Mount Vernon, NY Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Section 102-5A requires that all covered work remain accessible and exposed until inspected and accepted, and puts the burden on the permit holder to notify the Code Enforcement Officer when each stage is ready. Section 102-5B lists the required inspection stages: the worksite before a building permit issues; footing and foundation; preparation for a concrete slab; framing; structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and fire-protection systems including sprinklers, fire stops and alarms; fire-resistant construction and penetrations, done jointly with a Fire Inspector; solid-fuel heating appliances, chimneys, flues or gas vents, also with a Fire Inspector; Energy Code compliance items such as insulation, air leakage and mechanical equipment sizing; installation of factory-manufactured buildings and manufactured homes; and a final inspection once all permitted work is complete.

Under Section 102-5C, after each inspection the work is marked satisfactory or the permit holder is notified in writing of exactly how it fails to comply, citing the specific code provision violated, and the work must stay exposed until it is corrected, reinspected, and found satisfactory. Separately, Section 102-11 requires periodic fire safety and property maintenance inspections outside the construction process: at least once every 12 months for buildings with an assembly area and for schools and colleges, and at least once every 36 months for multiple dwellings and all nonresidential occupancies, in addition to inspections triggered anytime by an owner's request or a written complaint.