About the Department of Building Safety

The Department of Building Safety is the building permit issuing authority for the City of North Liberty. This Department is responsible for ensuring the building permits issued meet the requirements of the City of North Liberty’s Building and Zoning Codes. The Department processes permit applications, reviews the plans for compliance with the codes and performs field inspections of the work allowed within the permit. In times of disaster we perform assessment of damage to structures. The Department is comprised of Inspectors, Administrator Assistant and Manager. The Department also is responsible for the enforcement of the City of North Liberty Construction Site Runoff Regulations.

Mission Statement

In order to maintain the highest standard of public safety and to protect the property rights of the citizens of North Liberty, the Building Safety Department will ensure the building requirements of the City of North Liberty are fully met. The Department will provide the information and assistance that meets our customer’s needs and guides them through the permitting process. Our Staff will provide professional, consistent and friendly service. We intend to work in partnership with Designers, Developers, Contractors and Owners to foster an environment that understands the needs of our customers and works for full compliance of the governing codes. To help us improve our services your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please click here to send us your comments.

Vision Statement

The City’s Building Safety Department strives to:
• Educate the public about code requirements.
• Streamline processes.
• Be solution oriented.
• Prioritize the intent of the code when interpreting code language.
• Be consistent in interpreting codes, polices and forms.
• Be well trained and educated.
• Treat everyone fairly and consistently.
• Be a great resource to the community.

Click here to download the temporary use application

Click here for newest Building Code revisions, effective July 2005 (PDF)

Click here: preferred communications wiring standards (new construction)

Click here to view Building Department monthly permit reports

Click here for North Liberty's Municipal Design Standards

North Liberty Permit Applications
To download and view some of these documents, you will need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download here.

Links to the complete text of the North Liberty Zoning Code (adopted June 2000) are at right.

Please note: a few permits can be submitted online. For any permits submitted online, if you do not receive email confirmation of your submittal within 24 hours, please contact City Hall at (319) 626-5700 to verify receipt of your application.
Commercial Building Permit Application
Conditional Use Permit Application (Word format)
Construction Permit Application
Construction Site Runoff (CSR) Application
Controlled Burn Permit Application (submit PDF online)
Demolition Permit Application
Development Application (submit PDF online) and requirement checklist (Word)
Driveway Permit Application
Fence Permit Application
Master-Journeyman License Application
Residential Building Permit Application
Sewer Permit Application
Sign Permit Application
Special Event Permit Application - submit to Parks Department
Street Tree Permit Application
Zoning Compliance Application

FOG Report

View Building Code Information

North Liberty
Zoning Code

Click here to download the complete Zoning Code in PDF(1.5MB)

Zoning Map

North Liberty
Subdivision Ordinance

Click here to download the Subdivision Ordinance (PDF)