11-10-15. No building permit for certain repairs, replacements--Compliance--Exception.

Notwithstanding any authority granted to a county, municipality, or township to prescribe building codes or standards or to issue building permits, a county, municipality, or township may not require a building permit for the repair or substantially similar replacement of any of the following existing exterior parts of a detached single-family owner-occupied residential structure:

(1)    Door, if the dimensions remain the same;

(2)    Downspout;

(3)    Fascia,

(4)    Fencing panel or post;

(5)    Gutter;

(6)    Siding, if nonstructural;

(7)    Soffit; and

(8)    Window, if the dimensions remain the same.

Nothing in this section relieves a homeowner from compliance with any other applicable building code or ordinance.

A county, municipality, or township may require building permits for repairs pursuant to this section or substantially similar replacements for exterior parts of any designated historical property as authorized under chapter 1-19B.

Source: SL 2026, ch 60, § 1.