§ 320.302. Employees of Building Inspection Division.

(a)

The Building Inspection Division ("Division") shall consist of the personnel required to perform its duties and shall include the assistants, engineers, clerks, inspectors and others as may from time to time be authorized and appointed as provided by law, all of whom shall be subject to the civil service laws and regulations of the City. Each person so employed within the Division on a permanent full-time basis, including the Chief of Building Inspection shall give his entire time during normal working hours to the performance of the duties thereof and shall not at any time be financially interested in or engaged in or directly or indirectly connected with the furnishing or soliciting of the furnishing of drawings, specifications, designs, labor, materials, appliances or equipment for the construction, alteration or maintenance of any building or structure, including installations therein, for others within the City; nor shall an employee engage in work which conflicts with his official duties or with the interest of the Division.

(b)

The Building Official may designate chief inspectors to administer the provisions of the Building, Electrical, Gas, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes. Each chief inspector shall have at least ten years experience or equivalent, as an architect, engineer, inspector, contractor or superintendent of construction, or any combination of these, five years of which shall have been in responsible charge of the work. They should be certified through a recognized certification program for the appropriate trade.

(c)

The Building Official may appoint or hire such number of officers, inspectors, assistants and other employees as shall be approved and authorized from time to time. A person shall not be appointed or hired as inspector of construction who has not had at least five years experience as a building inspector, engineer, architect, or as a superintendent, foreman or competent mechanic in charge of construction. The inspector shall be certified through a recognized certification program for the appropriate trade.

(d)

The Building Official may designate as his deputy an employee in the department who shall, during the absence or disability of the Building Official, exercise all the powers of the Building Official. The Deputy Building Official should have the same qualifications as the Building Official.

(Ord. 2001-1160-E, § 1)