16 Tex. Admin. Code § 70.62 - Responsibilities of the Local Building Official - Inspections

(a) Installation inspections. When the installation site is within a municipality that has a building inspection agency or department, the local building official will inspect all on-site construction and the attachment of the structure to the foundation to assure completion and attachment in accordance with the approved design package, the engineered foundation system, any unique on-site details, and the mandatory building codes. As a minimum the local building official shall:

(1) perform an overall visual inspection for obvious nonconformity to the approved design manual, the engineered foundation system, any unique on-site details, and the mandatory building code;

(2) require final inspections along with any tests that are required by the approved installation instructions, on-site construction documentation, and/or the mandatory building code;

(3) require the correction of deficiencies identified by the tests or discovered in inspections;

(4) issue a certificate of occupancy in accordance with locally adopted rules and regulations;

(5) provide the industrialized builder with a record of a successful final inspection of on-site construction as defined in § 70.73(d); and

(6) provide the date of the final inspection.

(b) Site-built REFs. When an REF is constructed within a municipality that has a building inspection agency or department, the local building official will inspect all construction to assure completion in accordance with the approved construction documents in accordance with § 70.70(b) and other construction documentation in accordance with § 70.70(e).

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16 Tex. Admin. Code § 70.62

The provisions of this §70.62 adopted to be effective November 16, 1993, 18 TexReg 7925; amended to be effective December 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 10458; amended to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 9409; amended to be effective May 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3412