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City of Shawnee Building Inspections Division

The permitting authority for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. The Building Inspections Division administers and enforces the city's adopted building codes and ordinances, reviews construction plans, issues residential and commercial building permits, and performs field inspections.

Jurisdiction
City of Shawnee, Oklahoma
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
16 West 9th Street, Shawnee, OK 74801
Contact
  • url: https://www.shawneeok.org/government/departments/engineering_streets/applications-permits-inspections.php
  • phone: 405-878-1666
  • email: [email protected]
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Registration details
  • license: The City of Shawnee's October 2024 Residential Building Permit Application states "Only licensed contractors may call and request inspections with the City of Shawnee" and "Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Contractors must hold current State of Oklahoma and City of Shawnee licenses." The application's certification line likewise requires that "All Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing will be performed by license contractors with the State of Oklahoma and the City of Shawnee," and the form includes an "Oklahoma Contractor's License #" field for the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing sub-contractors (no equivalent license-number field is printed for the General Contractor line). The city's Permits page separately lists "Contractor License" among the licenses it issues, alongside Beverage, Business Occupancy, Medical Marijuana, and Solicitor licenses.
Permit process note
The Residential Building Permit Application states: "No work shall be performed, nor any accepted until a permit has been issued." A 10-working day plan review period begins the day after the application is received, and restarts if additional information is requested. The city's Permits page lists a general "Building" permit category (Commercial/Residential) alongside Accessory Structure, Demolition, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Pool, Sign, Solar Panel, and Water Well permits; no separate roofing or re-roofing permit category is listed.
Inspection requirements
The Residential Building Permit Application states the city "will complete all inspection requests within forty-eight (48) hours," that "[o]nly licensed contractors may call and request inspections with the City of Shawnee," and that "[a]ll inspections must be made and approved before anything is covered up," which is "the permit holder's responsibility." Re-inspection fees of $25 (1st) / $50 (2nd or more) apply if a called-in inspection is not actually ready. A Certificate of Occupancy is issued only after all final inspections are complete, and permits are valid six months from issuance (one-time six-month extension available on written request).
Adopted code
The city's Permits page states "The City of Shawnee follows the 2018 ICC Construction Codes, along with any amendments and modifications adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" (effective February 21, 2023). The October 2024 Residential Building Permit Application corroborates this: the applicant certification requires that construction "conform to the attached plans, specifications, 2018 ICC Codes and the City of Shawnee Code Ordinances."
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — City of Shawnee, Oklahoma Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 (Buildings and Building Regulations), Article VIII (One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code), Sec. 7-461 "Adopted" (Ord. No. 2777NS, § 10, 2-21-2023) adopts "the International Residential Code with Appendix Q, 2018 edition, as amended and modified in Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 748:20-1-1 to 748:20-15-17." Sec. 7-462 "Amendments" (same ordinance) amends this 2018 IRC by exactly three items, stated as a closed list: R101.1 (inserting "City of Shawnee, Oklahoma"), Table R301.2(1) Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria (wind speed, snow load, and related design values), and Section P2603.5.1 (a plumbing pipe-clearance dimension). I read Article VIII in full (Sec. 7-461 Adopted, Sec. 7-462 Amendments, Secs. 7-463-7-490 Reserved) -- no item in the three-item amendment list touches IRC Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies), and no provision addresses UL 2218, Class 4, or impact resistance. The statewide OUBCC IRC 2018 Permanent Rule (OAC 748:20-6-14, "IRC 2018 Chapter 9 Roof Assemblies," 13 modifications), which falls within the OAC 748:20-1-1 to 748:20-15-17 range Sec. 7-461 incorporates, likewise contains no UL 2218, Class 4, or hail-impact provision. This matches the city's Permits page, which states "The City of Shawnee follows the 2018 ICC Construction Codes, along with any amendments and modifications adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" (effective February 21, 2023) -- consistent with Sec. 7-461's own 2-21-2023 amendment date.
Repair permit threshold
"If the repair is shingles only, a permit is not required. If the decking is being replaced, a permit is required." Temporary repairs do not require a permit, but permanent repairs do (City of Shawnee, "Making Storm Damage Repairs" notice, dated April 25, 2023).
Wind design criteria
City of Shawnee Code of Ordinances Sec. 7-462 (amending the adopted 2018 International Residential Code with Appendix Q) fills IRC Table R301.2(1): "Ground snow load = 10 psf; Wind speed = 115 mph; Topographical Effects = No; Special Wind Region = No; Wind Borne Debris = No; Seismic design category = B; Weathering = moderate; Frost line depth = 18 inches; Termite = moderate to heavy; Winter design temp = 13; Ice Barrier Underlayment = yes; Flood hazards = as determined by the most current version of the FEMA Map and documentation; Air Freezing Index = 329; Mean Annual Temp = 60.5."
Roof layer limit / recover
City of Shawnee Code of Ordinances Sec. 7-462 amends only R101.1, Table R301.2(1), and P2603.5.1 of the adopted 2018 IRC -- it does not touch Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies). The operative text is therefore the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission's 2018 IRC Permanent Rule (OAC 748:20-6-14(13)), which amends R908.3.1.1 Roof re-cover to read: "A roof re-cover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur: 1. Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing. 2. Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile. 3. Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering. 4. Where the existing roof has one or more application of asphalt shingles additional applications of asphalt shingles shall not be permitted."
Deck & sheathing requirements
City of Shawnee Code of Ordinances Sec. 7-462 does not amend Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies), so the operative sheathing text is the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission's 2018 IRC Permanent Rule (OAC 748:20-6-14(2)), which amends R905.2.1 Sheathing requirements to read: "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks. Solidly sheathed decks shall be defined as sawn lumber boards or structural panels that provide a solid holding power for fasteners that do not have deficit conditions (gaps greater than those allowed by the roof covering manufacturer's installation instructions, warped, split, cracked, deteriorated or rotten boards)."
Sales & use tax
Combined rate 9.995% inside Shawnee city limits (state 4.5% + City of Shawnee 4% + Pottawatomie County 1.495%). The OTC rate chart lists only one jurisdiction code for Shawnee (COPO 6351, Pottawatomie County), so the combined rate does not vary by address within the city. NOTE: this is City of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma -- do not confuse with shawnee-ks (Johnson County KS) or shawnee-county-ks (Topeka's county), both separate records in this corpus. Oklahoma taxes roofing contractors as consumers/users: they pay sales tax on materials, supplies, and equipment at the point of purchase from the vendor, and do not separately charge the homeowner sales tax on labor or the finished job (Oklahoma Tax Commission Rule OAC 710:65-7-13(a): "Contractors are defined by statute as consumer/users and must pay sales tax on all taxable services and tangible personal property, including materials, supplies, and equipment purchased to develop, repair, alter, remodel, and improve real property."). No construction use tax collected at building-permit issuance was found in OTC or city sources -- Oklahoma's local sales tax is OTC-administered and collected by material vendors at the point of sale, not assessed by the permitting authority at permit issuance.

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Roofing questions — Shawnee, OK

When does a roof repair need a permit in Shawnee, OK?

"If the repair is shingles only, a permit is not required. If the decking is being replaced, a permit is required." Temporary repairs do not require a permit, but permanent repairs do (City of Shawnee, "Making Storm Damage Repairs" notice, dated April 25, 2023).

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Shawnee, OK?

Required. The City of Shawnee's October 2024 Residential Building Permit Application states "Only licensed contractors may call and request inspections with the City of Shawnee" and "Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Contractors must hold current State of Oklahoma and City of Shawnee licenses." The application's certification line likewise requires that "All Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing will be performed by license contractors with the State of Oklahoma and the City of Shawnee," and the form includes an "Oklahoma Contractor's License #" field for the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing sub-contractors (no equivalent license-number field is printed for the General Contractor line). The city's Permits page separately lists "Contractor License" among the licenses it issues, alongside Beverage, Business Occupancy, Medical Marijuana, and Solicitor licenses..

What building code does Shawnee, OK use?

The city's Permits page states "The City of Shawnee follows the 2018 ICC Construction Codes, along with any amendments and modifications adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" (effective February 21, 2023). The October 2024 Residential Building Permit Application corroborates this: the applicant certification requires that construction "conform to the attached plans, specifications, 2018 ICC Codes and the City of Shawnee Code Ordinances."