Legal Code (municipal) - Code Violations

Code Violations

Since there are different types of codes, with differing levels of public safety impact, the severity of consequences and punishment varies. Violating the noise control code inside an apartment may just annoy the neighbours. Building and fire code violations, however, can affect anyone inside and even surrounding a building.

Perpetrators include, but are not limited to the following:

• General contractor (through use of inadmissible shortcuts)
• Subcontractor (through use of inadmissible shortcuts)
• Architect (through errors in plans (drawings) and specifications
• Building owner (through alterations of building components or the occupancy without a building permit).
• Occupants (sabotage or ignorance, for example, propping open a fire door and running a carpet through it.)
• Authority Having Jurisdiction (through approval of a condition that violates the local code.)
• Developers (through insisting on lowering costs by reducing safety measures, for instance accepting unspecified alternative products and systems)