Twin Falls County, ID Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

This inspection process belongs to the Agricultural Siting Permit article, Title 7, Chapter 3, Article A, which lets a qualifying agricultural building, one on five acres or more, or under 300 square feet on a smaller parcel per § 7-3-3, skip the standard International Building Code permit process but still requires its own siting permit under § 7-3A-2. Under § 7-3A-4, before construction begins the applicant must stake the property lines and proposed building location, then contact the building official to schedule a preliminary site inspection confirming the proposed location meets county setback requirements.

Once construction is complete, the applicant again contacts the building official to schedule a final site inspection confirming the finished building still complies with those setbacks. Section 7-3A-6 makes clear these inspections check setback compliance only, not the International Building Code; the applicant remains solely responsible for meeting the building code on their own. The underlying application under § 7-3A-3 must include a site plan drawn to scale on 18-by-24-inch paper and comments or approvals from the highway district, fire department, and health district, and § 7-3A-5 requires the agricultural exemption to be recorded against the property deed before construction and before the siting permit is granted.