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Regional Inspection’s Building Official, assisted by a team of skilled professionals, specializes in providing communities complete building department services.
Plan Reviews
All plans are reviewed to ensure compliance with the State’s adopted codes.
Permits
All applications are provided. Permits reviewed to assure that they are properly completed.
Inspections
Inspectors provide on site availability for inspections upon notifications. Although the contract allows three days for inspections, requests made by 9:00 a.m. are scheduled for the same day.
Reports
A report of all permit and inspection activity is provided at the end of each month. Month end reports of building permits are also distributed to the County Planning Commission and for census reporting on a monthly basis.
Permit Technicians
Assistance is available Monday thru Friday with the use of a toll free phone number.
Supplies
Regional Inspection maintains all necessary tools, supplies and technical support for tracking permit and inspection activity.
Fee Supported Program
This program is designed to be fee supported. All permit monies are paid to the community. Regional Inspection contracts with the community for 90% of the permits fees. This amount is invoiced monthly to the community.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
•Track permits and inspections, provide monthly and yearly reports.
•Create protocols and procedure for building department personnel.
•On site training for building department personnel.
•Tracking systems, form letters and procedures for permits, inspections, code enforcement, etc.
Each plan based on proposal at hourly rate
CODE ENFORCEMENT
•All records are kept in preparation for court, if it should become necessary.
•Provide periodic community tours or inspect by complaint as directed by the community.
•Provide written notice of violation.
•Follow–up inspections/notices as needed.
•Write tickets, provide case history and documents for court.
•Supply the community with a monthly report of code enforcement activity.
Code enforcement billed at hourly rate. It can be augmented by fees or tickets incurred.
ZONING COMPLIANCE APPROVAL
•Provide applications
•Review applications and plot plans for zoning compliance
•Track activity if necessary
•Supply the community with a monthly report of zoning compliance activity
Zoning reviews are provided at an hourly rate.
Zoning compliance applications are recommended to be augmented by a user supported fee.
RENTAL INSPECTIONS
•Provide notification to property owners
•Provide inspection and copy of the report to the property owner and the property file
•Provide compliance certificates to the owners or track for needed corrections
•Supply the community with a monthly report of rental inspection activity
Rental inspections are provided at an hourly rate. Rental inspections are recommended to be augmented by a user supported fee.
HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS (HQS) INSPECTIONS
•Increase the production and preservation of Michigan’s affordable housing supply.
•Strengthens communities by supporting local, comprehensive community development strategies.
•Professional/Certified Inspectors
•Provide inspection and copy of the report at time of inspection.
HQS inspections are supported by a cost per inspection.
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