I am teaching this weekend at the Southeastern Fire School in Columbia, SC. The campus here is incredible. Many of the training classes are taking place out of […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Court cases / Fire Prevention / property maintenance
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Tip for the day: service of notices or citations
One of the constant problems I run into with defendants is trying to make sure proper service of notices or citations occurs. Too frequently defendants refuse to accept […]
Ordinances
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Debate over biocremation alkaline hydroloysis
One of the inspectors at my Region III class brought to my attention a process of disposing of human remains that is called biocremation alkaline hydrolysis that his […]
Code Enforcement / Foreclosure / property maintenance
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Compliance Connections website worth a visit
Yesterday when I was teaching at the Region III conference in Chasta, MN, one of the participants shared with us his experiences with Compliance Connections. It’s a website […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Ordinances
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Fire tragedy in high rise without sprinklers
A young woman lost her life in Chicago recently during a fire. The fire began in a unit in a high rise apartment building, the residents fled the […]
Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Ordinances / Zoning
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Enforcing failure to have an occupancy permit
I received a request that I post this question for all of my readers to answer. Do any of your jurisdictions have an ordinance allowing you to shut […]
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FHFA sues Chicago over vacant building registration
A very worrisome lawsuit has been filed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, against the City of Chicago which recently passed […]
Building Codes / Liability / Politics and building codes
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Case dismissed against inspector charged with negligent homicide
A number of inspectors have shown an interest in the case of the Aspen inspector charged with negligent homicide because a family died of carbon monoxide poisoning in […]
Building Codes
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How many code violations can you find?
One of the great unknowns is what lies behind the drywall when mechanical, plumbing and electrical work is covered up. I ran across a blog entry complete with […]
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Threats to code enforcement inspectors
I was recently contacted by a student doing a study about how code enforcement officers handle interactions with anti-government extremists. I’m fortunate that I haven’t encountered this type […]