[StBernard] Suspension of building permits

[Westley Annis]

Mr. Richardson,
 
The council has requested that an indemnity agreement be issued for homes
rated between 30 - 60% damaged and that the homeowner can sign the agreement
which basically puts it back in the homeowner's hands to have an additional
inspection or not or to leave it up to the contractor that is hired.
 
The homes rated above 60% at this point will still have a structural
inspection requirement-
 
The office of public works is considering taking requests to do structural
inspections at no charge, but there will likely be a fairly long wait for
the inspection due to the already heavy workload. 
 
Good luck and God Bless,
Craig
 
-----Original Message-----

Mr. Taffaro:
 
I have reviewed the ratings on quite a few houses near my own and that of
family members, and have noticed in this forum that no one has less than 30%
damage to their property.  Would you consider bringing it to the parish
council's attention that perhaps there was a simple mis-interpretation and
that the intent, as far as the required inspection issue, was homes with
damage "greater than 30%".  I assume that was the intent and if so, would
eliminate quite a few homeowners from having to pay for inspections. 
 
On the other hand, if there is so little confidence in the quality of the
inspections, then I guess everyone will need one just to be on the safe
side.
 
I don't want to be penny wise and dollar foolish, but at this point, I
wouldn't even know who or what company I would need to call for the
appropriate inspection, nor what a reasonable fee would be.

John Richardson