There is hereby created the Department of Building Inspection.
The Building Inspector, appointed by the municipality, shall act as
head of this Department.
A. Duties. The Building Inspector is vested with the authority and responsibility
to enforce all laws controlling safe building construction. He shall
make periodic inspection of existing public buildings to determine
their safety. He shall make inspections at the site of buildings damaged,
by any cause whatsoever, to determine the safety of buildings affected
thereby.
B. Rights. The Building Inspector, or his authorized agent, shall have
the power and authority, at all reasonable hours, for any proper purpose,
to enter upon any public or private premises and make inspection thereof
and to require the production of the permit for any building, plumbing,
electrical or heating work being done or the required license therefor.
No person shall interfere with or refuse to permit access to any such
premises to the above-described representatives of the municipality
while in the performance of their duties.
C. Records. There shall be kept, in the Department of Building Inspection,
a record of all applications for building permits in a book for such
purpose, and each permit shall be regularly numbered in the order
of its issue. Also, a record showing the number, description and size
of all buildings erected, indicating the kind of materials used and
the cost of each building and aggregate cost of all buildings in the
various classes, shall be kept. There shall be kept, in the Department
of Building Inspection, a record of all inspections made and of all
removal and condemnation of buildings and a record of all fees collected
showing the date of their receipt. The Building Inspector shall make
a written annual report to the governing body of the municipality
relative to these matters.
Whenever the provisions of this chapter or of the plans approved
thereunder are not complied with, a stop-work order shall be served
on the owner or his representative and a copy thereof shall be posted
at the site of the construction. Such stop-work order shall not be
removed except by written notice of the Building Inspector after satisfactory
evidence has been supplied that the violation has been corrected.