(A) The term INSPECTION, as referred to in this section, shall mean the necessary scrutiny and checking of regulated work to determine where or not the installation has been made in conformity with state and local laws and building codes governing the construction, addition to, installation, repair and renovation of building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems. Codes used will be the North Carolina Codes current at the time of issuance of the permit. The inspector shall have and use the necessary instruments, tools and documentation to inspect all permitted work.
(B) Required inspections shall be scheduled as set forth in § 150.050 or as specifically dictated by the work being performed on the particular permitted project. It shall be the duty of the permit holder, owner, or contractor to schedule the inspections when the work is ready for inspection and to provide access and means for the inspections. No work may be covered or concealed until approval is issued by the inspector.
(C) Additional inspection, or inspection trips, made necessary through the failure of any contractor or property owner to give specific location of work to be inspected, or failure to properly perform work, or to otherwise create conditions making the additional inspection or trips necessary, are hereby designated extra code enforcement inspections or re-inspections. For each extra code enforcement inspection or re-inspection, a fee fixed from time to time by the Board of Commissioners shall be charged against and paid by the contractor or property owner to the county.
(D) Work may not proceed beyond the point of inspection until an approval is granted by the code enforcement official. Upon inspection, the inspection official shall make the inspection and indicate if the work complies with all current building codes or if deficiencies are found, shall provide a written list of such. No work may proceed until the deficiencies are corrected, inspected and approved.
(E) Independent inspections by a North Carolina registered design professional may be authorized by the code officials under the conditions and guidelines of Chapter 1 of the North Carolina Administrative Code and G.S. § 160D-1106.
(F) Persons desiring to appeal the ruling of an inspection may do so under the conditions and guidelines of the county Inspections Appeals Policy and G.S. §§ 143-140 and 143-141.
(1984 Code, § 2-4-64) (Ord. passed 8-6-1979; Ord. passed 6-18-1990; Ord. passed 4-19-2021)