Commish questions building codes

Eberlein, the only returning county commissioner in the forthcoming term, recently proposed revisions of Idaho building statutes to the Idaho Legislature. One of them exempts owner-builders from local building code enforcement.

In Eberlein’s proposal, he defined owner-builders as owners of property titles who build, erect, construct or act in the capacity of his or her own general contractor for the purpose of building one or more structures for domestic purposes.

“Unlike California, Idaho doesn’t micro-manage folks,” Eberlein’s proposal reads. “As an example, the Idaho statute regarding building codes, 39-4116, allows local entities a choice of adopting international building codes or not. Bravo, Idaho, local choice. Full story Ryan Collingwood, Cda Press