Roofing in Hillsboro, North Dakota

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FLOATING ADOPTION, NO LOCAL AMENDMENT - Hillsboro carries the North Dakota State Building Code exactly as the state writes it, with nothing added or subtracted. City of Hillsboro Code of Ordinances Title XV, Chapter 15.01, Section 15.0101 (Adoption of Code), reads in full: "The erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, uses, height, area and maintenance of buildings or structures in the City shall meet with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the North Dakota State Building Code and any future updates and amendments to that code, a copy of which is on file with the City Auditor. That code is hereby adopted and made a part of this Title by reference with the exception of the following Sections affecting local conditions in the City." No exceptions are then listed anywhere in Chapter 15.01, which runs straight from that sentence into Section 15.0102 (Application and Licensing). Title XV's own table of contents lists a single chapter, 15.01, so this is the whole of the City's building-code text - there is no separate roofing chapter or amendment elsewhere in the Code of Ordinances. Under NDCC 54-21.3-03(6), an electing city "shall adopt and enforce the state building code" and "may... amend the state building code to conform to local needs" - Hillsboro has elected to enforce the state code (it runs a permit and inspection process) but has not exercised the amendment option. THE GOVERNING EDITION, established from the state's own publication rather than assumed: the North Dakota Department of Commerce, Division of Community Services states on its own Building Codes page that "On Sept. 11, 2025 eligible cities and counties... adopted the 2024 updates to the IBC, IRC, IMC, and IFGC and the proposed amendments. The 2024 versions of the International Energy Conservation Code and the International Existing Building Code and proposed amendments to these codes were also adopted. The new North Dakota State Building Code will go into effect Jan. 1, 2026." That edition has been current for over eight months as of this record's verification date. The state's own 2026 North Dakota State Building Code Book (effective January 1, 2026) publishes the full amendment text; its Section 12, "2024 International Residential Code Amendments," was read start to finish and amends only Chapters 1 through 6 of the IRC (Administration through Wall Construction) plus Chapter 11 (Energy Efficiency) and Chapter 21 (Hydronic Piping) - it contains no amendment to Chapter 7, 8, 9 or 10, and no jurisdiction-specific Table R301.2 (Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria) is published in it for any city. Plumbing and electrical trades follow separate North Dakota state standards (State Plumbing Code, National Electrical Code with North Dakota wiring standards) referenced throughout the amendment book rather than the IRC's own plumbing/electrical chapters.

Building permits in Hillsboro are applied for at City Hall, 19 South Main Street / PO Box 400, Hillsboro, ND 58045, phone (701) 636-4620 (the City's Building Permit Guidelines sheet lists a separate direct line, 701 636-4360, for permit questions). The City's Building Permit Guidelines sheet sorts every project into one of four fee sections; re-roofing ("New shingles") sits in Section Two at a flat $25.00 fee. Two application forms exist - Commercial and Residential, identical in format - and the completed Building Permit Application is emailed to [email protected] or filed at City Hall; the form warns that "incomplete applications will cause delays in the routing/review and permitting process." The application itself has a "Roofing Material" and "Color" field under Building Details, and separate "ND Contractor License No." fields for the General and Foundation Contractor. Per the Guidelines sheet, the City Auditor or their designee has up to two business days to route the application (approving it outright if it falls in Section One, or forwarding it to an Outside Building Inspector, a Local Building Inspector, or the City's surveying contractor AE2S as the job requires); the Building Inspector then has three business days to review and sign off, after which the file returns to the Auditor for billing and permit issuance. A permit is valid for one year, with up to a six-month extension available before Planning and Zoning approval is required for more time.