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Sometimes they check on home owners and some times they don't.
I got an inspector stopping work on my basement, a conditioned space,
because it didn't have enough insulation in the ceiliing - the floor of
my living room. The guy across the street had me design an addition
which was approved by board of architects and building department, then
built something different.. Complaints to the City produced shrugs and
"we can't be bothered with little stuff."
TB

That's the point...a guy changes a double door to a slider off the back
of his house on his own--how they going to even know? 90% of the time
he won't pull a permit so unless there's a nosy neighbor, he does
whatever and covers it up...

Saying they wouldn't allow it in your area has no bearing on the
question--they "wouldn't have allowed it" in the OP's area either if
they had known about it...