A.
All inspections for the purpose of administering and enforcing the
UDC, Commercial Building Code, and the City of Hudson Municipal Code
shall be performed by a certified inspector who shall conduct inspections
according to the respective codes being applied and enforced.
B.
Notification. The owner or owner's agent shall give the Building
Inspector, for all inspections identified on the building permit,
a minimum of 24 hours notice in order to schedule inspections. The
Building Inspector will then have up to 48 hours to complete the requested
inspection.
C.
Witness to inspection. It is recommended that a representative of
the developer, contractor, builder or owner be present at each required
inspection. It shall be the responsibility of the developer, contractor,
builder or owner to coordinate inspection times and dates with the
Building Inspector.
D.
Inspection upon completion. No building for which a building permit
has been granted shall be occupied upon completion of such work until
an occupancy permit has been issued and signed by the Building Inspector
and the Fire Inspector or their authorized deputies. Nothing herein
shall prevent the occupancy of a building for which a building permit
has been authorized, if, at the time of issuance of such building
permit, the premises were occupied by the holder of the building permit.
[Amended 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 18-17]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any rules, regulations or orders of the Building Inspector or his duly authorized deputies and representatives shall be subject to a penalty as outlined in § 106-35A through E.
A.
If construction is started prior to issuance of a permit, the fee
will be double for the first violation and triple for subsequent violations.
A stop-work order may be served on the owner or his or her representative,
and a copy thereof shall be posted on the construction site for failure
to obtain the necessary permit(s). Such stop-work order shall not
be removed except by written notice of the Building Inspector.
B.
The enforcement of this chapter and all other laws and ordinances
relating to building shall be by means of the withholding of building
permits, imposition of forfeitures and/or injunctive action. Forfeitures
shall be not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 for each day of noncompliance.
C.
If an inspection reveals a noncompliance with this chapter, the Building
Inspector shall notify the applicant and the owner, in writing, of
the violation(s) to be corrected. All cited violations shall be corrected
within 30 days after written notification, unless an extension of
time is granted pursuant to the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
D.
If, after written notification, the violation is not corrected within
30 days, a stop-work order may be served on the owner or his representative,
and a copy thereof shall be posted at the construction site. Such
stop-work order shall not be removed except by written notice of the
Building Inspector after satisfactory evidence has been supplied that
the cited violation has been corrected.
E.
Each day such violation continues after the thirty-day written notice
period has run shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this
chapter shall preclude the City from maintaining any appropriate action
to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this chapter.
Whenever the Building Inspector finds any building or part thereof
within the City to be in his judgment so old, dilapidated or so out
of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit
for human habitation, occupancy or use and that it would be unreasonable
to repair the same, he shall order the owner to raze and remove such
building or part thereof or, if it can be made safe by repairs, to
repair it and make it safe and sanitary, or to raze and remove it
at the owner's option, provided that, within the Fire District, any
frame building which has been damaged by fire or has deteriorated
to an amount greater than 50% of its fair market value, exclusive
of the foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt but shall be ordered
razed. Such order and proceedings shall be as provided in § 66.0413,
Wis. Stats.
Any person feeling aggrieved by an order or a determination of the Building Inspector may appeal from such order or determination to the Board of Appeals. Those procedures customarily used to effectuate an appeal to the Board of Appeals shall apply. See § 106-18.
This chapter shall not be construed as an assumption of liability
by the City for damages because of injuries sustained or property
destroyed by a defect in the dwelling.
