A. General
1. All
for which a permit is required shall be subject to inspection, and certain types of construction shall have continuous inspection by special inspectors.
2. A survey of the
may be required by the zoning administrator to verify that the
is located in accordance with approved plans. It shall be the duty of the permit applicant to cause the work to be accessible and exposed for inspection purposes. The shall not be liable for expense entailed in the removal or replacement of any material required to allow inspection.
B. Inspection Requests
It shall be the duty of the
doing the work authorized by a permit to notify the Planning and Development Services Department that such work is ready for inspection. The zoning administrator or chief
official may require that every request for inspection be filed at least one working day before such inspection is desired.
C. Approval Required
No work shall be done on any part of the
beyond the point indicated in each successive inspection without first obtaining the approval of the zoning administrator. Such approval shall be given only after an inspection shall have been made of each successive step in the construction as indicated by each of the inspections required.
D. Required Inspections
1. A
review inspection is required on all permit applications, except for
and for
for which a
permit is required.
2. At the time of the required
inspection, the inspector will verify that the
complies with the information contained in the
permit application. The inspector will inform the applicant of any discrepancy or
found on the
. The requested permit shall not be issued until the
is brought into compliance with the
or plans are modified to conform to the
. At the time of the required
review,
sites must be staked indicating
, required zoning
, type and size of
, and where the leading edge of the
will be.
address must be on
.
3. Footing inspections are required on all
that require an engineering plan.
4. The Planning and Development Services Department, upon notification from the permit holder or his agent, shall make the required inspections and shall either approve that portion of the construction as completed or shall notify the permit holder or his agent wherein the same fails to comply with the
.
E. Re-inspection
1. A re-inspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or re-inspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. A re-inspection fee may be assessed when the permit card is not properly posted on the work
, when the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the zoning administrator. This fee must be paid prior to the acceptance of any further re-inspection requests by the Planning and Development Services Department and is in addition to any fee due for a subsequent re-inspection.
2. The re-inspection fee shall be charged for the third and subsequent inspections.
3. To obtain a re-inspection, the applicant must pay the re-inspection fee in accordance with Section 4-01
Review Fee Schedule of the Administrative Manual.
4. In instances where re-inspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.
F. Final Inspection
The
erecting, altering or relocating a
shall request a final inspection upon completion of the work for which permits have been issued.
(Am. Ord. 11803, 12/8/2020)