La Grange, MO Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Section 500.030 gives the Building Inspector open-ended authority to inspect any building or structure while it is under construction in the City of La Grange, tying that inspection directly to compliance with Chapter 500's building regulations rather than to a fixed schedule of milestone inspections. The chapter does not itemize separate rough-in, framing or final inspection stages the way a modern adopted building code would; instead it relies on the Inspector's ongoing oversight and professional judgment. When the Inspector finds defective or illegal work that, in their opinion, makes continuing the project contrary to public welfare, Section 500.030 lets the Inspector stop all further work and require the condition to be corrected before construction resumes.

That stop-work authority sits alongside the enforcement power in Section 500.020(D), which lets the City order an unpermitted or non-conforming wall, structure or building torn down or removed and recover the removal cost from the owner in court. Read together, the two sections give La Grange a two-stage enforcement path: the Inspector halts active construction that violates the chapter, and if the defect is never cured, the City can force removal of the finished work and sue the owner for the cost.