OAR 918-020-0190: Program Review

(1) General Review. The division may conduct a general review of a municipal building inspection program during a municipality’s reporting period to verify that the municipality is operating in conformity with the specific goals contained in the municipality’s operating plan. The division may also review building inspection programs to verify compliance with any correction plans submitted by a municipality where a municipality is not operating in conformity with the specific standards contained in its operating plan. The division shall notify a municipality at least 21 days prior to beginning a general review. (2) Interim Review. The division may perform an interim review of a municipal building inspection program any time the division receives a complaint or other information that reasonably suggests a municipality is not operating in conformity with its operating plan or has failed to comply with the minimum standards for the administration and enforcement of building inspection programs described in these rules. Prior to beginning an interim review the division shall notify the building official in writing by certified or registered mail of the standards to which the municipality is alleged to have failed to comply. The building official shall have 30 days to respond to the notice. If the building official fails to respond or does not adequately address the issues raised by the division in the notice, the division may conduct an interim review. (3) Building inspection programs administered and enforced by the division shall be subject to a general review in the same manner prescribed for municipal building inspection programs. The administrator shall prepare and deliver a final report to the director and interested persons for review.