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 Rainbow City Building Department
Wiley McLain, Building Official
3700 Rainbow Drive
Rainbow City, AL 35906
Phone (256) 413-1230, FAX (256) 442-3896
build@rbcalabama.com
The Building Department is responsible for inspecting all new residential and commercial construction and renovations to ensure code compliance. It also inspects existing properties to ensure compliance with the housing code and to maintain healthy, sanitary, and safe living conditions.
Planning Commission meets the 4th Tuesday
of every month in council chambers at 4:00 PM.
Click Here view past Minutes of the City Planning Commission.
Building Permits
If you are planning an improvement project around your home or any construction renovation to your business, company or multifamily dwelling, feel free to contact the Building Department to see if a building permit is required. Some examples of when a building permit is required are as follows:
  Building or installing: Patios, driveways, concrete service walks, deck or patio covers, chimneys, garages, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning supply or exhaust systems, swimming pools, tool or storage sheds.
Adding or changing: Rooms, dormers, bay windows or other wall openings, water heaters or other plumbing, furnaces or other parts of heating systems, circuits or other parts of electrical systems, closing in a screened porch, garages to livable areas.
Repairing or replacing: Roofing, siding, termite damage, porches, existing stone, brick or concrete, interior wall coverings of restaurants, outside wall coverings.
Changing the use of a building: Example: changing from a retail store to a restaurant, or from a single family residence to any type of commercial property. These changes of use groups may require the building to have a fire suppression system installed.
Helpful Documents from the Building Department
To download, print or view forms, click on the document name below.
Planning Commission meets the 4th Tuesday
of every month in council chambers at 4:00 PM.
Click Here view past Minutes of the City Planning Commission.
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