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Building Inspections Plan and Procedures Policy The City of Centerville strives to achieve the highest standards in performing all aspects of administration of the Minnesota Building Code. The building department's goal is to maintain current compliance with the code by regularly attending update meetings, seminars, and code hearings. The department will follow all guide line procedures as set forth in the code in their daily enforcement of the code. The following is a guide for the review of plans. When a permit application is taken at city hall it will include a completely filled out application permit form, two copies of the plan drawn to scale, if required a certificate of survey, a Rice Creek Water Shed permit, energy calculations or other information as required by the building inspector to perform a plan review. The inspector will follow plan review guidelines from the state as modified by the department to perform the review. All discrepancies to the code will be noted on the plan or on a separate letter for commercial reviews. The inspector will stamp the plans reviewed for code compliance and will fill out appropriate city forms for the project. A file will be created in the building inspections department for the project and one plan will be retained in this file. The completed paper work will be brought to city hall for issuance to the contractor and collection of appropriate fees. Once issued, a copy of the pennit will be retained at city hall, noted in the appropriate permit book and the remaining paper work will be forwarded to building inspections. The following is a general guideline of a routine inspection. The request for inspection is taken and the inspection form is filled in and it is also entered into the daily time log to avoid over booking inspections and is used as a quick reference for stages of inspection. The inspector takes the inspection slip and any related paper work on the project to the inspection. If the inspection passes, the inspector will sign off on the inspection card and with their signature and date. The inspector will also make a note on the inspection form which will then be filed in a timely manner back into the address file at building inspections. If the inspection reveals corrective actions, a correction notice will be filled out citing each item separately. A copy of the correction notice will be posted next to the permit placard and inspection sign off card. The other copy will be filed in the address file at building inspections. Upon final inspection, a Certificate of Occupancy is issued for homes, garages and commercial buildings. A copy is provided to the home builder, city hall and building inspections file. Records of inspections will be retained for the required period of three years. Annually the records which are more than two years old will be transferred to city hall where they will be filed in the address files in city hall. $