. It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider or his contractor to notify the Village Clerk when work is to be started and to request assignment of an inspector. The initial notification that a particular improvement is to be started shall be in writing and shall reach the Village Clerk seven days in advance of the date that inspection is to begin. The notice shall be accompanied by an inspection deposit in accordance with division (E) of this section.
(E) (1) Deposit to cover inspection. Before grading or construction of improvements is started, the subdivider or his contractor shall deposit with the Village Clerk a cash sum in an amount agreed upon between the engineer for the village and the subdivider or contractor as being sufficient to provide for inspection charges at the current per diem rates.
(2) From this sum, shall be deducted each day the inspection expense incurred by the village at the rates set forth below. Any excess of the sum deposited over total inspection charges will be refunded to the depositor and any overdraft for inspection bond shall be provided for immediately by the contractor to ensure continuity of inspection.
(F) Notice of commencement date. It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider or contractor to notify the Village Clerk seven days in advance as to the dates that construction work will commence and complete for purposes of determining the number of days of inspection charge, notice shall be in writing.
(G) Inspection rates. Per diem inspection rates shall be equal to 100% of the engineer's quoted charge to the village as based upon the "Manual of Professional Practices for Civil Engineers" currently in effect. If inspection is performed by an inspector on the village payroll the charge shall be 125% of the regular salary paid to the inspector computed to an hourly basis. There shall be not less than a four-hour charge for time spent in any one day. For time spent outside the regular working hours of the inspector, the hourly charge shall be 250% of the regular salary paid to the inspector computed to an hourly basis.
('70 Code, § 8.1.20L.) (Ord. 79-08, passed 11-26-79)