Hoover, AL Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the "Property Maintenance Code of the City of Hoover" with the additions, deletions, and changes, if any, prescribed in section 6-2.8 below, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures by providing the standards for: (1) supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and (2) the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees thereof. The regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said property maintenance code on file in the office of the city clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 6-2.7 of this Code.

(i) A certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Hoover, the Hoover Library and the Hoover Building Inspections Department, being marked and designated as the International Existing Building Code, 2021 edition,