Penn Hills, PA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

The permit holder shall notify the Director of Code Enforcement in order to obtain inspections in accordance with the following schedule and such notification shall be made by the permit holder at least 24 hours before the inspection is to be made:

(a) Initial Inspection. When work on the excavation or fill is about to be commenced;

(b) Rough Grading. When all rough grading has been completed;

(c) Drainage Facilities. When drainage facilities are to be installed and before such facilities are backfilled;

(d) Special Structures. When excavations are complete for retaining and crib walls and when reinforcing steel is in place and before concrete is poured; and

(e) Final Inspection. When all work, including the installation of all drainage and other structures, has been completed. If, at any stage of the work, the Municipal Engineer determines by inspection that the nature of the formation is such that further work as authorized by an existing permit is likely to endanger any property, street or alley, or create hazardous conditions, the Engineer may suspend operations. The Engineer may require, as a condition to allowing the work to continue, that the permit holder take reasonable safety precautions to avoid such likelihood of danger. Safety precautions may include, but are not limited to, specifying a flatter exposed slope and construction of additional drainage facilities, berms, terracing, compaction, cribbing or walls.