Is an agency potentially liable because the building inspector or plan reviewer is not a licensed engineer?
The building inspector or plan reviewer is not attempting to review or certify the accuracy of the engineering portion of the plans prepared by engineers. The building inspector is merely reviewing the plans for compliance with the building codes, zoning codes, and other local municipal regulations which apply to buildings. The state laws do not require that these plans be reviewed by an engineer and do not contain certification standards for the building inspector which require him or her to have engineering credentials. Therefore, it would not appear to be a likely source of municipal liability. • May the building inspector be paid on the basis of the fees paid for the building permit? This office has consistently taken the position that the salary of the building inspector should not be based on a percentage of fees collected. There are several problems with this approach. One problem is that it may not satisfy the requirement in RCW 35A.33.050 that the preliminary budget should set
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