Building Safety in Huntsville, AL (2026)

EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule

In 1978, the federal government banned the sale of lead-based paint for use in homes, childcare facilities and preschools. Approximately three-quarters of the homes in the United States built before 1978 still contain some lead-based paint. [...] EPA's RRP Rule requires that anyone paid to perform work that disturbs painted surfaces in homes, childcare facilities and preschools built before 197...

Huntsville Code of Ordinances Sec. 7-192(30)-(31)

(30)R309.5 Fire Sprinklers. Amend to read, "Private garages shall be protected by fire sprinklers where the garage wall has been designed based on Table R302.1(2), Footnote a. Sprinklers in garages shall be connected to an automatic sprinkler system that complies with the 2018 International Plumbing Code. Garage sprinklers shall be residential sprinklers or quick-response sprinklers, designed t...

Sec. 15-85(76)

Schools. Each person engaged in the business of conducting a school, college, kindergarten, nursery, day care, teaching classes in any manner or conducting seminars shall pay a license tax based on annual gross receipts as follows: $0.00 to $24,999.00 .....$65.00 $25,000.00 and over .....65.00 Plus, per $1,000.00 in excess of $25,000.00 .....1.00 Any person conducting a kindergarten, ...

Sec. 7-418(b), (d)

Every exterior door shall be provided with properly installed hardware that is maintained to ensure reasonable ease of operation to open, close and secure in an open or closed position, as intended by the manufacturer of the door and the attached hardware. ... Hasp lock assemblies shall be prohibited for use on any exterior door of a dwelling unit.

Sec. 7-61(a)

No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove, convert or demolish any building or structure, or cause such work to be done when the reasonable cost of the material and labor for such work is in excess of $250.00 or if structural work is involved in any amount, without first obtaining a permit for such building or structure from the building official.

Huntsville Code of Ordinances Secs. 7-203, 7-204

(a)Subject to subsection (b), there is hereby adopted, and incorporated herein by reference as if set out at length in this section, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations within the city for the construction, alteration, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal and demolition of buildings or structures, including permits and penalties, a certain code known as the National...

Sec. 7-197 (adoption); Sec. 7-198(2)-(4) (deleting permit exemptions)

there is hereby adopted, and incorporated herein by reference as if set out at length in this section, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations within the city for the construction, alteration, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal and demolition of buildings or structures, including permits and penalties, a certain code known as the International Plumbing Code, 2018 edit...

Sec. 7-63

When any building, plumbing, gas, mechanical or electrical equipment is to be hidden from view by the permanent placement of parts of the building, the person installing the equipment shall notify the inspection department and such equipment shall not be concealed until it has been inspected and approved by the inspection department or until 24 hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holiday...