CODES ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

INACTIVE PERMIT POLICY

 

Building permits that have had no inspection activity for 180 days, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits that have had no inspection activity for 30 days, shall be considered inactive permits.  A listing of inactive permits is run with the building inspection month end reports.  Monthly reports shall be distributed to building inspection staff, and shall be utilized to implement the following procedures:

 

  1. Contractors of record shall be notified by mail of all inactive permits on a monthly basis.
    1. Building permits that have had no inspection activity for 180 days but are still in progress shall be removed from the inactive permit list for 180 days.
    2. Miscellaneous permits that have had no inspection activity for 30 days but are still in progress shall be removed from the inactive permit list for 30 days.

 

  1. A listing of all inactive permits for the contractor shall be enclosed with each notification letter.

 

  1. Copies of any correction notices pertaining to inactive permits shall be included in each contractor’s notification letter.

 

  1. Property owners shall receive copies of initial notification letters.

 

  1. Contractors shall be notified of inactive permits twice by written notification.

 

  1. Contractors with more than five inactive permits with an issue date after January 1, 2003, shall not be issued further permits.

 

  1. Thirty days after a contractor has been notified in writing of an inactive permit twice, the permit shall be closed with the notation “Contractor notified in writing on MM/DD/YY and MM/DD/YY and failed to respond to request to schedule inspections, permit closed MM/DD/YY”, or similar notation.

 

  1. Inactive permits closed in accordance with item 7 shall not be subtracted from the contractor’s count of inactive permits to remain in good standing to obtain permits in item 6.

 

  1. Complaints shall be filed with the City Prosecutor against repeat offenders in accordance with the following city code section:

 

5-104.3.  Any person firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or per­mitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such per­son shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.