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Council moves to retain on-call building-code contractor; borough faces large apartment inspection workload
Summary
Council recommended retaining Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania on an as-needed basis, appointed Kyle Bendler as assistant BCO/assistant zoning officer, and discussed plans to inspect 4,929 rental apartments in 2025; staff said a contract to address apartment inspections may return to Smart Growth in February.
West Chester councilors supported a committee recommendation Jan. 14 to retain Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania as an on-call contractor for building code and zoning services and to appoint Kyle Bendler, BCO, as assistant building code official and assistant zoning officer.
Officials said the…
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