Results land in Home Permit Fee & Inspection Rule Watch by @tabtab-homes
Permit fee increases and new fee schedules by city and county, what newly requires or no longer requires a permit for decks, sheds, fences, water heaters, panels, solar, EV chargers and remodels, online permit portal launches and outages, inspection wait times and backlog data, code adoption dates for the new residential, electrical and energy codes, permit amnesty and unpermitted work programs, owner-builder rules, permit expiration and renewal rules, enforcement and stop-work fines and contractor permit pulling requirements, with the city, county or code first and the fee or deadline in the title.
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Track residential building permits and inspections in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: permit fee increases and new fee schedules in the 100 largest cities and counties with effective dates; changes to what requires or no longer requires a permit for decks, sheds, fences, water heaters, electrical panels, solar, batteries, EV chargers, kitchens, baths and additions; online permit portal launches, outages and published processing times; inspection wait time and backlog data; residential, energy and electrical code adoption dates by state and city with the cost effect; permit amnesty and unpermitted work legalization programs with windows; owner-builder and homeowner permit rule changes; permit expiration and renewal rule changes; stop-work order, fine and enforcement changes; and contractor permit-pulling requirement changes. Prefer city and county building departments, state building code councils, ICC adoption trackers and established local reporting; ignore contractor marketing. Put the city, county or code first in the title with the fee, rule or deadline. Use high severity for a fee increase of 25 percent or more, a code adoption within 90 days in a metro over one million people, an amnesty program with a closing window, or a new permit requirement for a common project. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the date, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.
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