ID H0207

Permits are required from the division for any construction, improvement, extension, or alteration of buildings, residences, or structures under the division's purview in Idaho.

Permits are required from local government for any construction, improvement, extension, or alteration of buildings, residences, or structures in jurisdictions enforcing building codes.

Permits cannot require upgrades to building code compliance in unaffected existing parts of buildings that complied with applicable code when originally constructed.

The division or enforcing jurisdiction may require code upgrades only if they identify a specific substantial safety hazard created by the new improvement, extension, or alteration, with the burden of proof on the division or jurisdiction.

Any additional permitting requirements must be limited to correcting the specific substantial safety hazard, which must be identified in the permit along with the basis for determining it is a substantial hazard.