Apache Junction wrote its own permit exemption list instead of amending the model code, and windows are not on it. Because the list lives in Article 7-1 rather than in R105.2, the exemptions people expect from other jurisdictions in the metro simply are not there. There is a case-by-case waiver route, but nothing published to rely on in advance, and the city sits across two counties.
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Apache Junction's code says at section 7-1-6(B)(1) that "a building permit shall not be required for the following" and then runs items (a) through (q): accessory and shade structures, fences and block walls, retaining walls, water tanks, exterior concrete, "painting, papering, floor tiling, carpeting, baseboard and similar finish work", cabinet and countertop replacement, theater sets, prefabricated pools, shade cloth, playground equipment, movable fixtures, decks, and "window awnings supported by an exterior wall, projecting not more than 54 inches".
Awnings again. No glazing or window replacement item. Because the city built its own list in Article 7-1 rather than editing R105.2, the exemptions people expect from other Arizona jurisdictions simply aren't there.
Section 7-1-6 does authorize the Building and Safety Manager to waive the permit requirement for additional items where the work's nature doesn't require one, so there's a case-by-case route. There's no published exemption to rely on in advance.
Apache Junction is primarily in Pinal County with a small portion in Maricopa County. The city's own line: anyone living west of Meridian is in Maricopa County, east of Meridian is in Pinal County. It incorporated in 1978 and runs the 2018 IBC and 2018 IRC under Ordinance 1475, passed 19 June 2019.
With no published window exemption, the permit question here is answered by the city rather than by the code a contractor is used to.
Not on the published list. Section 7-1-6(B)(1) runs items (a) through (q) and includes window awnings supported by an exterior wall projecting not more than 54 inches, but carries no glazing or window replacement item.
Because the city built its own list in Article 7-1 rather than editing R105.2. An exemption quoted from another Arizona jurisdiction is quoted from a section Apache Junction does not use.
Yes, case by case. Section 7-1-6 authorizes the Building and Safety Manager to waive the permit requirement for additional items where the nature of the work does not require one. There is nothing published to rely on in advance, so that is a conversation rather than an assumption.
It depends on the street. Apache Junction is primarily in Pinal County with a small portion in Maricopa County, and the city's own line is that west of Meridian is Maricopa and east of Meridian is Pinal.
The 2018 IBC and 2018 IRC, under Ordinance 1475, passed 19 June 2019.