§ 18-22. Inspections.

(a)

Before issuing a permit, the building official may examine or cause to be examined any building, electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing systems for which an application has been received for a permit to enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, install, or change the occupancy. The building official shall inspect all buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems, from time to time, during and upon completion of the work for which a permit was issued. He shall make a record of every such examination and inspection and of all violations of the technical codes.

(b)

When deemed necessary, the building official may make inspection of materials and assemblies at the point of manufacture or fabrication and may require the exposure of any element of an assembly to inspect the internal construction. A record shall be made of every such examination and of all violations of the technical codes.

(c)

The building official may make the inspections called for by these requirements or he may accept reports of inspectors of recognized qualifications for special inspections, except that no certificate called for by a provision of this building code shall be based on the reports unless they are in writing and certified by a responsible officer of such service.

(d)

When the services and reports of a testing laboratory are required by this building code, only services and reports shall be accepted as are submitted from an impartial testing laboratory having a registered professional engineer in active responsible charge of the work of sampling and testing. Services and reports of testing laboratories located outside of the state and under the supervision of a registered engineer legally qualified to practice engineering in the State of Florida may be accepted.

(e)

Rejection after inspection. It shall be assumed that the holder of a permit or his authorized agent shall have inspected the work performed pursuant to the permit and found such work to be in compliance with this building code and ready for inspection prior to requesting an inspection by the building official. Whenever the building official rejects or refuses to approve the work for reasons of incompleteness, code violation or inadequacy, a new request for inspection shall be made by the permit holder or his authorized agent and, if required, additional fees paid as provided in the fee schedule.

(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)