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The City of ROCHESTER HILLS Building Department May 2022 Monthly Report Building | Ordinance | Facilities

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT Staff Activity June Anniversaries Norwood Bates Brian Thomas Alex Drummer Innovations/Collaborations: Welcome Dillion Morgan Ordinance Inspector Chitra processed the first electronic land division application and set up an automated inspection cancelation process that actually sends a text to the inspector’s phone! Staff Activity  Update Building Department emergency operations plan, Completed  IAS Building Department reaccreditation. Completed  Complete BS&A process improvement for Ordinance In Process.  Develop an automated expired permit process, In Process  Develop 5 year strategic plan for Facilities. In Process  Develop and track measurable service goals for the Facilities Division. In Process  Host the Spring and Fall HOA Forums. 2

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT May Snippets  The Building Department completed a very detail oriented audit as part of the Departments IAS Accreditation renewal. Thank you to everyone for your hard work, it has proven to be beneficial!  The Building Department was notified by the IAS auditors that we successfully met and actually exceeded the requirements necessary to continue with the accreditation, therefore, the renewal was granted. The Rochester Hills Building Department remains as the only community in the State of Michigan to achieve this recognition!  On May 9th the Mayor presented a proclamation to the Building Director in front of City Council to support Building Safety Month.  Jodi received a compliment from a resident (Mike Kolkjen) for her assistance in getting a commercial property cleaned up that was falling into disrepair.  The proposed budget was submitted for the upcoming 2023-2025 budget years, thank you Lisa for all the assistance it was extremely helpful. 3

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT May Snippets The Rochester Hills Building Department hosted multiple events to promote National Building Safety Month. The Rochester Hills Fire Department and Oakland County Sheriff’s Office also participated in these events. o May 7th we teamed up Happy with Home Depot to kick Birthday off their first kids workshop Gary & since 2020. Jeff! o May 11th event was hosted at the OPC. See next page for Building o May 21st event was with the Rochester Hills Building Safety Month Department and the pictures! Rochester Hills Fire Department at our local Lowe’s. 4

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT Building Safety Month May 7 May 11 May 21 5

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT May Snippets  Members of the Building Department attended an in-person damage assessment training hosted by the Oakland County Building Officials and Oakland County to be prepared in the event of a disaster.  The Building Director met with the Home Builders Association to discuss a partnership on future projects.  The new Fairfield Inn located on Rochester Road received a temporary certificate of occupancy and is now open for business. The Groves 6

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT May Snippets What permit do I need for this? Building complaint Tim Hollis investigation about solar went to panels in the front yard. the ribbon cutting for Shapers! 7

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT May Snippets  The projects approved at Innovation Hills (Ranger Station) and Borden Park (New Offices and Restrooms) have begun construction and are expected to be completed later this year.  Matt, the Ordinance Inspector, had a surprise visitor on his daily patrol. Enhancing Respect and Relationships in the Workplace 8

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT The Best Complaints & Comments Of The Month!  Rochester Hills Building Department how can I help you? “I need my web PIN.” 54c like cat.. “Cat or Pat?” CAT “Like the animal?” YES “The one that goes meow right?”  Rochester Hills Building Department how can I help you? “Send me your therapy bill for listening to me gripe about my bully neighbor.”  Rochester Hills Building Department how can I help you? “My neighbor went 52 days without mowing his lawn.”  Rochester Hills Building Department how can I help you? “Is the city going to reimburse me for my deck?” No sir it’s only a safety inspection and we will waive your permit fees. “But is says free deck inspections!” Yes, the inspection is free.  Rochester Hills Building Department how can I help you? I’m Sorry our inspector is not giving out times today. “Should I call back in 10 minutes?”  Rochester Hills Building Department how can I help you? “My neighbor is a hillbilly.” 9

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT Building Activity 6 $441,567 $2,649,400 Total New New House New House House Permits Average Construction Total Construction Issued Value Value 136 Total Applications 10

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT BUILDING ACTIVITY 11 Total CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY'S ISSUED 23 5 8 NEW HOUSE (5) 6 NEW BUSINESS (23) TEMPORARY NEW 11 HOUSE (8) TEMPORARY NEW BUSINESS (6)

Rochester Hills ORDINANCE DIVISION Ordinance Enforcement Activity 878 773 105 Enforcements Enforcements Enforcements Opened YTD Closed YTD Pending YTD MAYS ENFORCEMENTS ANIMALS (9) BLIGHT (30) BUILDING CODE (5) BUILDING PERMITS (3) EELECTRICAL CODE (1) COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT/VEHICLES (2) DRAINAGE (2) PROPERTY MAINTENANCE (7) SITE PLAN MAINTENANCE (1) NOISE (3) ORDINANCE (1) STREETS (1) RECREATION VEHICLES (11) SIGNS (1) SOLID WASTE (7) SWIMMING POOLS (1) VEHICLES (12) WEEDS (340) 12

Rochester Hills BUILDING DEPARTMENT Sign & Special Event Permit Activity 17 Sign Permit Issued 4 Special Event Permits 13

Rochester Hills FACILITIES DIVISION Facilities Activities 14

BUILDING DEPARTMENT OUR MISSION Our mission is to partner with our customers to ensure safety in all buildings; to assist our residents and business owners in maintaining and enjoying safe buildings and properties; to provide a well maintained, clean, and comfortable environment for our residents, visitors and employees; to ensure Rochester Hills continues to be the preeminent place to live, work and raise a family.