Dunwoody, GA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Section 8-23(a)(6) of the Dunwoody Code of Ordinances adopts the International Plumbing Code, as amended by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, for every plumbing installation in the city, including alterations, repairs, replacements and connections to a water or sewerage system. Section 8-27 then sets the permitting mechanics that apply to that adopted code. Any owner, authorized agent or contractor who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a plumbing system regulated by the construction codes must first apply to the building official and obtain the permit before starting work; only ordinary minor repairs that do not violate the codes may proceed without one.

Applications must be filed on a city form with the required fee and a description of the work, and a filed application is deemed abandoned if no permit issues within 180 calendar days, while an issued permit itself lapses if the authorized work is not started, or is suspended, for 180 days, subject to written extensions of up to 180 days at a time for justifiable cause. Once work begins, the code requires staged plumbing inspections, underground, rough-in and final, before the building official will release the next phase of construction; Section 8-1 also incorporates Section 312 of the International Plumbing Code for the required pressure and leak tests.

Anyone who begins plumbing work before the permit is issued is charged a penalty of 100 percent of the usual permit fee in addition to the fee itself, and the building official may revoke a permit that was obtained through a misrepresentation or that covers work being done in violation of the adopted codes.