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[arwat23]

Clarification on the violations. The judge took a chance that the stove will not cause a fire and the guard will protect people from a fall. That's with no knowledge of the details.

What kind of clarifications? Inspector could say anything and the respondent could just say "nuh-uh, not true" and that's that. No new evidence has been submitted, no proof that what the inspector is saying is factual in any way. It's a "he said, she said" situation. Get a new warrant.

Again, if there are violations, they should be corrected. I don't disagree with you on that. I don't think anyone here disagrees with you on that. But that doesn't change the fact that the inspector dropped the ball hard and can't prove any of their building code violation claims.

 

[Yankee Chronicler]

The punch line is in the result. Are you willing to walk away from life/safety violations because a judge screwed up?

Once the judge has ruled -- as an inspector/code enforcement official, you're done. If the judge rules against you, you can't go back and keep pressing the issue.