Carefree deleted the exempt-work section from its building code. Not narrowed it, deleted it, in both the residential and the building code the town adopts. So the permit question that other towns answer with a list has one answer here, and it reaches a like-for-like window swap the same as anything else. A separate town rule caps how much light exterior colors may reflect, and it names window frames.
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Carefree's town code adopts the 2018 residential and building codes and then strikes their permit exemptions: "Section R105.2 Delete this section in its entirety" for the residential code, and "Section 105.2 Work exempt from permit. Delete this section in its entirety" for the building code. Most Arizona towns edit the exempt list. Carefree removed it.
Carefree's building permit guidance sets a light reflective value limit on exterior colors: "Light reflective values should not exceed 40% for all exterior colors. Finished materials such as railing, window frames, primary entry doors, and facia may have an accept color with a light reflective value no greater than 55%."
Window frames are named in the text. A bright white or mill-finish aluminum frame is the sort of stock item that can land above the cap, which makes frame color a specification decision here rather than a preference. Exterior lighting is separately required to be shielded under section 9.12 of the zoning ordinance.
Carefree runs the 2018 IRC, 2018 IBC and 2017 NEC, adopted effective 24 January 2023.
Two Carefree rules drive this job, and only one of them is about permits.
Assume yes. The town adopts the 2018 residential and building codes and then strikes their permit exemptions outright: section R105.2 and section 105.2 are each deleted in their entirety. Most Arizona towns edit the exempt list. Carefree removed it.
It restricts how much light they reflect. Town guidance sets a light reflective value limit of 40 percent for exterior colors, with finished materials including window frames allowed up to 55 percent.
Because the cap names window frames in its text, which turns finish into a specification decision rather than a preference. A bright white or mill-finish aluminum frame is the sort of stock item that can land above the ceiling, so confirm the value before the order goes in.
The 2018 IRC, 2018 IBC and 2017 NEC, adopted effective 24 January 2023.
No, separately. Exterior lighting is required to be shielded under section 9.12 of the zoning ordinance.