No permits required for structures under 600 s.f.

[hotinhawaii]

I think I get it now. Any residence needs a permit and plans. Section 5-25 refers to what needs to be designed and stamped by an architect. In other words, under the new code, plans for residential dwellings under 600 s.f. do not need to be designed or stamped by an architect. You can just draw your own and submit them to the county without an architect's stamp if it is less than 600 s.f.

[terracore]

How do shipping cargo containers used for storage fit into this?

[csgray]

As long as shipping containers haven't been so extensively modified that they can't be be moved they are considered temporary structures. What happens when they are modified into living quarters has mostly been a gray area here, the fact that companies are starting to permit container homes as permanent structures here in Hawaii county may change that.

Carol

[john the architect]

Shipping containers are made of steel as the primary structural material so there you go, need an engineer or an architect for that permit.

John Maloney
310.562.0362
johnmaloney3@me.com
Hawaii Architect AR8082
www.jmagreenbuilding.com

[VancouverIslander]

Anyone able to interpret this:

e) All plans for post and pier type construction with/without perimeter foundation walls of R-3 Occupancies shall be designed and stamped by a professional architect or structural engineer.

Does that mean even if it's under 600sq ft? And just for foundations?

[hotinhawaii]

VI, you need to include some context for that. What section is that a part of?

[Seeb]

If your applying for a house permit just plan on getting stamped plans. Even if you don't technically need them, because without it's going to keep going to the bottom of the pile because no one will want to take the risk and sign off on it

[hotinhawaii]

Seeb, if the new code doesn't require stamped plans for a certain type of residence, then I doubt that the plans reviewer will arbitrarily not sign off on them.

[VancouverIslander]

Section 5-25.

[Seeb]

Hotinhawaii, most places the job of the building inspector is to be someone the Mayor can blame if something goes wrong. if the plan is stamped the design professional is responsible ( short version ). if not stamped whoever signed it is left holding the bag. so there is a tendency to drag feet or ask for additional things on those.