Jackson, TN Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Jackson Municipal Code § 12-501 adopts the 2018 edition of the International Plumbing Code (Third Printing), excluding its appendices, under authority granted by Tennessee Code Annotated § 6-54-502 et seq. The adoption sits in Title 12, Chapter 5, alongside the city's parallel adoptions of the 2018 International Building, Electrical, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, Property Maintenance and Existing Building Codes, so a plumbing permit runs through the same Department of Building and Housing Codes that issues every other construction permit. Section 12-202 sets fees for the adopted construction codes by a schedule the city council approves and revises by resolution rather than printing a dollar figure in the ordinance itself, so contractors confirm current plumbing permit fees with the department before bidding a job.

Section 12-105 requires whoever holds a permit under Title 12 to post the official street address in a conspicuous, weatherproof spot on the front of the property before work begins, and to keep it up until a permanent address marker is in place. Disputes over an inspector's ruling go to the code advisory/appeals board created by § 12-103, a thirteen-member body that by ordinance must include a master plumbing contractor, a mechanical contractor and a master electrical contractor among its voting seats; an appeal under § 12-104 must be filed in writing within ninety (90) days of the building or fire official's decision, accompanied by the appeal fee the department sets by resolution.

Section 12-106 makes it a misdemeanor to violate any adopted Title 12 code or to build, alter, repair, move or demolish a structure contrary to approved plans, punishable under the code's general penalty provision. Homeowners planning bathroom remodels, water-heater swaps or sewer-line repairs inside the City of Jackson, Tennessee need a plumbing permit before starting, not after an inspector finds unpermitted work.