The Town shall designate a code official. The
code official or designee shall enforce the provisions of this code.
The code official shall issue all notices and
orders necessary to ensure compliance with this code.
If a property owner, tenant or operator of a
structure refuses, impedes, inhibits, interferes with, restricts,
or obstructs entry and free access to any part of the structure or
premises where inspection authorized by this code is sought, the code
official or designee may seek, in a court of competent jurisdiction,
an order that the property owner, tenant, or operator cease and desist
from the interference.
The code official or designee is authorized
to enter a structure or premises at any reasonable time upon providing
prior notice to the property owner and tenant for the purpose of making
inspections and performing duties under this code, such as but not
limited to instances where there is an imminent threat to health and
safety due to unsafe conditions.
A.Â
The code official or designee shall have the authority
to require and approve any alterations or repairs necessary to bring
a structure or premises into compliance with this code. The determination
of what may be necessary to bring the premises into compliance shall
take into consideration the use of alternatives and equivalent approaches
as provided for in this code.
B.Â
The code official or designee shall have the authority
to approve, upon the request of the property owner, changes in alterations
or repairs in the field when conditions are encountered which make
the originally approved work impractical, if the changes in approved
work can be readily determined to be in compliance with this code.
C.Â
The changes shall be specifically documented by the
property owner or by his or her agent or code official, describing
the change in work and the reasons and justification for the change,
and shall be filed with the permit for the project.
A tenant of a structure or premises shall give
the property owner or operator, or agent or employee, access to any
part of the structure or its premises at reasonable times upon being
given reasonable notice for the purpose of making the inspection,
maintenance, repairs, or alterations as are necessary to comply with
the provisions of this code.
The code official shall disclose his or her
identification for the purpose of inspecting a structure or premises.
A.Â
The inspection of structures and premises, the issuance
of notices and orders, and the enforcement of them shall be the responsibility
of the code official.
B.Â
Whenever, in the opinion of the code official initiating
an inspection under this code, it is deemed necessary or desirable
to have inspections by any other governmental official or agency,
the code official shall make a reasonable effort to arrange for the
coordination of the inspections so as to minimize the number of visits
by inspectors.
C.Â
The code official shall confer with the other governmental
official or agency for the purpose of eliminating conflicting orders
before any are issued.
D.Â
The code official may not, however, cause the delay
of the issuance of any emergency orders by a governmental official
or agency which the governmental official or agency determines must
be issued.
The Director of the Department shall have power
to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to interpret and implement
the provisions of the code to further its intent.