I think that's an excellent idea. They should do that whether they have their own building department or not.

It's unfortunate. This is something I do as a last resort because we really want to see these houses completed.

There's certainly not anything on there that would stop the project.

When he left, he said he was going to take the notes straight to his engineer.

That's absolutely not true. I apologized if we weren't communicating well ... but there is not a single thing on there that's not a code requirement.

(The code) says if you're going to put the safety and health of the public in this facility, you will do this if you're going to get a building permit. I take pride in helping people but we can't design buildings for them.