Middletown, OH Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 1406.06
- Regular inspection hours
- 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- After-hours inspection fee
- $60.00 per hour
- Minimum after-hours charge
- one hour
- Scheduling duty
- falls on the permit applicant
- Fee stacks with
- Chapters 1406, 1418, 1424, 1432
Summary
In the City of Middletown, Ohio, the Division of Building Inspection performs required building inspections during regular hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and any inspection outside those hours must be scheduled in advance by the permit applicant under Middletown Code of Ordinances § 1406.06. After-hours inspections cost $60.00 per hour, with a minimum one-hour charge, on top of the underlying permit fees.
(a) Inspections conducted by the Division of Building Inspection as required by Part Fourteen of the Codified Ordinances, Building and Housing Code, will be available outside regular business hours which are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All such inspections shall be scheduled with the Division of Building Inspection by the person applying for the permit. The Chief Building Inspector may establish guidelines for the scheduling and conduct of inspections outside regular business hours. (b) A fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) per hour shall be charged for inspection required by Part Fourteen of the Codified Ordinances, Building and Housing Code, conducted by the Division of Building Inspection outside regular business hours. There shall be a minimum fee for one hour. This fee is in addition to all other fees to be paid under the Building and Housing Code, including, but not limited to, Chapters 1406, 1418, 1424 and 1432 of the Codified Ordinances.
Full Breakdown
for inspections required under Part Fourteen, the Building and Housing Code, and puts the duty to schedule any after-hours inspection on the person who applied for the permit, not a contractor or third party. The Chief Building Inspector is authorized to set guidelines governing how those after-hours inspections are scheduled and conducted. 00 per hour with a minimum charge of one hour, and states that the fee stacks on top of every other Building and Housing Code fee already due, expressly naming Chapters 1406, 1418, 1424 and 1432 of the Codified Ordinances.
04 separately lets the Superintendent of Inspection inspect and shut down any scaffold or piece of construction equipment whose strength is in doubt or that has drawn a complaint, until it is tested safe.
Violations & Fines
Each Building and Housing Code chapter carries its own minor-misdemeanor penalty for noncompliance: a fine of not more than $100.00, with a separate offense running for every day a violation continues (see, e.g., § 1404.99, § 1408.99). Skipping a required inspection or blocking the Division of Building Inspection's access can also trigger a stop-work order from the Superintendent of Inspection under § 1408.04(a).
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