My earlier post was not entirely clear. This is a state licensed contractor doing business in Minneapolis.
MN Dept of Commerce was able to act on a complaint that the contractor had an unsatisfied court judgement against them. Commerce cajoled them into paying up. Unless you have a structural issue or a court judgement, Commerce can not do much. Thanks for the on and off list feedback. It appears to me that Title 8 should be amended to exclude state licensed building contractors, if the City is unable or unwilling to pursue such complaints in an attempt to enforce ordinances. Jason Stone Diamond Lake --- Jim Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > JASON - The Minnesota Department of Commerce handles all complaints > against building contractors because they are licensed by the State of > Minnesota and not by each city individually. The investigators at > Commerce are first rate and will be glad to help you. > > Minneapolis building inspectors are available if you think that a > contractor has not complied with city or state building codes and can > order specific work be done to comply with code. They do not however, > investigate complaints against contractors. > > Jim Bernstein > Fulton > (former Dept. of Commerce commissioner) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jason C Stone > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] City Consumer Protection > > > I have a complaint against a licensed building contractor doing business > in the City of Mpls. > City Ordinance Title 8, Chapter 154 outlines that the City Director of > Regulatory Services shall > receive & investigate all consumer complaints regarding violations of > Chapters 152, 156 and 158. > > Today I was told by the City Licenses and Consumer Services Division of > Operations & Regulatory > Services that the City no longer takes complaints against licensed > building contractors- that the > State has taken jurisdiction as of about 3 years ago. > > Does this not leave the City in an awkward position? > > Will any City department take complaints against a Minneapolis licensed > building contractor that > is in violation of Minneapolis Ordinances? > > Jason Stone > Diamond Lake > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before > continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
