About building permit inspections
Summary
Before any new building in Charlotte can be used, it must pass a building-permit inspection to ensure it is safe and meets state and local requirements. The same rule applies when buildings are significantly altered.
In this section of EveryBlock, we publish recent building permit inspection results for projects throughout the city, so you can see building inspection reports near you. Inspectors with the Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency check such things as a building's insulation, foundation and frame.
Each project is different, and can require different types of inspections. We at EveryBlock note what county officials checked during the inspection — under the inspection type category. We also publish the project's location, the inspection date, whether the building is for residential or commercial use, the result of the inspection, a permit number and the contractors' name.
Note that this is not the final step in the process. Buildings still need a certificate of occupancy from the county before they can be used. However, each project must pass a building-permit inspection before it can get a certificate of occupancy.
Source
This data comes from the Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency. The agency publishes a list of building permit inspections in early January, April, July, and October each year. We at EveryBlock publish the data shortly thereafter.
How the process works
Building permit inspections are a sort of mid-step after work is completed on a project and before a new or renovated structure can be used.
As noted above, the particulars of each project determine what must be checked during building permit inspections. One project's foundation will need county approval, another will need an OK on its insulation. And each project requires a final inspection before it can apply for a certificate of occupancy.
We at EveryBlock also publish a building permits section and a certificates of occupancy section.
Each project must also meet electrical and mechanical and plumbing requirements. The Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency enforces those requirements, but the data is not available in a way EveryBlock can use.
But information about individual permits is available.
