Pennsylvania boroughs, townships, and cities
Code compliance, without the scattered spreadsheets.
Occupancy and property-maintenance inspections, code enforcement, and zoning compliance from someone who has sat in the township chair — plus software that keeps the file in one place.
25
years in Pennsylvania law enforcement
6 yrs
Director of Code & Safety, Hempfield Township
ICC
Property maintenance and residential building
Fire
Inspector certified — Bucks County / fire service
The job as it actually is
Limited staff. Inconsistent files. A board that wants numbers.
Most Pennsylvania boroughs, townships, and cities are trying to keep blight, rentals, and occupancy moving with a part-time officer and a folder of Word docs. Notices go out. Follow-up lives in someone’s inbox. Council asks for a list, and someone stays late to build it.
Statewide reporting is not getting simpler. Act 29 of 2026 requires a county contact for non-owner-occupied property, and a serious violation under Pennsylvania’s Neighborhood Blight Act still has to be in the file. You need inspections that hold up, and a record you can export.
What we do
Inspections, and the software behind them.
Occupancy
Before a tenant moves in. Clear reports, habitability findings, less liability on the municipality.
Learn moreCode enforcement
IPMC and quality-of-life cases — notices, reinspections, and a file that survives district court.
Learn moreZoning compliance
Use, occupancy, and transfers against the ordinance. Conditional certificates when the building is not ready.
Learn moreSample reports
Occupancy closeout, conditional certificate, and an IPMC notice with photos — redacted.
Learn moreSoftware
Our software, built around your ordinance.
Custom-built municipal software, running inside Google’s infrastructure and security protocols, and tailored for each municipality’s unique needs. No IT bill. No new silo. Data, files, and reports stay as data the municipality owns.
Currently serving 8 municipalities in western Pennsylvania. Names stay off this site unless a municipality asks to be listed.
See the softwareSample case file
Property maintenance desk
14
Open
3
Past due
11
This week
| Address | Violation | Status | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 412 Maple St | Exterior peeling paint | Notice issued | Oct 4 |
| 18 3rd Ave | Inoperable vehicle | Reinspect | Sep 28 |
| 7 Oak Alley | High grass / refuse | Complied | Closed |
| 221 Lincoln Ave | Missing smoke alarms | Notice issued | Oct 2 |
| 90 Water St | Unsafe porch stair | Past due | Sep 12 |
How it works
A program, not a pile of one-off inspections.
01
Assess
We look at your ordinance, staffing, and the actual backlog — not a generic pitch deck.
02
Inspect
ICC-certified occupancy and property-maintenance work, written so it survives court.
03
Track
Cases, photos, and notices in one file — not an inbox and a spreadsheet the night before a meeting.
04
Report
Council packets and exportable records, without rebuilding the spreadsheet.
Led by James Shaw
25 years of police work. Six years running code for a township.
Before Be Safe Inspections, James was Director of Code & Safety for Hempfield Township. He knows what a manager can sell to a board, what a solicitor will ask, and how a case has to look in district court. ICC-certified in property maintenance and residential building inspections, plus fire inspector.
About JamesNext step
Ready to talk through your program?
Name the municipality and whether occupancy, blight, or the file is the first problem. James answers the phone.