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City of Grandview - Building Services Division

The permitting authority for the City of Grandview, Missouri, in Jackson County. The Building Services Division, within the Community Development Department, issues building permits, reviews plans, and performs inspections. The city licenses plumbing, electrical, and HVAC craftsmen and requires an occupational/contractor business license of contractors working within city limits.

Jurisdiction
City of Grandview, Missouri
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1200 Main Street, Grandview, MO 64030
Contact
  • url: https://www.grandview.org/government/city-departments/community-development/building-services-division
  • phone: 816-316-4825
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • license: Grandview's Craftsmen's License, required of plumbing, electrical, and HVAC contractors, costs $50 per year (licenses run July 1 through June 30) and requires the contractor to hold a current license from a jurisdiction that requires an approved examination for the craft, or to show proof of an approved examination for the applicable craft; plumbing contractors must additionally post a $100 cash bond, refundable when business activity in the city ends. Roofing is not named among the crafts subject to this craftsman licensing requirement. Contractors generally (including roofing contractors) are otherwise subject to the city's $50/year contractor business license, which requires a certificate of insurance naming the City of Grandview (1200 Main Street, Grandview, MO 64030) as certificate holder, showing general liability limits and, if the contractor has employees, workers' compensation coverage.
Permit process note
The Building Permits page states that permit applications are submitted through the city's online Permit Application Portal, that "Contractors are required to create an account prior to applying," and that "In order for the permit to be processed and issued in a timely manner, a contractor must obtain an Occupational License." Per section 6-10.3, "A single-family homeowner may apply for their own permits," though for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work the homeowner must furnish satisfactory evidence they intend to do the proposed work themselves.
Adopted code
Article II (Construction Codes) of Chapter 10 of the Grandview Code of Ordinances adopts the 2018 International Building Code, including Appendices B, C, E, F, G, I and J, and the 2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, including Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, M, N, O, P and Q, together with all supplements published by the International Code Council.
Drip edge
Required — Drip edge is required at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs (IRC R905.2.8.5). The jurisdiction adopted the 2018 International Residential Code via Ordinance No. 7282, §§ 1-8 (1-12-2021; Article II, Secs. 10-21 through 10-30); that instrument, read in full, does not amend R905.2.8.5, so the code's drip-edge requirement stands as enacted local law. About drip edge
Ice & water shield
Required — The city's own amended Table R301.2(1), codified at Sec. 10-25(2) (Residential code amendments, within the 2018 IRC adopted at Sec. 10-23(a)(2), most recently amended by Ord. No. 7282, §§ 1-8, 1-12-2021), lists "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required ... Yes" among the table's climatic/geographic design criteria entries. About ice & water barrier
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Article II (Construction Codes) of Chapter 10 of the Grandview Code of Ordinances, enacted by Ord. No. 7282, §§ 1-8, 1-12-2021 (Secs. 10-21 through 10-30, read in full), adopts the 2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings at Sec. 10-23(a)(2). Sec. 10-25 (Residential code amendments) lists the code's local amendments as a run of 50 numbered items, covering permit exemptions, Table R301.2(1) climatic and geographic design criteria, townhouse fire separation and parapets, smoke alarms, fire sprinklers, storm-hardened door and window standards, wood foundations, retaining walls, concrete floors, water discharge, energy-code testing, and fences. None of those items amends IRC Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies), and no other section of Article II touches it either. No UL 2218, Class 4, Class four, or other impact-resistance provision appears anywhere in Article II, and the word "hail" does not appear at all. Base 2018 IRC Chapter 9 provisions therefore apply unmodified.
Wind design criteria
90 mph wind speed, topographic effects No (Sec. 10-25(2), Table R301.2(1) as amended, within the 2018 IRC adopted at Sec. 10-23(a)(2), most recently amended by Ord. No. 7282, §§ 1-8, 1-12-2021): the table row reads "20 PSF [Ground Snow Load] / 90 mph [Wind Speed] / No [Topographic Effects] / A [Seismic Design Category] / Severe / 36 inches / Moderate to Heavy / 6 / Yes [Ice Barrier] / July 16, 1976 / 1,500 or less / 55 degrees F." The city's own amended Table R301.2(1) does not include separate Special Wind Region or Windborne Debris Zone columns at all (several neighboring jurisdictions' tables state each explicitly); Grandview's published table simply does not address those two data points.
Sales & use tax
Combined general sales tax rate in Grandview (Jackson County) is 8.7250% at the base city rate, which already includes the Kansas City Metropolitan Zoological District tax (Missouri DOR jurisdiction code 28324-095-000), per the DOR's statewide Sales/Use Tax Rate Table for July 2026. Several stacked CIDs and TDDs raise the rate on specific parcels, up to 9.7250% -- e.g. the Grandview Crossing CID (28324-095-002), the Sunrise Farms CID (28324-095-003), and the doubly-stacked Truman's Marketplace TDD + CID (28324-095-004). Missouri's own Contractors Tax Matrix (DOR Audit Services, Industry Guidance, eff. 10-24-2022, https://dor.mo.gov/taxation/business/documents/Contractors_000.pdf) treats a roofing contractor as the final consumer of materials incorporated into real property: "Contractor sales of tangible personal property where title passed to the customer after installation" is listed Exempt, while "Tangible personal property to be sold as an attachment to real property" is listed Taxable -- meaning the contractor owes sales/use tax on shingles, underlayment, etc. at the point of purchase from the supplier, and does not separately charge the homeowner sales tax on the installed roof or on labor. Unlike Colorado home-rule cities, Missouri cities do not collect a construction use tax at building-permit issuance; the DOR's own Sales/Use Tax page (https://dor.mo.gov/taxation/business/tax-types/sales-use/) describes local use tax as a self-reported obligation -- "Use tax is imposed directly upon the person that stores, uses, or consumes tangible personal property in Missouri," with "a purchaser ... required to file a use tax return if the cumulative purchases subject to use tax exceed two thousand dollars in a calendar year" -- not a sum collected at the permit counter.

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Roofing questions — Grandview, MO

Is ice & water shield required in Grandview, MO?

Required — The city's own amended Table R301.2(1), codified at Sec. 10-25(2) (Residential code amendments, within the 2018 IRC adopted at Sec. 10-23(a)(2), most recently amended by Ord. No. 7282, §§ 1-8, 1-12-2021), lists "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required ... Yes" among the table's climatic/geographic design criteria entries..

Is drip edge required?

Required — Drip edge is required at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs (IRC R905.2.8.5). The jurisdiction adopted the 2018 International Residential Code via Ordinance No. 7282, §§ 1-8 (1-12-2021; Article II, Secs. 10-21 through 10-30); that instrument, read in full, does not amend R905.2.8.5, so the code's drip-edge requirement stands as enacted local law..

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Grandview, MO?

Required. Grandview's Craftsmen's License, required of plumbing, electrical, and HVAC contractors, costs $50 per year (licenses run July 1 through June 30) and requires the contractor to hold a current license from a jurisdiction that requires an approved examination for the craft, or to show proof of an approved examination for the applicable craft; plumbing contractors must additionally post a $100 cash bond, refundable when business activity in the city ends. Roofing is not named among the crafts subject to this craftsman licensing requirement. Contractors generally (including roofing contractors) are otherwise subject to the city's $50/year contractor business license, which requires a certificate of insurance naming the City of Grandview (1200 Main Street, Grandview, MO 64030) as certificate holder, showing general liability limits and, if the contractor has employees, workers' compensation coverage..

What building code does Grandview, MO use?

Article II (Construction Codes) of Chapter 10 of the Grandview Code of Ordinances adopts the 2018 International Building Code, including Appendices B, C, E, F, G, I and J, and the 2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, including Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, M, N, O, P and Q, together with all supplements published by the International Code Council.