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EDWARDSVILLE – A Granite City homeowner claims defects were concealed on the property she purchased, including termite damage and defective wiring.

And that can't go unnoticed. as far as the planning, we here in the city of houston take these events very seriously. public safety is our primary concern. the mayor has tasked up s with ensuring that we have the resources and the plans and the contingencies ready to, for these events. we've done these before. i believe we had a robust plan to, for a non-event. certainly the level of injuries, the number of people in that venue quickly overwhelmed the third party vendors that were providing the security and the medical component. we quickly were able to respond. in regards to the layout. there...

Contact. that is an incredible response. and, look, that that can go unnoticed. as far as the planning, we here in the city of houston take these events very seriously. public safety is our primary concern. the mayor has tasked us with insuring that we have the resources and the plan and the contingencies ready for these events. we've done these before. i believe we had a robust plan to, for a nonevent. certainly, the level of injuries, the number of people in that venue quickly overwhelmed the third party vendors that were providing the security and the medical component. we quickly were able...

Building. you start taking care of it the day it was built when you first occupy it. so the four year was only -- gives the building official the requirement that some engineers wanting to certify the building has been taken care of, and is okay to go on. if the building official does not get that certification, they send out a violation that said we haven't gotten it yet and of course they have the police power, the billing official has the -- if they don't get the certification, then they could withdraw the occupancy permit and close the building down and that is the way the system is suppos...

Use building, part commercial, part possibly residential and or these art studios. does that typically change the fire codes or more importantly the actual safety features in the building, mink the amount of sprinkler systems that are needed, the amount of exits that are needed, what kind of signage to lead to exits? this was late at night. it would have been dark. does that change if you are talking about a residential building versus a commercial building. >> yes. it depends on the occupancy defined by the local building department. it will define what type of occupancy will be permitted in ...