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Town staff to revise occupancy rules after state limits; commission debates enforcement tools
Summary
Commissioners discussed changes to Springdale's certificate-of-occupancy rules after a state clarification limiting withholding to life-safety issues; staff will amend local code so building inspectors issue COs and add explicit language about allowed withholding for public infrastructure.
Springdale planning staff told the Planning Commission on March 5 that a recent state clarification limits a municipality’s ability to withhold a certificate of occupancy (CO) for land-use items unrelated to life-safety, prompting proposed changes to local code that would restrict CO issuance to life-safety compliance.
Tom Kinston, the town building inspector, presented the item and explained that state law narrows the CO to building- and life-safety issues and that the town should update Title 10 (land use) language to reflect that limit. He described two code sections affected: one in the building code (chapter 9) and one in the land-use code (Title 10).…
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