Mission Statement:
The
Newaygo County Department of Building Safety
& Permits mission is to provide for safe and habitable
structures, to ensure public health, safety and welfare, through
competent code enforcement.
The Department of
Building Safety & Permits is divided into several areas of
code enforcement. Each area relates to
various codes that the Department is responsible to enforce.
The divisions are Permitting, Building, Electrical,
Mechanical, Plumbing and House Numbering Administration.
The Building Official is the executive officer of the
Department's enforcement.
Permitting Division
One full-time
secretary and a full-time office manager now staff the
Permitting Division. Their responsibilities
include general office operations, such as typing permits,
correction notices, certificates of occupancy, and scheduling
inspections, to mention only a few. The
Department of Building Safety & Permits issued a
total of 2186 permits issued in 2007.
Building Division
The Building
Division was established on October 8, 1974.
Presently, there are two Inspectors involved in building code
environment. The Inspectors perform
residential/commercial, plan
reviews and inspections.
The division is responsible for
building code enforcement for 18 townships, four cities and one
village. There were 547 building permits
issued in 2007.
Electrical Division
Electrical code
enforcement was also established in October 1974.
We utilize as many as three
part-time Inspectors depending on the workload and inspector availability.
The division is responsible for
electrical code enforcement in 19 townships, four cities and one
village. The department issued 612 permits
in 2007.
Mechanical Division
A mechanical
ordinance was adopted on September 22, 1994 and our department
began mechanical code enforcement on November 14, 1994.
The division presently has one part-time inspector.
The division is responsible for
code enforcement in 23 townships, four cities and one village.
There were 653 mechanical permits issued in 2007.
Plumbing Division
A plumbing
ordinance was adopted on March 22, 2006 and our department began
plumbing code enforcement on May 1, 2006.
The division presently has one part-time inspector.
This division is responsible for
code enforcement in 23 townships, four cities and one village.
There were 374 plumbing permits issued in 2007.
Housing Numbering Division
The Department of Building Safety
& Permits was assigned the responsibility for issuing house
numbers for Newaygo County in 1999. One of
the first priorities was to establish an ordinance to promote a
uniform house numbering system through-out Newaygo County.
On December 27, 2000 the Board of Commissioners adopted
resolution #12-022-00, the Newaygo County Uniform
House-Numbering Ordinance.
Besides issuing house numbers, the
Department also corrects any house numbers that may be incorrect
and oversees the naming of roads or streets.
Some of the major projects we have undertaken include
re-numbering Maple Island Road and Croton-Hardy Drive,
establishing an up-to-date list of all road names within the
county and correcting problems found on the Street Centerline
Database.
History
The Newaygo County Department of Building Safety & Permits was
established in 1974 under Act 230 of the Public Acts of 1972.
The Department is an enterprise department and has been
completely self-funded since 1990. (The
Department uses no General Fund Revenues for operational
expenses.)
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