Building Official

The current head of this division is Mr. Tim Rawlings, Chief Building Official.

 The Code Compliance Division is responsible for the regulation of the adopted building, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical Codes of the City of Ferris during all new construction and remodeling projects. This office issues permits for construction and inspections during construction to insure compliance with those adopted regulations. The City of Ferris currently uses the standardized Codes of the “International Code Council.” This office is also responsible for the regulation and enforcement of code enforcement issues for nuisances and other non-building code, non-public safety regulations adopted by the City. Under the current structural organization, it is this office which also handles annexation and zoning requests. Currently, Mr. Rawlings has been assigned the additional duty as Staff Liaison to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Adjustments.