Building & Standards Commission

Meetings: Meets third Thursday of each month (or as called)

Appointment Terms: 2 years

Number of Members: 5 members + 4 alternates

Members: 

• Jerry Henderson (term expires May 2025)
• Wally Cox (term expires May 2025)
• Jess Cason (term expires May 2024)
• Tommy Robinson (term expires May 2024)
• Lauri Johnson (term expires May 2025)
• Michael Blake, Alternate (term expires May 2025)
• Jock Conner, Alternate (term expires May 2025)

Overview
The Building and Standards Commission:

• Establishes minimum standards for the construction, use, maintenance, and occupancy of all structures, regardless of date of construction, within the city limits of the city of Gainesville
• Establishes minimum standards governing utilities, facilities, and other physical components and conditions essential to make all buildings and structures safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation
• Fixes certain responsibilities and duties of owners, operators, agents, and occupants of all buildings
• Authorizes and establishes procedures for the inspection of all buildings unfit for human use, occupancy, and habitation
• Establishes procedures for determining whether a building complies with the standards established
• Includes provisions for notice and a public hearing
• Provides for assessment, a method of notifying the owner of assessment, and a method of recovering expenses incurred by the city in vacating, securing, removing, repairing, or demolishing a substandard structure

Cases shall be brought before the Commission by the Building Official who may be assisted by the City Attorney.

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