Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC), except all appendices, with amendments. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption and amendments). Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Building Code (IBC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption). Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Helpful resources for Greenville, Alabama include the following.
Residential Building Code
Alabama adopted a model state residential code but it is not in force unless adopted locally.See PLRB,
Alabama Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Greenville adopted the 2015 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 amendments to the model code
here.
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Alabama Energy and Residential Code (2015 IRC)(Greenville, AL Sec. 5-2. - Building code—Adopted; enforcing officer; penalty for violation.)
...(a)
The following National Codes, as published by the International Code Council, except
where noted, shall be followed for prescribing regulations governing the construction,
erection, alteration or improvement of buildings within the corporate limits of the
city, copies of which shall...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: no
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Greenville ? 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.
Comments
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC), except all appendices, with amendments. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption and amendments).
Section R313.2- Automated Fire Sprinkler System, shall not apply to single-family dwellings.
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.
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Commercial Building Code
Greenville adopted the 2015 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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See Muni. Code(Greenville, AL Municipal Code)
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Comments
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Building Code (IBC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Existing Buildings
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Other Building Codes
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Mechanical Code (IMC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 International Plumbing Code (IPC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2009 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 National Fire Protection Association 101: Life Safety Code, except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
Greenville, Alabama, adopted the 2015 National Electric Code, except all appendices. Greenville, AL, Ord. No. 2020-04 (adoption).
