The Board of Building Inspection is meeting 08/02/2021 at 4PM. A homeowner wants to rebuild their stairs and in order to do that the stair landing would have to be 32” wide, but the Uniform Dwelling Code requires landings to be a minimum of 36” […]
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Board Of Building Inspection Grants Variances For Non-Conforming Staircase
The Board of Building Inspection met 06/21/2021 and took up the variance request for a homeowner who was remodeling his house and had a staircase that did not conform to the Uniform Dwelling Code. He was actually facing two issues. The first was that the […]
Board Of Building Inspections Meeting 06/21/2021 – Homeowner Seeks Solution To Non-Conforming Staircase
The Board of Building Inspections is meeting 06/21/2021 at 3PM. The issue before the Board is that a property is currently being remodeled but the existing stairs leading to the basement has one riser that is 9″ whereas the Uniform Dwelling Code requires risers to […]
Board Of Building Inspection Allows Commercial Building Renovation To Move Forward Without Sprinkler Installation
The Board of Building Inspection met 04/28/2021. They do not meet regularly and the last time they met was a year ago. If this meeting is any indication, they seem to perform a function similar to the Board of Zoning Appeals. The applicant wanted to […]