H252 - Building Code Regulatory Reform. (SL 2017-130)

Overview: S.L. 2017-130 makes several changes to building inspection procedures for counties and cities, including:

• Prohibiting the adoption or enforcement of any existing regulation requiring regular, routine building inspections, without first obtaining approval from the North Carolina Building Code Council;
• Adding new inspection requirement exemptions for persons supervised by architects or engineers and new exemptions for engineered components and elements certified as compliant by the manufacturer;
• Creating a new informal review process for inspection decisions made by county and city inspectors;
• Allowing a building permit applicant to choose which version of an interpretation will apply to the permit, if an interpretation changes after the building permit is issued;
• Exempting certain lots from needing separate meters for new irrigation systems; and
• Exempting therapeutic equine facilities from the State Building Code.

This act became effective October 1, 2017, except for the section exempting therapeutic equine facilities from the State Building Code, which became effective July 20, 2017.