City of Springdale, Arkansas - Building Department

City of Springdale, Arkansas

city

201 Spring Street, Springdale, AR 72764

Not required

Required

Springdale's Building Department is located at 201 Spring Street, Springdale, AR 72764 (479-750-8154; hours Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., closed all city-observed holidays). The Department's own FAQ states: "A permit will be required when any construction work is conducted"; "If you are building more than 120 square feet or moving walls or doors, a building permit is required. Homeowners can obtain building permits and hire licensed contractors to perform the work. Homeowners can obtain a home repair permit, plumbing and mechanical permit to perform repairs or replace fixtures in a single family home." Inspections are requested by email to the building inspection division with the property address, inspection type, permit number, requested day (Monday-Friday) and a morning (7:30-11:30) or afternoon (12:00-4:00) preference; the Department notes a response is sent only if the requested date/time could not be accommodated. Building-permit-fee schedule (Code of Ordinances § 22-32(b), amending Section 109.2): "$1,000 and less: No fee, unless inspection required, in which case a $15.00 fee for each inspection shall be charged"; "$1,000 to $50,000: $15.00 for the first $1,000.00 plus $5.00 for each additional thousand or fraction thereof"; escalating brackets through "$500,000 and up: $1,660.00 for the first $500,000.00 plus $2.00 for each additional thousand or fraction thereof." Work begun without a required permit is charged double the applicable fee (§ 22-32(b)(d)). None of this fee/administration layer is roofing-specific; the substantive roofing rule is the rafters-vs-covering distinction drawn in the Building Department's own reroofing FAQ (see repair_permit_threshold).

Arkansas Fire Prevention Code (AFPC), Volume III, 2021 Edition (based on the 2021 International Residential Code), adopted statewide by the State Fire Marshal under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-13-105 - Arkansas is a FLOOR state, not a ceiling: AFPC Chapter 1 Administration, [A] 101.2.2, provides "Each district, county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state shall only adopt and enforce the provisions of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, 2021 Edition. The AFPC 2021 Edition shall be the only foundation document available for modification by local jurisdictions should they choose to adopt more stringent provisions." The City of Springdale adopts the AFPC at Code of Ordinances § 22-31: "A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk of the City of Springdale, being marked and designated as the 2021 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Building Code for the City of Springdale, Arkansas...with the additions, insertions, and deletions and changes prescribed in the following section of this article." Springdale's own amendments at § 22-32 are the complete, exhaustive list: a Section 1612.3 insertion naming the FIRM flood-map dates for "Benton County, Arkansas and Incorporated Areas, September 18, 1991 and Washington County, Arkansas and Incorporated Areas, December 20, 2000"; a rewritten Section 109.2 permit-fee schedule; a Section 1809.4 footing-depth minimum (18 inches); a rewritten Section 116 (Unsafe Structures and Equipment); a Section 3305.1 job-site sanitary-facility rule; and a new Appendix F (moving of buildings). None of these touches Table R301.2(1), wind design speed, ground snow load, ice barrier, roof-covering layer limits, drip edge, or impact resistance (see those fields for the ABSENT/negative findings).

Not required — The Building Department's own web page describes its general inspection-request process ("To request a building inspection, email the building inspection division... requested day of inspection (Monday - Friday), whether you prefer a morning or afternoon inspection") and names only a "final inspection" as the milestone gating Certificate of Occupancy issuance; no roofing-specific or mid-roof/dry-in inspection stage is named on that page or anywhere in Code of Ordinances Chapter 22, which was read in full. Because Springdale's own FAQ additionally states that a covering-only reroof needs no permit at all (see repair_permit_threshold), a permit-triggered mid-roof inspection would not arise for the ordinary residential reroof case in any event.

Not required — Checked at both layers Springdale residential roofing actually runs through. STATE LAYER: Arkansas amends nothing in the IRC's roofing chapters (Chapter 8, Roof-Ceiling Construction, and Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies - both printed "No Changes" in the state's own 2021 AFPC rules-change document) or in Table R301.2(1), so the base, unamended 2021 IRC controls at the state level and Arkansas prints no statewide impact-resistance mandate. CITY LAYER: City of Springdale Code of Ordinances Chapter 22, Article II (Building Code) § 22-32 is the complete, exhaustive list of every amendment Springdale makes to the adopted AFPC Building Code (six items: flood-map insertion, permit-fee schedule, footing depth, unsafe-structures rewrite, sanitary-facility rule, and a moving-of-buildings appendix, all read in full) - grepped the entire chapter (Secs. 22-1 through 22-309) for "UL 2218" and "Class 4": zero matches. The chapter's only classification-type provision, Sec. 22-69 ("Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., test results substantiating Class A, Type II rating"), is a FIRE classification requirement for insulation products under the energy-code article, not a wind/impact rating for roof coverings - confirmed by reading its context in full, a documented grep trap distinct from UL 2218/Class 4 impact resistance.

CITY-SPECIFIC, drawn from a rafters-vs-covering distinction rather than a dollar or percentage figure. The City of Springdale Building Department's own website FAQ states, verbatim (typo "require" for "required" preserved exactly as published): "Do I need a permit to re-roof my home? Yes, commercial and residential structures require permits for re-roofing if you are changing rafters. The homeowner or contractor may obtain the permit. For re-roofing only you are not require to get a permit." A routine residential reroof (covering replacement only) in Springdale therefore needs no building permit; a reroof that reaches or changes the rafters/structure does require one. The same FAQ page separately states that changing siding needs no permit "as long as you do not change the structure of the building" -- the same structure-vs-surface line the reroof answer draws. City of Springdale Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 (Buildings and Building Regulations), read in full, contains no separate numbered reroofing exemption of its own; this finding is sourced from the Building Department's published FAQ rather than the codified ordinance text.

Springdale straddles Washington and Benton Counties, so its combined rate depends on which county the parcel sits in rather than being a single citywide figure. State rate 6.500% (Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, effective statewide since July 1, 2013) plus a Springdale city rate of 2.000% (effective October 1, 2003) plus either a Washington County rate of 1.250% (effective July 1, 2021) or a Benton County rate of 1.000% (effective August 1, 1998), per the DFA's current (July-September 2026) quarterly "List of Cities and Counties with Local Sales and Use Tax" table, which prints Springdale's own row as "72-10 10/01/03 2.000% Washington/Benton See Below Varies" -- the table itself flags this city as a straddling-county special case rather than assigning one county rate. Net combined total: **9.750% for parcels on the Washington County side** (6.5% + 2.000% + 1.250%) or **9.500% for parcels on the Benton County side** (6.5% + 2.000% + 1.000%); the applicable rate for any specific job depends on which county the property address falls in, not a single citywide number. Rates are re-published quarterly; this figure should be re-verified against the then-current quarter's table before reuse in a future cycle.