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Building Permits in Ithaca, New York

City in Tompkins County
Verified August 2026
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Adopted Construction Codes

These are the state-level code editions for New York. They apply in Ithacaunless a verified local adoption or amendment is noted — in local-adoption states, confirm the city or county's own code editions with the building department.

CodeEditionAdoption
IBC — International Building Code202419 NYCRR Part 1221 (Building Construction), incorporating by reference the 2025 Building Code of New York State (ICC, July 2025) per 19 NYCRR 1219.2; adopted by the NYS Fire Prevention and Building Code Council under Exec. Law art. 18; eff. 12/31/2025 · source ↗
IECC — International Energy Conservation CodeTHE 2024 IECC, published as the 2025 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CODE OF NEW YORK STATE (2025 ECCCNYS, publication date July 2025), incorporated by reference into 19 NYCRR PART 1240, EFFECTIVE 2025-12-31. *** DO NOT WRITE "2025 IECC" — THERE IS NO 2025 IECC. "2025" IS THE NEW YORK PUBLICATION LABEL, NOT A MODEL YEAR, AND THIS RUN NEARLY RECORDED IT AS ONE. The Department of State's own Regulatory Impact Statement settles it verbatim: "The proposed rule will amend the Energy Code for residential buildings to a code that includes the 'Residential Provisions' of the 2024 ECCCNYS based upon the most recent (2024) edition of the IECC." NOTE THAT EVEN NEW YORK'S OWN PAPERWORK IS INCONSISTENT — the March 2025 RIS calls the publication the "2024 ECCCNYS" and the July 2025 book calls itself the "2025 ECCCNYS"; the draft posted at dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2025/03/2024-ecccnys.pdf still carries the old label. Same document, two names, one 2024 IECC base. New York is on the current model cycle, as with the rest of its 2025 code family — this is NOT an edition-gap state.19 NYCRR 1240.1 (State Energy Conservation Construction Code), incorporating the "2025 Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State" (pub. July 2025) and, for commercial buildings in the alternative, "NYS ASHRAE 90.1-2025" (pub. July 2025); promulgated pursuant to Energy Law art. 11 (ss 11-101 to 11-110), Energy Law s 11-103(2)(a), by the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council; adopted 12/5/2025, NYS Register 12/24/2025, eff. 12/31/2025 with no transition period; as modified by BSC notice 2026-1 (2/3/2026) · source ↗
IFC — 202419 NYCRR Part 1225 (Fire Code), incorporating by reference the 2025 Fire Code of New York State (ICC, July 2025) per 19 NYCRR 1219.2 and 1225.2(b); adopted by the NYS State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council 12/5/2025 (Amended Notice of Adoption, NYS Register 12/24/2025) under Exec. Law art. 18, sec. 378; eff. 12/31/2025 · source ↗
IMC — International Mechanical Code2024 IMC19 NYCRR Part 1223 (Mechanical Systems), incorporating by reference the 2025 Mechanical Code of New York State (publication date July 2025) per 19 NYCRR 1219.2(5); adopted by the NYS State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council 7/25/2025 (Notice of Adoption, NYS Register 10/1/2025) under Exec. Law art. 18, ss 370-383; eff. 12/31/2025 · source ↗
IPC — International Plumbing Code2024 IPC — published as the 2025 PLUMBING CODE OF NEW YORK STATE (2025 PCNYS, publication date July 2025), incorporated by reference into 19 NYCRR Part 1222. THE VERBATIM DERIVATION SENTENCE, from the publication preface: "This 2024 edition was developed as a derivative work of the 2024 edition of the International Plumbing Code (IPC)." NOTE THE LABEL TRAP: the book is titled 2025 PCNYS, its own preface calls itself "This 2024 edition", and the Regulatory Impact Statement calls it the "2024 PCNYS" — one publication, three labels, ONE MODEL BASE, THE 2024 IPC. THERE IS NO 2025 IPC. Uniform Code RIS verbatim: the rulemaking would "repeal the current version of the Uniform Code, which is based primarily upon the 2018 editions of eight (8) individual model codes developed and published by the ICC, and adopt new text based primarily upon the 2024 editions of model codes developed and published by the ICC". Scope, 19 NYCRR 1222.2(a) verbatim: "the erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, and maintenance of plumbing systems and nonflammable medical gas, inhalation anesthetic, vacuum piping, nonmedical oxygen, and sanitary and condensate vacuum collection systems, shall comply with the provisions and requirements of the 2025 PCNYS." NEW YORK IS ON THE CURRENT MODEL CYCLE — NOT an edition-gap state. New York City is NOT covered: it enforces its own Construction Codes.19 NYCRR Part 1222 (Plumbing Code), incorporating the 2025 Plumbing Code of New York State (pub. July 2025) by reference via 19 NYCRR 1219.2(6); AUTH Executive Law art. 18, ss 370-383 (Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code) — NOT Energy Law art. 11, which governs the separate Energy Code at Part 1240. Adopted by the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council 2025-07-25; Notice of Adoption 2025-07-24 for the 2025 PCNYS; AMENDED NOTICE OF ADOPTION RULE TEXT DATED 2025-12-02; Department of State verbatim: "The effective date of the 2025 Uniform Code is December 31, 2025." Subsequent BSC notice 2026-1 dated 2026-02-03, changes effective 2025-12-31. · source ↗
IRC — International Residential Code202419 NYCRR Part 1220 (Residential Construction), incorporating by reference the 2025 Residential Code of New York State (ICC / NYS Dept. of State, publication date July 2025) per 19 NYCRR Part 1219; adopted by the NYS State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council under Exec. Law art. 18 (secs. 370-383); eff. 12/31/2025 · source ↗
NEC — National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)2023"70-23: National Electrical Code" in Ch.35 Referenced Standards of the 2025 Building Code of New York State and Ch.44 of the 2025 Residential Code of New York State; adopted by the NYS Fire Prevention and Building Code Council, 19 NYCRR Parts 1219-1229, eff. 12/31/2025 · source ↗

Permit Requirements

Statewide baseline under the codes as adopted by New York. Local amendments and fee schedules for Ithaca are being verified — use the building department contacts to confirm before you build.

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Building permit fees are valuation-based on tiered percentages (0.7%-1.0%) of work value; trade permits use flat plus per-fixture fees; plan review at hourly rates.

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