Dear Members,
We received the below update from the East Baton Rouge City-Parish Building Official on new processes for utility connections and stormwater inspections.
For permits applied for today and in the future, it will automatically be set up the Permit Priorities. It will simply be an inspection request for Temp to Perm Electric or Temp to Perm Gas. All inspections through framing will have to be completed, and a final elevation certificate turned in to be able to schedule these inspections. The inspector will perform the appropriate inspection, and if it passes, it will automatically show up in a report for the Records Room so that the utility request can be processed. Once the utilities are connected, and the home is complete, then all the final inspections will take place. When the final inspections pass, a Certificate of Occupancy will be issued, and the utilities will become permanent at that time.
For permits that are already in process, we can follow the same procedure, but the applicant will have to call to request the inspection since it was not part of the original priority set. This still should be easier than the current TCI process. When the applicant calls, we will slide that inspection type into their permit priorities, and then the inspection can be scheduled by phone or online once this happens.
The Storm Water Inspection Process will also go “live” on all permits applied for after today. This will result in a predictable but effective inspection process. A stormwater site prep inspection will happen at the same time an in-ground plumbing inspection is scheduled. This will be two separate inspections occurring at the same time. The results are not dependent on each other. If the stormwater inspection fails, the inspector will have the ability to schedule a follow-up inspection and inform the contractor of the re-inspection date. There will be a second stormwater inspection (in progress) that takes place at the same time as the framing inspection, following the same procedure as the initial inspection. There will be a final stormwater inspection that takes place at the same time as the Final Building Inspection. We will not be able to issue a Certificate of Occupancy until the Final Storm Water inspection passes. This will allow us to properly enforce stormwater regulations without failing building code inspections or halting progress on the project.
If you have any questions or concerns, please forward to our office. office@growthcoalition.com