The Inspections division provides customer assistance and inspection services to verify compliance with zoning, building, electric, plumbing, Floodplain Regulations, Minimum Livability and Maryland Accessibility Codes, and ordinances. Tracking and collection of Economic Impact Fees, which were deferred prior to Dec. 2, 1996; permit and inspection record keeping and retrieval; Mobile Home Park licensing; and assistance to Zoning Administration staff are also provided. Technical assistance is provided at pre-issuance (permit and construction drawing review), and as a follow-up (inspection coordination and technical assistance to the builder and the contract inspection agency MDIA) to issuance of construction permits by the Permits Review Section. Upon collection, review and approval of inspection reports from the contract inspection agency, as well as the zoning inspection staff, structures are "certified" for occupancy.
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Zoning inspection and compliance functions of this section range from follow-up on citizen inquiries, violations to site inspections for compliance with conditional uses, over lot grading and storm water management. Additional tasks include land use inventory activities such as nonconforming use and sign inventories.
Inspection Services
• Commercial Plan Reviews
• Commercial Site
Development
• Critical Area
Inspections
• Investigate Work without
Permits
• Home Occupation
Inspections
• Floodplain Regulations
• Schedule Zoning
Inspections
• Maintains Records for
Inspection, Inquiries, Unsafe Structures, etc.
• Research and Prepare
Legal Documents for Recordation and Release Previously
• Recorded Economic Impact Fees (EIF) Agreements
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• Residential Site
Development Inspections
• Stormwater Management
Inspections
• Zoning Inspections
• ADA/Handicap Inspections
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Investigate Citizen
Inquiries
• Issuance of Use &
Occupancy Certificates
• Minimum Livability Code
Inspections (Rental Code)
• Perform Initial
Damage Assessment for the Dept.
of Public Safety after a
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Customer
Assistance Guides
Our
Customer Assistance Guides, or CAGs, are information
sheets answering questions relating to many aspects of
Land Use & Growth Management. Below is a list of the
CAGs that are helpful in understanding aspects of the
inspection process and procedures.
Building Permits for Pools
Building Permits for Decks
Building Code Inspections and Fees
Maryland Performance Standards (MBPS) 2015
Residential Fire Sprinkler Protection System
Codes & Amendments
View the
St. Mary's County Building Code.
Minimum Required Inspections
View the county’s
Minimum Required Inspections for Residential
Projects
Citizen Inquiry Form
When filled out in its entirety,
the
Citizen Inquiry Form will allow you to inquire about
the status of a permit, work being performed, or alert
the county to unpermitted, illegal activities.
Additional Resources
The
following websites are great resources for the
inspections community. Find information on current
codes, new products and as well as purchase
inspections-related materials, code books, etc.
• National Fire Protection Agency
•
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling-Contractors Association
• MDIA
•
Maryland Building Officials Association
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