. >> tom kwan, department of building inspection. as you can see, last quarter is up by 40%, as we expected. any questions? >> no questions from commissioners. item 10-d, update on code enforcement. >> good afternoon, commissioners. ed sweeney, deputy director inspection services. these are the numbers for code enforcement and d.b.i. monthly update of december 2018. building inspections performed, 5,006, complaints received, 350. complaints responded to within 24-72 hours, 346. complaint received without n.o.v., 72. abated complaints with notices of violations, 44. second notice of violations referred to code enforcement, 25. housing inspection services, housing inspections performed, 850. complaints received, 359. complaint response within 24 or 72 hours, 327. complaints with notice of violations issued, 129. abated complaints with n.o.v.s, 308. number of cases sent to director's hearings, 16. routine inspections, 159. code enforcement services. number of cases sent to director's hearing, 116. number of order abatements issues, 33.

tom kwan. good morning. first of all, they would give the plans back to the owner, and then the owner would hire the professional. the owner would be responsible to do the inspections. and then, if we have any doubt, we can send our inspector to check out, too. >> well, in this case, a licensed professional -- in the case of something structural, we would assume a licensed professional would mean a structural engineer. what does this mean, a licensed professional, in the case of a vacant building. >> well, they look at the circumference of the building, make sure nobody would break-in. >> i guess that, but what does professional mean? >> oh, you need to have somebody that has a license. you cannot just have somebody out -- >> what license? >> either engineer, architect, or the contractor. >> okay. perfect. that's wh that's what i wanted to know. and also to tag onto what miss andrizzi-dick was talking about, about the flexibility of the use of these buildings, it's really important. it would include things l