Creve Coeur May Reinspect Homes, Condos When Owners Change Hands
The city is looking at a program that would mirror what is now being done before apartments are occupied by new owners.
One year after Creve Coeur began requiring re-occupancy inspections of apartments, city building inspectors say they're ready to take on the task of doing the same for Creve Coeur homes and condominiums. But city council members briefed Monday on the proposal say they still have questions about the idea. Read the city staff report on building re-occupancy inspections (starts on page 61) According to Chief Building Inspector Steve Unser, the move to inspect apartments prior to re-occupancy came from incidents in 2011 that saw residents injured in stairways which failed. Unser said his team found 3,000 violations over the course of 1,854 inspections in 2012. The St. Louis Association of Realtors asked the city to start a home re-occupancy …
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6:04 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
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