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Le Mars building permits steady; 2025 code changes add rooftop-solar requirements, existing installations to be grandfathered
Summary
City building officials reported a modest rise in single-family permits, noted a 2024 spike in multi-family units, and outlined new international-code provisions for rooftop solar (setbacks to allow firefighter venting). Officials said existing solar installations will be grandfathered.
Building and code staff (Speakers 3, 4 and 5) reported on recent permit activity and upcoming code changes that could affect property owners and developers.
Speaker 5 said single-family dwelling permits were up (four permits noted in the report) and that 2024 had seen a significant multi-family bump (102 units) while 2025 had recorded 12 multi-family units so far. "This year... we only added 12," Speaker 3 said, while…
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