Roofing in Peachtree Corners, Georgia

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STATE-SET AND LOCALLY ENFORCED, ON A FLOATING ADOPTION, AND THE CITY PUBLISHES THE CURRENT LIST ITSELF. Georgia has no local code adoption to look up. The International Residential Code, 2024 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2026 is a mandatory state minimum standard code adopted by the Department of Community Affairs and effective January 1, 2026, and under O.C.G.A. 8-2-25(a) it binds any structure built in Georgia whether or not the local government chooses to enforce it locally. Compliance is therefore statewide and automatic; what is local is enforcement, and Peachtree Corners enforces. Its adoption floats by its own terms. Code section 10-23(a) provides that "the city construction code shall be comprised of the following documents, including the administration and appendix chapters also contained in those documents, which are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into this Code, as though they were copied fully in this article. It is the intention of the city to enforce the latest edition of the state minimum standard codes listed below, as adopted and amended by the state department of community affairs", and lists eleven, the second being the International Residential Code. Subsection (b) settles any doubt: "If any of the publications listed in subsection (a) of this section are adopted as a state minimum code pursuant to O.C.G.A. section 8-2-20 et seq., then the edition adopted by the state shall control. If any of the publications listed in subsection (a) of this section are less stringent than the state minimum codes ... then the state minimum code shall control." The City's Building and Permitting page states the position in terms: "Effective January 1, 2026, the 2024 IBC, IRC, IMC, IFGC, IPC, ISPSC and 2023 NEC shall be applicable to all plans and applications submitted. Failure to submit applications with these code references will result in an incomplete application. Incomplete applications will be rejected." Its Permitting Process page reproduces the current mandatory list, including "ICC International Residential Code (IRC), 2024 Edition, with IRC Georgia Amendments (2026)", and notes the energy code is still the 2015 IECC. APPENDIX U WAS NOT ESTABLISHED EITHER WAY. Appendix U Disaster Resilient Construction is adopted by the Department of Community Affairs as optional and by its own scope clause binds only where an adopting ordinance specifically references it. Chapter 10 of the City Code was read in full and never names Appendix U or the Disaster Resilient appendix; what it has is the general phrase in section 10-23(a) adopting the listed documents "including the administration and appendix chapters also contained in those documents". Whether a general phrase of that kind reaches an appendix the State adopts as optional is not settled here. The City's Permitting Process page does list "Disaster Resilient Building Code IRC Appendix (2013)", but under the heading "Current Permissive Codes as Adopted by DCA", which is the State's menu of what a local government may adopt rather than a record of this City adopting it. Ask the Chief Building Official. CURRENCY: the Code is codified through Ordinance No. 2026-03-330, enacted April 28, 2026, and section 10-23 carries the history "Ord. of 7-1-2012, section 14-26; Ord. No. 2021-06-205, section 1, 7-27-2021".

Peachtree Corners runs permitting through BS&A, which it adopted on September 22, 2025 in place of its previous system. The Building Division "reviews building plans and inspects all residential and commercial structures built or remodeled within the City" and issues building permits for residential and non-residential work, deck, pool and spa, demolition, interior finish, remodelling and additions, retaining wall, roof, trade permits and any additional permits required. Building permits are accepted Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and construction activity is allowed on weekdays between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Plans may be submitted electronically through BS&A. FEES for a single-family residence are on the City's own short schedule: new complete building construction is calculated from the International Code Council Building Valuation Data at $4 per $1,000 of estimated construction cost; renovation, alteration and remodel permits are $150 up to $25,000 of construction cost, $250 from $25,001 to $75,000 and $500 over $75,001; trade permits for mechanical, electrical and plumbing are $250; and "Reroof/Siding" is $250. INSPECTIONS are requested on the City's Building Inspection Request Form or by calling the Building Inspection Request Line on 770-609-8813, and for a next-day inspection the request must be in before 3 p.m. FIRE INSPECTIONS ARE NOT THE CITY'S: the Building and Permitting page states that "All fire inspection requests should be made through Gwinnett County", and the Permitting Process page routes fire and health plan review to Gwinnett County as well. Property inside the Chattahoochee River Corridor attracts additional requirements before a permit issues; the Land Development Manager is on 470-395-7022. The Chief Building Official is Will Wiggins on 470-395-7036; the plans coordinator is Elaine Cribbs on 470-550-1729 and the plans examiner John Kroening on 678-691-1207. City Hall is at 310 Technology Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, main line 678-691-1200.