Pierre C Belarge
Senior Member
- Location
- Westchester County, New York
"The building official must promote the purpose of the code and make reasonable ? factual, justifiable, documented, rational, sound, sensible ? interpretation of the provisions of the code. "
All of those terms are subject to different persons thoughts and could be interpreted differently by different people. I could see that as going nowhere in court.
As an inspector for the installation I see in the picture, I would write it as a "correction is necessary".
Let the contractor dispute it and if someone above me in the chain wants to put their signature it, great. My signature would not be on a legal piece of paper for this installation...too much liability. But I would happily let someone else sign what they will.
All of those terms are subject to different persons thoughts and could be interpreted differently by different people. I could see that as going nowhere in court.
As an inspector for the installation I see in the picture, I would write it as a "correction is necessary".
Let the contractor dispute it and if someone above me in the chain wants to put their signature it, great. My signature would not be on a legal piece of paper for this installation...too much liability. But I would happily let someone else sign what they will.