ONTARIO BUILDING CODE STANDARD PRACTICE

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ONTARIO BUILDING CODE STANDARD PRACTICE Prescribed Inspections & Consultant Reports

Building Services Division 32 Mill Street Thornbury, ON N0H 2P0 Tel.:(519) 599-3131, ext. 239 Toll Free; 1-888-258-6867 Fax: (519) 599-7723 [email protected] www.thebluemountains.ca

Date Issued:

May 4, 2015

Standard Practice No.:

SP.OBC.15.18

Date Effective:

May 4, 2015

OBC Ref.:

1.3.5.3., Div. C

Date Revised:

N/A

Issued By:

Chief Building Official

Purpose This standard practice is intended to provide guidance to the appointed Town Building Inspectors while performing their inspections duties and the reliance on reports prepared by engineers, architects and other design professionals. Standard Practice Ontario Building Code 1.3.5.3. Prescribed Inspections (1) Except as provided in Sentence (2), an inspector or registered code agency, as the case may be, shall, not later than two days after receipt of a notice given under Sentence 1.3.5.1.(2), undertake a site inspection of the building to which the notice relates. (3) When undertaking an inspection required under Sentence (1) or (2), the inspector or registered code agency, as the case may be, may consider reports concerning whether the building or a part of the building complies with the Act or this Code. 

Sentence 1.3.5.3.(1), Div. C as noted above refers to "a site inspection of the building to which the notice relates". This indicates that it is necessary to physically visit the site, and not just to rely upon reports, following the receipt of a prescribed notice.



Sentence 1.3.5.3.(3) recognizes that inspectors, in the course of an inspection following the receipt of a prescribed notice, may consider reports concerning compliance with the BCA And the OBC.

These reports would include, but not limited to, general review reports by professional engineers, architects and other design professionals. The Town of The Blue Mountains will not accept consultant reports in lieu of prescribed inspections unless authorized by the Chief Building Official.

References and Related Policies The Ontario Building Code (O. Reg. 332/12) Page- 1 - of 2

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Review Cycle This policy will be reviewed annually by the Chief Building Official. TOWN OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS

Signed. ______________________ Greg Miller, C.E.T., CBCO Chief Building Official Tel: (519) 599-3131 ext. 261 Toll Free: 1-888-258-6867 [email protected]

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