(A) Materials. Materials and the assembly thereof as a factory-built house shall be inspected to determine compliance with this chapter. Every material or fabricated assembly shall be labeled with stickers, affixed by the Building Inspector or an approved certifying agency, bearing the permit number under which it was fabricated, certifying compliance with the approved plans and specifications and the provisions of this code.
(B) Shop inspections. During the process of fabrication, all assembling of materials which are inaccessible for inspection in each fabricated panel or unit after completion shall be inspected for compliance with this chapter before being covered, by checking to make sure it complies with the approved copy of the plans and specifications.
(C) Certificate. A certificate of compliance shall be furnished with every factory-built house. Such certificate shall certify that it has been inspected and approved and complies with the copy of the plans, specifications or description of work and the provisions of this code.
(D) Certifying agency. To be acceptable, every certificate of compliance shall be made by the Building Inspector under the provisions of this code when the place of fabrication is within the corporate limits or jurisdictional area of the city. In the event the place of fabrication is outside the corporate limits or jurisdictional area of the city, the certificate of compliance may be made by the above authority or by an agency approved by the City Council. All compensation of such inspection and certifying services conducted outside the corporate limits or jurisdictional limits shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation manufacturing said factory-built house. Failure on the part of any approved certifying agency to make the required inspections, or the making by any approved certifying agency of false or improper certificates, or false or improper labeling of fabricated assemblies, shall be cause for cancellation of approval of such agency by the City Council and shall, in addition, render such agency subject to forfeiture of its penalty bond or liable to prosecution for failure of compliance with this chapter. All approved certifying agencies shall maintain a penalty bond in the sum of $10,000, payable to the city.
(E) Continuous inspection. If continuous inspection is required for certain materials where construction takes place on the site, it shall also be required where the same materials are used in factory-built housing. In such event, the fabricator of such factory-built house shall pay to the City Clerk the cost of such inspections made by the Building Inspector. Such continuous inspections will not be required during fabrication if the approved certifying agency provides such continuous inspection and certifies compliance with the approved plans and specifications.
(F) Intermittent inspection. The fabricator shall permit the right of entry and be required to pay for seven trips per year by the City Building Inspector to allow him or her to make unscheduled plant inspections of the work in progress relating to any factory-built house to be installed within the corporate limits or jurisdictional area of the city.
(Prior Code, § 4-809)