(The code) says if you're going to put the safety and health of the public in this facility, you will do this if you're going to get a building permit. I take pride in helping people but we can't design buildings for them. |
He may have made some phone calls, but a phone call doesn't correct a deficiency. The way I'm looking at it is we've had it for a month out of that seven month period, and that's very common for a building permit. |
I think that is totally uncalled for and inaccurate because the staff here is more than willing to work with people to help them through the process. |
I think that's an excellent idea. They should do that whether they have their own building department or not. |
It's unfortunate. This is something I do as a last resort because we really want to see these houses completed. |
People think we ask for too much information or are too stringent, but we don't offer any apologies because we don't ask for anything more than the state code requires. |
That's absolutely not true. I apologized if we weren't communicating well ... but there is not a single thing on there that's not a code requirement. |
There's certainly not anything on there that would stop the project. |
When he left, he said he was going to take the notes straight to his engineer. |