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County staff report plan-review delays under SafeBuilt contract; new building inspector in place
Summary
LaSalle County staff told the Land Use Committee that off-site plan reviews by contractor SafeBuilt are slowing permit turnaround and rejecting items tied to deleted or nonadopted code sections; staff introduced Matt Rogers as the new building inspector who is handling in-house reviews as needed.
LaSalle County staff told the Land Use Committee that plan-review work being performed off-site by contractor SafeBuilt has caused delays and some rejections tied to code sections the county has not adopted.
Brian (last name not provided), the county planner, said many plan-review rejections cite energy-code items the county did not adopt and other sections that were deleted from the county code. "They're rejecting some for the energy code, which we didn't adopt, so that's been straightened out. But now, they're rejecting them for not having some things detailed on plans, which they're citing…
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