have a building department if there is an ordinance giving the local
government to enforce building codes. Some local governments don't have this
authority.
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Wright [mailto:chrisw@skypoint.com]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:04 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: Enforcement Question
On Mar 7, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Haan, Scott M POA wrote:
> If the local government does not have an ordinance giving them
> authority to action against a dangerous structure / condition on
> private property then they have no jurisdiction to due anything about.
I bet you'd get some atention if you sent the building official a written
memorandum of the situation and conspicuously copied your lawyer and the
state department that looks after such things. Nothing turns heads like a
visible audit trail.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
1864)
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