Landlords are often concerned about damage to their properties by tenants, especially in college towns. Inspectors don’t care who caused the damage, just that repairs be made. Bill […]
Law Enforcement and Codes
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Keeping Illegal Activity Out of Rental Property
January is the time of year when I try to clean up my office at work and at home. Sometimes I come across documents that I haven’t used […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance
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Landlord Cited for 8,000 Building Code Violations
If a local jurisdiction doesn’t have an effective enforcement system, whether it’s in court or at an administrative level, there will be no incentive for bad landlords to […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / property maintenance / Zoning
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Building Code Violations and Deadly Fires
There have been too many deadly fires this past week and the one factor they have in common is that each of the buildings had preexisting code violations. […]
Foreclosure
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The Big Short
I just finished reading a terrific book about the economic crisis which I’m recommending to everyone who wants to understand why we’re in such bad shape. It’s The […]
Building Codes / Court cases
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Deed Restrictions and the Building Official
Building officials do not enforce homeowners’ association deed restrictions. A deed restriction is a private agreement between a homeowner and the association connected with the development. For example, […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance
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Building Code Violations on YouTube
Without commenting on the viewpoint of the creator, here’s a video of some interesting construction, like the house with a fire plug blocking the driveway: Citizens who normally […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Zoning
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How to Build a Snowman
Here’s a delightful presentation on how to build a snowman from a zoning enforcement officer’s perspective: http://www.gontramarchitecture.com/portfolio/Holiday_Video_2009/How_to_Construct_a_Snowman.swf Happy New Year
Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / property maintenance
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Firefighters Die in Chicago When Roof Collapses
It’s been so sad reading about the 2 firefighters who died in Chicago when the roof of a boarded up building collapsed on Wednesday. The owner had been […]
Code Enforcement / property maintenance
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Measuring Temperature in Heat Violation Cases
It’s that time of year when tenants are shivering in apartments because the heat does not reach the temperature required by the code. When an inspector has such […]