CO inspection problem

[Sean Comp]

I am trying to get CO for my first rental property. The CO inspector told me ”that he was being more harsh cause it’s a rental property and they don’t want tenant calling them complaining about things” he proceeded to give me a long list of things that were 90% cosmetic. When i asked him how these were safety concerns he would say “it’s a violation” but not explain how. Is there anything i can do about this? 

Here are some examples he did 

1) wrote i didn’t have a fire extinguisher when i clearly do 

2) said i had to replace a carpet in the front porch essentially because it’s dirty even tho there is nothing wrong with it