Jacksonville, North Carolina Building Codes

Updated : 05/08/2024

Overview

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Residential Code (NCRC). Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-60 (adoption). Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Building Code (NCBC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-32 (adoption). Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Existing Building Code (NCEBC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-130 (adoption). 

Helpful resources for Jacksonville, North Carolina include the following.

Residential Building Code

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

Jacksonville adopted the 2018 North Carolina Residential CodeYou 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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Drip Edge

Drip Edge: No

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Jacksonville ? Undetermined
Comments:

We contacted the city of Jacksonville, NC, for additional amendments under § 5-60. David Holland informed us that “No, it is not required here unless the shingle manufactures require it.” Source: David Holland, Building Inspector, email, 5/8/24.

Government Officials
Last Name First Name Title E-mail Phone Note
King Ryan Director of Planning and Inspections rking@jacksonvillenc.gov 910 938-5293
Holland David Building Inspector dholland@jacksonvillenc.gov 910-938-5232 X 4

Comments

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Residential Code (NCRC). Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-60 (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.

Refer to Appendix J of the adopted 2018 NCRC.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Existing Building Code (NCEBC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-130 (adoption).

Commercial Building Code

Jacksonville adopted the 2018 North Carolina Building CodeYou 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

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Building Code (NCBC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-32 (adoption).

Existing Buildings

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Existing Building Code (NCEBC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-130 (adoption).

Other Building Codes

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Mechanical Code (NCMC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-75 (adoption).

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Electrical Code (NCEC). Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-89 (adoption). 

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Plumbing Code (NCPC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-115 (adoption). 

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Fuel Gas Code (NCFGC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-122 (adoption). 

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Energy Code (NCEC), including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-126 (adoption).

Jacksonville, North Carolina, adopted the 2018 North Carolina Accessibility Code, including all Appendices. Jacksonville, NC, Muni. Code § 5-138 (adoption).