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City of Fargo appeals board upholds order to remove siding materials, citing code authority
Summary
The City of Fargo appeals board rejected a contractor's appeal and upheld a city determination that a siding underlayment was installed incorrectly and must be removed, after a contractor argued the city's permitting and inspection process failed to document underlayment checks.
The City of Fargo Appeals Board on an appeal hearing upheld the city's determination that siding underlayment used on a recent project was installed incorrectly and must be removed.
The ruling came after contractor and appellant Scott Doms challenged the correction notice and urged the board to address what he described as a broader failure in the city's permitting and inspection system for siding work.
Doms told the board his challenge was not just about a single job but about "the lack of meaningful inspection and accountability within the city's permitting process for siding work." He said permit fees imply inspection and oversight but that, in…
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