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Prior to becoming disabled, my husband installed garage doors.   The city inspector stopped to check his ID and contractor license several times when he was installing new garage doors for customers in town.   

[gardenman]

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@Mominohio wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Karnerblue There are people who make significant alterations to homes without getting the required building permit.  I imagination the inspector was in your area and either heard or saw the activity and was just checking to see if it was something requiring a permit.  No he would not need an appointment but he should have shown his ID and explained what he was doing.  I doubt I'd make too big a deal about this.  It may come back to bite you.

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Wow! Based on some of these replies explaining how invasive some communities are about this, I'm glad I live in a rural county that has very little of this required. 

We don't need permits for anything we have done, including building decks, sheds, remodeling, windows, doors siding, etc. 

We were taking quotes on having a garage built and I'm pretty sure we didn't even need a permit for that. We did need one for the new septic, but I don't think we even needed one for some electrical work we hired done.

I know they are watching for safe and quality work, and it is supposed to be a protection for the consumer and the public, but in reality, I'm sure many of the permits are nothing more than another tax grab, with inspections and approvals given to contractors whether or not the work is up to codes. Corruption funded by the consumer/tax payer once more.

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And we have a winner! I was talking with a guy about taxes and fees one day and he told the story of his sister having bought a house where an unpermitted addition had been built. The city gave her two options, pay the permit fee and keep the addition, or have it torn down. She asked about inspections and was told, "It's not necessary as long as we get the permit fee." So much for safety being the reason for permits. They didn't care how it had been built as long as they got their fee. 

[IamMrsG]

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@gardenman wrote:

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mominohio wrote, in part: "...

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they are watching for safe and quality work, and it is supposed to be a protection for the consumer and the public, but in reality, I'm sure many of the permits are nothing more than another tax grab, with inspections and approvals given to contractors whether or not the work is up to codes. Corruption funded by the consumer/tax payer once more.

"And we have a winner!.." I was talking with a guy about taxes and fees one day and he told the story of his sister having bought a house where an unpermitted addition had been built. The city gave her two options, pay the permit fee and keep the addition, or have it torn down. She asked about inspections and was told, "It's not necessary as long as we get the permit fee." So much for safety being the reason for permits. They didn't care how it had been built as long as they got their fee. 

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Additionally, by application for permit, the county is notified of improved property, aka increased property values, that support raised property taxes. 

[Mom2Dogs]

@Karnerblue  I know in my town if the inspector 'hears' construction or sees work being done  and does not see a permit he can stop in and stop your work until you purchase a permit.