Rainbow City
building department

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. Any permits issued by our Building Department will be permitted under the 2015 International Code and 2014 Electrical Code.

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, and 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 commercial property. These changes of use groups may require the building to have a fire suppression system installed.
• As of April 11, 2022, the City of Rainbow City requires that roofers obtain a roofing permit.