Digital permit application gateway
Start with the issuing authority’s own submission lane. A complete application package, accurate valuation, and accessible inspection path are the fastest route through statutory plan review.
Recommended first click
Use the official digital gateway to submit plans, monitor review comments, pay required charges, and request inspections when the permit is issued. If the link is unavailable, use the agency website or phone number on the administrative profile to confirm the current lane.
Typical review lane
N/A. No Owsley County or DHBC project-specific plan-review timeline was published; confirm timing with Alison Joyce or through SmartGov.
Treat this as a planning signal, not a guaranteed approval date. Completeness, corrections, resubmittals, and agency workload control the actual clock.
Verify the parcel is inside this agency’s service area and note whether a city, state, fire marshal, septic authority, or utility district also has approval authority.
Prepare legible plans, site information, project valuation, ownership authorization, contractor information, and any energy, floodplain, zoning, or utility documentation the issuing office requires.
Keep the permit number, approved plan set, correction comments, fee receipts, and inspection results together. Those records establish the compliance trail for the next trade.
Application documents
Before submission, call State Building Inspector Alison Joyce: 859-358-4467, alison.joyce@ky.gov; Owsley County Judge Executive's Office: 606-593-6202; State Electrical Inspector James Burt: 502-330-3513; HVAC Inspector Charles Ray Moore: 606-671-7127; Plumbing Inspector Steven Sparks: 859-376-2248; Owsley County Health Department: 606-593-5181; DHBC Building Code Enforcement general: 502-573-0373 if the project involves a change of occupancy, structural alteration, accessory structure, demolition, or work near a regulated environmental feature.
Source trail
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
This record is marked State Fallback. Confirm whether a city, state agency, or other local authority controls the parcel before filing.
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact State Building Inspector Alison Joyce: 859-358-4467, alison.joyce@ky.gov; Owsley County Judge Executive's Office: 606-593-6202; State Electrical Inspector James Burt: 502-330-3513; HVAC Inspector Charles Ray Moore: 606-671-7127; Plumbing Inspector Steven Sparks: 859-376-2248; Owsley County Health Department: 606-593-5181; DHBC Building Code Enforcement general: 502-573-0373.
N/A. No Owsley County or DHBC project-specific plan-review timeline was published; confirm timing with Alison Joyce or through SmartGov.
Use the DHBC SmartGov portal for state-jurisdiction plan submissions and permit transactions, and contact State Building Inspector Alison Joyce at 859-358-4467 for project-jurisdiction and inspection direction. The DHBC roster directs private-property electrical applicants to the county judge executive's office or the city office where work occurs. Plumbing inspector Steven Sparks is listed Wednesday, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at 859-376-2248, Owsley County Health Department, 501 KY Highway 28, Booneville. HVAC Charles Ray Moore: 606-671-7127; manufactured housing Tracee Brewer: 606-359-4656; elevator Benjamin Pennington: 502-234-8725; boiler David Miller: 606-594-8146.
DHBC enforces the 2018 Kentucky Building Code and 2018 Kentucky Residential Code, based on the 2015 International Building Code and 2015 International Residential Code with Kentucky amendments, together with applicable state electrical, plumbing, HVAC, elevator, manufactured-housing, boiler, fire, and energy requirements. The current Owsley County DHBC roster says there is no local building inspector and routes commercial construction to DHBC; single-family work must still comply with the KRC even where state building inspection jurisdiction differs. No Owsley County-specific minor or cosmetic exemption list was verified. Kentucky agricultural exemptions may apply to qualifying farm dwellings and farm buildings outside municipal boundaries when incidental to farm operation and not used for retail trade, regular employment of 10 or more people, or timber storage/processing; confirm eligibility with DHBC and the county judge executive. Local electrical, plumbing, HVAC, health, and other requirements may still apply.
What makes an application complete
Before you click submit, make sure the drawings agree with the site plan, project description, valuation, ownership authorization, and contractor information. If the work changes structure, occupancy, drainage, fire protection, energy performance, or utility demand, describe that scope plainly. Ambiguous narratives create correction cycles and delay the field schedule.
Save the confirmation number, payment receipt, uploaded plan set, and every correction comment. Those records are the backbone of a defensible compliance file when multiple trades or agencies share responsibility.
Submission quality check
Site: address, parcel, access, setbacks, and existing conditions are consistent.
Scope: structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire, and energy work is identified.
Closeout: inspection contacts and the final approval path are understood before work begins.