Westfield, IN Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Sec. 14-131(3), the inspection fee schedule collected by the economic and community development department, sets a residential rate of $75 for each of the footing, foundation/underslab plumbing, rough-in, dry-wall and final inspections, with commercial projects billed at $110 for the same five stages. A fire marshal inspection is listed as not applicable for residential work but priced at $110 for commercial projects, reflecting fire-code review that only larger buildings require. A missed inspection costs $350 regardless of project type, and a cancelled inspection costs the standard $75 residential or $110 commercial rate, except that cancellations are not available for footing inspections at all, meaning that stage cannot be rescheduled without cost once scheduled.

Sec. 14-131(4) adds further inspections available "when required or requested," including above-ceiling, porch, pre-final, energy-insulation and trunk-line inspections at $75 residential or $110 commercial, plus a same-day inspection request and an after-hours or weekend inspection capped at four hours door-to-door for $250. These stage-by-stage inspections implement the Building Code of the City of Westfield adopted by reference in Sec. 14-31 and confirm at each phase, footing through final, that construction complies before the next phase or the certificate of occupancy can proceed.