Sandy Springs, GA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- International Plumbing Code
- Extra appendices adopted
- Appendices C and I
- Permit required for
- install/alter/repair/replace
- Application filed with
- building official
- Application expiration
- 6 months if unissued
- Last code amendment
- Ord. 2024-05-07
Summary
Sandy Springs enforces the latest state-amended International Plumbing Code, including its Appendices C and I, and requires a building-official permit before any plumbing system is installed, altered, repaired or replaced on a six-month application clock.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the council to enforce the latest edition of the following state minimum standard codes, as adopted and amended by the state department of community affairs: (1)International Building Code.(2)International Fuel Gas Code.(3)International Mechanical Code.(4)International Plumbing Code.(5)National Electrical Code... The following appendices of said codes, as adopted and amended by the state department of community affairs, are hereby referenced as though they were copied herein fully: ...(3)International Plumbing Code appendices C, I.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 24 | Development Code: Supplement 2 | Technical Manuals: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 105-19 lists the International Plumbing Code among the eight state minimum standard codes the council enforces in their latest edition as adopted and amended by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and separately references Appendices C and I of that Plumbing Code as though copied fully into the city code. Sec. 105-46 supplies the permitting steps that reach plumbing work directly: anyone who wants to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace a plumbing system regulated by the construction codes must first apply to the building official and obtain the required permit before doing the work or causing it to be done.
The permit's scope is limited to what's shown on the filed drawings and specifications; anything not covered there needs a separate permit. The building official can waive the permit for ordinary minor repairs that don't violate the construction codes. Applications must be filed with the required fee on the official form, signed by the owner or an authorized agent, describing the work and its location, and indicating proposed occupancy where relevant. An application not converted to an issued permit within six months of filing is deemed abandoned, subject to extensions.
The code-adoption section was last amended by Ord. No. 2024-05-07 on May 21, 2024, continuing a chain of amendments back to the original 2006-09-68 adoption ordinance.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 105-21 makes it a Code violation for any person, firm, corporation or agent to violate the construction codes, or to install, alter, repair or replace a plumbing system in a manner not shown on the permitted drawings and specifications, punishable under the general penalty in section 1-10.
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