Updated : 04/25/2024

Overview

Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption). Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Building Code (IBC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption). Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption). 

Please note that many of the buildings in Stone Mountain Village are located within our Historic District and are subject to additional restrictions. 

Helpful resources for Stone Mountain, Georgia include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Georgia

Residential Building Code

Georgia adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control. Authority for local amendments will be limited.See PLRB, Georgia Building Codes for more information on state level codes.

Stone Mountain 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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2018 IRC with Georgia Amendments (2018 IRC)(Stone Mountain, GA Sec. 5-109. - Purpose.)

...to provide for the administration and enforcement of the state minimum standard codes for construction as adopted and amended by the state department of community affairs. Hereinafter, the state minimum standard codes for construction shall be referred to as "the construction codes." (Ord. No. 2016-05, Part 1 §...

Drip Edge

Drip Edge: No

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Stone Mountain ? Undetermined
Comments:

We contacted the city of Stone Mountain, GA for additional amendments under § 5-103. However, no amendments regarding § R301.2 in the 2018 IRC were recorded. Any requirement for Ice Barriers is left undetermined. 

Government Officials

Comments

Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption).

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.

No adoption of Appendix J was found in the municipal code. 

Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption). 

Commercial Building Code

Stone Mountain 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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2018 IBC with Georgia Amendments(Stone Mountain, GA Municipal Code)

...Adoption not found...

Comments

Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Building Code (IBC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption).

Existing Buildings

Stone Mountain, Georgia, adopted the 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC). Stone Mountain, GA, Muni. Code § 5-103 (adoption). 

Other Building Codes