Adopted edition
IRC 2024
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
TN · City
Knoxville, TN.
Knoxville, TN — building code: IRC 2024.
Design wind speed
90 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
3A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Knoxville Building Department
www.knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_departments_offices/plans_review_and_inspectionsZIP coverage
30 ZIP codes inside Knoxville.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
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Working in Knoxville?
Pull an address-levelcode packetfor any parcel in Knoxville. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Knoxville-specific amendments and the Knox county and Tennessee state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See theKnox countyoverview, or theTennessee state directory.
Pull a Knoxville code packet.
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