(A) (1) The Director of the city’s Enforcement Authority or his or her duly authorized representatives shall make inspections whenever necessary to enforce any of the provisions of this subchapter. When an inspection is made, and it is discovered that work has commenced on a job site prior to the issuance of a permit, a re-inspection fee of $100 shall be assessed and added to the cost of a permit. Also, the Director of the city’s Enforcement Authority or his or her duly authorized representatives shall make inspections of the work being done after the issuance of any permit hereunder, as are necessary to ensure full compliance with the provisions of this subchapter and the terms of the permit.
(2) Any person, firm or corporation who has obtained a permit from the city’s Enforcement Authority shall be required to request an inspection of the work performed in the following instances. The inspection shall be requested at least 24 hours in advance of the need for such inspection. It shall be the duty of the person requesting the inspection to provide access to and means for the proper inspection of such work. The person responsible for performing the work shall be required to be present on the job site during the inspection. No portion of any work shall be covered or concealed until inspected and approved. The city shall not be liable for any expense entailed in the removal or replacement of material required to permit the inspection. It shall be the responsibility of the person obtaining the permit to ensure that all phases of the work are completed before requesting a final inspection:
(a) The installation of a temporary electrical service on a pole;
(b) Footing and foundation excavations prior to the placement of concrete;
(c) The installation of all underground and underslab electrical, heating and air conditioning, fire-extinguishing, fire alarm and plumbing systems prior to being covered;
(d) The construction of structural components of a new building or structure or of an addition to a building or structure, including floors, walls, ceilings and roof, prior to said structural components being covered;
(e) The installation of all rough-in and final electrical, heating and air conditioning, air handling, commercial kitchen hood, fire- extinguishing, fire alarm and plumbing systems within a building or structure prior to being covered;
(f) The installation of an electrical meter on a building or structure;
(g) The installation of replacement furnaces, heat pumps, central air conditioning systems and water heaters;
(h) The demolition of a building or structure in the following instances:
1. After the basement floor is broken and the water and sewer services are sealed; and
2. After backfilling is completed and the site is uniformly graded and all debris has been removed.
(i) The excavation of an inground swimming pool and the electrical bounding and grounding of all metal components prior to the placement of concrete; and
(j) The installation of a modular or manufactured home on a permanent foundation.
(3) No person, firm or corporation shall connect or permit to be connected any electrical installation, heating or air conditioning installation, air handling installation, commercial kitchen hood or water heater to a source of electrical or flammable and combustible liquid or gas energy until such installation has been inspected and approved by the city’s Enforcement Authority, and a certificate of approval has been attached to such installation by the Department. The certificate of approval shall be in the form of a sticker and shall be signed by the Director of the Department or his or her duly authorized representative.
(Prior Code, § 150.09)
(B) Upon presentation of proper credentials, whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this subchapter or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building, structure or premises any condition or code violation which makes such building, structure or premises unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the Director of the City Enforcement Authority or his or her duly authorized representatives may enter at reasonable times any building, structure or premises in the city to perform any duty imposed upon him or her by this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 150.10)
(Ord. 38-2005, passed - -2005)