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Greene County, Tennessee Building Codes

Updated : 12/19/2024

Overview

For Greene County, Tennessee, no local adoptions and no local amendments of a residential building code, commercial building code, or existing building code were located. However, their website indicates they have adopted the 2018 International Codes including the 2018 IRC, including Appendix J, and the 2018 IBC. Link to website.

State regulations may not permit the adoption of a code less stringent than the codes adopted by the state. For the most accurate information please check with the local building department. See the Tennessee state overview. Link to Tennessee Building Codes.

Helpful resources for Greene County, Tennessee include the following.

Residential Building Code

Tennessee adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control; however, local governments are free to make laws more strict (with some limitations).See PLRB, Tennessee Building Codes for more information on state level codes.

Greene County adopted the 2018 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the model code here.

You can find information about the adoption without amendment to the model code here.

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Drip Edge

Drip Edge: Yes

The IRC requires drip edge flashing in section R905.2.8.5 and the state legislature did not amend this section. TN ADC 0780-02-23-.02(1)(a).

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Greene County ? Undetermined
Comments:

No amendments to Table R301.2(1) were found in the municipal code or city website; Therefore, it is unclear if ice barrier underlayment is required.

Government Officials
Last Name First Name Title E-mail Phone Note
Tweed Tim Building Official 423-798-1724

Comments

For Greene County, Tennessee, no local adoptions and no local amendments of a residential building code were located. However, their website indicates they have adopted the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), including Appendix J. Link to website.

Existing Buildings

Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.

While no formal online code was located for Greene County, Tennessee, their website indicates they have adopted the 2018 IRC, including Appendix J. Link to website.

For Greene County, Tennessee, no local adoptions and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.

Commercial Building Code

Greene County adopted the 2018 IBC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about the adoption without amendment to the model code here.

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Comments

For Greene County, Tennessee, no local adoptions and no local amendments of a commercial building code were located. However, their website indicates they have adopted the 2018 International Building Code (IBC). Link to website.

Existing Buildings

For Greene County, Tennessee, no local adoptions and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.

Other Building Codes

No other local building codes were located at this time.