Roofing in Stanley, North Dakota

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STANLEY NAMES NO BUILDING CODE EDITION IN THE INSTRUMENT IT PUBLISHES, AND A ROOFER SHOULD ASK WHICH ONE APPLIES BEFORE ORDERING TO A DETAILING STANDARD. What the City publishes is its Planning and Zoning Ordinance, "AMENDED & ADOPTED: March 13, 2018 / AMENDED: November 10, 2020 / AMENDED: April 9, 2024", and that document was read in full this session. It carries the permit regime, the district regulations, the definitions and the enforcement provisions, but it contains no section adopting the North Dakota State Building Code or any International Code by edition. Its references to those codes are incidental rather than adopting: a temporary-housing conditional use must include a "Building permit which follows State Building Code Guidelines"; ground-supported signs "shall have all posts or supporting structure embedded in concrete, following the local and State building codes"; and a flagpole or tower fifteen feet or more in height needs a permit "pursuant to Stanley City Zoning Ordinance 5.0704 and the International Building Code, Section 105.1, Building Permits Required, as amended." The City's own Building Permit Application says only that "Execution of the Building Permit shall follow all North Dakota Century Codes and City of Stanley Ordinances". So the City clearly works to a building code; it does not publish which edition in the documents it makes available. WHAT THE STATE FRAMEWORK SUPPLIES, STATED AS CONTEXT. North Dakota Century Code Section 54-21.3-03(6): "The governing body of a city, township, or county that elects to administer and enforce a building code shall adopt and enforce the state building code. However, the state building code may be amended by cities, townships, and counties to conform to local needs." The 2026 North Dakota State Building Code Book states that "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)" and that "NO APPENDICES ARE ADOPTED." This record does not infer from that which edition Stanley enforces - that would be a legal conclusion rather than a sourceable fact, and North Dakota's chapter lets a jurisdiction amend the state code to conform to local needs. ASK THE PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ON 701-628-2225 which code and edition your permit will be written to. WHAT IS NOT IN DOUBT is that Stanley administers and enforces a permit regime of its own: Ordinance Section 5.0703 provides that "The Building Inspector is designated by the City Council to enforce this ordinance. The Planning and Zoning Administrator is designated by the City Council to administer this ordinance, including the receiving of applications, the inspection of premises, the issuing of certificates of occupancy, and the issuing of building permits and other permits as authorized within this ordinance."

Stanley City Hall is at 221 S Main St, PO Box 249, Stanley, ND 58784, on 701-628-2225, [email protected], open Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. WHO DOES WHAT. Ordinance Section 5.0703 designates the Building Inspector to ENFORCE the ordinance and the Planning and Zoning Administrator to ADMINISTER it, "including the receiving of applications, the inspection of premises, the issuing of certificates of occupancy, and the issuing of building permits". Section 5.0704 then routes the approval through both the Administrator and the City Council: a permit is "approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator and issued by the City Council". Build the Council's meeting calendar into any start date. WHAT THE APPLICATION TAKES. The City's Building Permit Application asks for the applicant, mailing address, building dimensions and materials used, and requires a drawing that "must indicate placement of structure showing footage from lot lines/setbacks from all property lines on all sides", with the note that you "May attach copy of floor plan/pre-existing plan for improvement instead of drawing". The fee "Must be paid at the time of submission of the building permit" and is non-refundable. The form is signed off by the Building Official as APPROVED or DECLINED. THE FORMS THE CITY PUBLISHES, all as downloads on its Permit Applications page: Building Permit, General Contractors License Application, Demolition Permit, Infrastructure Permit, Conditional Use Permit, Variance Permit, Rezone Application, Plat Lots Permit, Annexation Application, Sign Permit, Consent Form (legal size required, used for fences on a shared property line), Fireworks Permit, Mobile Vendor Food Permit and Special Event Mobile Vendor Food Permit. OCCUPANCY. The permit form carries a use-and-occupancy clause: "No building or structure shall be used or occupied, and no change in the existing occupancy classification of a building or structure or portion thereof shall be made, until the building official has issued a certificate of occupancy."