Find Birmingham Alabama building departments, planning, permits, zoning, and inspections. Building Departments provide information on certificates of occupancy (CO), building codes, construction codes, inspections, safety, violations, permits, community planning, zoning laws, regulations, ordinances, maps, and land use.
Birmingham Planning and Permits Department 710 20th Street North Birmingham AL 35203 205-254-2478
Birmingham Zoning 710 20th Street North Birmingham AL 35203 205-254-2211
Hoover Building Department 2020 Valleydale Road Birmingham AL 35244 205-444-7522
Hoover Zoning 100 Municipal Drive Birmingham AL 35216 205-444-7517
USGSA Building Department in Birmingham 1800 5th Avenue North Birmingham AL 35203 205-731-1755
Building Departments in Birmingham, AL are responsible for ensuring safe construction of buildings located in their jurisdictions. Building Departments create building codes and standards for building construction to ensure building safety. The Birmingham DOB is involved in all aspects of construction, including zoning laws, design requirements, building materials, trade and professional license regulation.
You may contact the Building Department for questions about:The Department of Buildings makes public records available upon request including building and property records, construction permits, inspection reports and logs, violations, complains and zoning ordinances.
Building Code EnforcementBirmingham Building Departments create and enforce building, planning and zoning regulations. The DOB enforces these codes through inspections and levies fines and fees for buildings that are not in compliance with local law. The Office also provides training and certification for building inspectors who enforce local law through building inspections.
Birmingham, Alabama Building & Construction PermitsBuilding Departments in Birmingham are tasked with enforcing local building codes as well as any zoning and planning standards required by state laws and statutes. The Department reviews construction and design plans prior to construction and awards permits to legal construction projects. Birmingham building inspectors ensure construction and buildings are in compliance of building code before, during and after construction has been completed. Building Departments also inspect new construction prior to occupancy is permitted and award certificates of occupancy to buildings that meet requirements.
Building Safety & MaintenanceBirmingham Building Departments routinely inspect buildings and structures in Alabama to ensure they are in compliance of local code and safe for occupancy. The Department inspects buildings after damage due to fire, natural disaster or whenever damage may render a structure unsafe to occupy. If a building is determined unsafe for occupancy, inspectors have the authority to condemn buildings until improvements are made.