Privatize the inspections.
1. require fire insurance.
2. have fire department notices of a needed inspection sent to the insurer of record. if it comes back as no longer the insurer for the property, send a notice to the owner that the CO will be cancelled in x days unless the new insurer is identified. repeat until proper insurer is notified.
3. have the insurer hire private inspectors, and work with the owner to get the inspection(s) and any needed repairs done. accept the verdict(s) of those inspectors. allow insurers to cancel the insurance if the owner does not rectify a situation to their satisfaction. require the insurer to notify the city of a cancelled policy.
4. cancel the CO if there is no fire insurance.
Between the owners and the insurers the inspections will get done or the properties closed due to cancelled COs.
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You’re obviously a big Gov kind of guy.
When the kind of tyranny that you advocate gets its foot in the door, it grows and grows until it consumes everything.
Personal responsibility has to rule the day.
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