A. 
Work to be in accordance with the construction documents. All work shall be performed in accordance with the construction documents which were submitted with and accepted as part of the application for a building permit. The owner shall immediately notify the Code Enforcement Officer of any change occurring during the course of the work. If the Code Enforcement Officer determines that such change warrants a new or amended building permit, such change shall not be made until and unless a new or amended building permit reflecting such change is issued.
B. 
Work to remain accessible and exposed. Work shall remain accessible and exposed until inspected and accepted by the Code Enforcement Officer.
C. 
Third-party inspector. The Code Enforcement Officer has the right to have a third-party inspector inspect any work for which a building permit is required to ensure compliance with the codes.
D. 
Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the owner or owner's agent to notify the Code Enforcement Officer or a third-party inspector when elements of the work are ready for inspection. It shall be the duty of the owner or owner's agent to provide safe access to and means for inspection of such elements. The Code Enforcement Officer nor the third-party inspector shall be held responsible for the failure of the owner or owner's agent to schedule any required inspection.
A. 
Authority. Before issuing a building permit, the Code Enforcement Officer is authorized but not required to examine buildings, structures and/or premises for which an application for a building permit has been submitted.
B. 
Evaluation. The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to require an existing building, structure and/or premises to be evaluated by a registered design professional and/or third-party inspector. Such professional and/or inspector shall notify the Code Enforcement Officer if any nonconformance with the applicable provisions of the codes is observed.
The following elements of the construction process shall be inspected, where applicable:
A. 
Footing and foundation; and
B. 
Preparations for concrete slab; and
C. 
Framing; and
D. 
Building systems.
(1) 
Exemption(s):
(a) 
Building sewer. The AHJ designated by the Sewers Law[1] shall approve and inspect the building sewer from a building's foundation wall to the public sewer main.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 279, Sewers.
(b) 
Electrical work. All electrical work, whether aboveground or underground, illustrated on the construction documents shall be inspected and approved by a third-party inspector.
(c) 
On-site wastewater treatment system (aka septic system). The AHJ designated by the Wastewater Management Law[2] shall approve and inspect an on-site wastewater treatment system and its associated appurtenances from a building's foundation wall to such system.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 331, Wastewater Management.
(d) 
Private well. The AHJ designated by Subpart 5-1, Standards for Water Wells, of Title 10 of NYCRR shall approve and inspect private water wells from a building's foundation wall to a water well.
(e) 
Solid-fuel-burning appliance. A solid-fuel-burning appliance shall be inspected and approved by a third-party inspector.
(f) 
Water service. The AHJ designated by the Water Law of the Town[3] shall approve and inspect the water service from the interior location of the water meter and its associated cross control device to the public water main.
[3]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 336, Water.
E. 
Fire-resistant construction; and
F. 
Fire-resistant penetrations; and
G. 
Inspections required to demonstrate Energy Code compliance such as but not limited to insulation, fenestration, air leakage, system controls, mechanical equipment size, and, where required, minimum fan efficiencies, programmable thermostats, energy recovery, whole-house ventilation, plumbing heat traps, and high-performance lighting and controls; and
H. 
Installation, connection, and assembly of factory manufactured homes and manufactured homes; and
I. 
A final inspection after all work authorized by the building permit has been completed.
At the discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer, a remote virtual inspection may be performed in lieu of an in-person inspection when, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, this form of inspection can accomplish the same level and quality as an in-person inspection and it shows to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement Officer that the elements of the construction process conform with the applicable requirements of the codes. Should a remote virtual inspection not afford the Code Enforcement Officer sufficient information to make a determination, an in-person inspection shall be performed.
After inspection, the work or a portion thereof shall be noted as satisfactory as completed, or the owner or owner's agent shall be notified as to the manner in which the work fails to comply with the codes, including a citation to the specific code provision or provision(s) that have not been met. Work not in compliance with any applicable provision of the codes shall remain exposed until such work shall have been brought into compliance with all applicable provisions of the codes, reinspected, and found satisfactory as completed. Neither the Code Enforcement Officer nor the Town shall be liable for expense entailed in the removal or replacement of any material required to allow an inspection.