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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 4TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
CHAPTER 70INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING AND BUILDINGS
RULE §70.62Responsibilities 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).


Source Note: 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

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