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File #: 200431    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 12/4/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/10/2015 Final action: 2/25/2016
Enactment date: 12/10/2015 Enactment #: 200431
Title: That the Supervisor of Inspectional Services appear before the Committee on Public Health and Safety to describe inspections for new residential units and whether they protect buyers from shoddy construction and poor soundproofing.
Sponsors: Matthew McLaughlin, William A. White Jr., Katjana Ballantyne, Tony Lafuente

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That the Supervisor of Inspectional Services appear before the Committee on Public Health and Safety to describe inspections for new residential units and whether they protect buyers from shoddy construction and poor soundproofing.

 

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Official Text

That the Supervisor of Inspectional Services appear before the Committee on Public Health and Public Safety to discuss the inspection procedure used by ISD for the construction of new residential units and whether those procedures currently protect buyers and renters from shoddy construction and poor soundproofing, and if they do not, whether new regulations can be implemented to protect consumers.