Inspections: How to Request Them

General Information
Code Enforcement & Penalty Fees
Inspectors
Holidays

Building Inspections are required at various stages of construction on every project that the city's Building Department has issued a building permit. Please click on the Building Department Inspection Sequence checklist for a detailed description of required inspections. If you have any questions regarding inspections that are required for your particular project contact the Chief Building Official at 872-2513 or e-mail.

Call-ins for inspection must provide the following for information
a. Contractor
b. Permit number
c. Address and/or lot number
d. Type of inspection needed
You must talk directly to one of the secretaries when requesting an inspection – do not leave an inspection on voice mail.

Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 24 hour notice is required. The operating objective is to inspect any job the next working day after request. The cut off for next day’s inspection is 4 p.m.

For any building inspection required as listed on “record of inspections” card, call 872-2500. For fire district inspections, call 432-5570 for the Creve Coeur Fire District, 514-0900 for Monarch Fire District, or 428-6069 for West Overland Fire District.

For electrical, plumbing, and commercial mechanical call St. Louis County at 615-5000.

Inspections are required to be requested in the order in which they are listed and numbered on the blue (foundation) and red (interior) authorized building cards issued with each building permit.


Code Enforcement & Penalty Fees

1. Extra Inspections – if job is turned down because of any of the following reasons:

Locked
Defects/violations
Not ready
Not according to plan
Out of sequence………………………………………….$30

$30 penalty shall be paid to the city before any more city inspections shall be made.

2. Transfer of subcontractor or residential permit…………………...$25
3. Duplicate #2 Card………………………………………………..............…$30
4. The charge for permit fees shall be doubled when any work is found to be in the process without a permit and in addition a penalty of up to $500 may be levied.


Inspectors

Steve Unser, Chief Building Official
(314) 872-2513
Brad Holmes, Plans Examiner/Insp.
(314) 442-2077

Dennis Woods, Commercial Inspector
(314) 442-2064

Ali Syed, Plans Examiner/Insp.
(314) 442-2087
Scott Bolls, Residential Inspector
(314) 442-2091
Patrick, Burke, Commercial Inspector
(314) 872-2507
Dave Michels, Code Enforcement Officer
(314) 442-2085
Ludo Saenz, Construction Inspector
(314) 442-2067
Jim Heines, Construction Inspector
(314) 442-2084
 

Holidays
The City of Creve Coeur observes the following legal holidays:

New Years Day Independence Day Day after Thanksgiving
Martin Luther King, Jr Labor Day Noon Christmas Eve
Presidents' Day Veterans' Day Christmas Day
Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day  



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