Administrative overview · FIPS 21195
Pike County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
State Fallback
This profile identifies a handoff outside the county’s ordinary structural permitting lane.
Required jurisdiction check
Confirm the controlling local or state authority before filing.
The record is marked State Fallback. That means the county profile should be treated as a routing brief: incorporated municipalities, a state building department, or a state fire marshal may control plan review, permits, and inspections. Contact the named agency below and verify the parcel’s jurisdiction before paying a fee or scheduling field work.
Responsible agency
Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, Division of Building Code Enforcement; City of Pikeville Building/Codes Enforcement for its municipal jurisdiction; Pike County Fiscal Court for county coordination and local electrical routing
For a project in or near Pike County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
City of Pikeville Building/Codes Officer Jamie Potter: 606-444-5289; cell 606-422-0251; City of Pikeville main line: 606-437-5100; Pike County Fiscal Court: 606-432-6247; State Building Inspector Levi Wells: 606-359-4062; Pike County Health Department: 606-437-5500; plumbing inspector Ricky Adams: 606-359-3850; state electrical James Burt: 502-330-3513; HVAC Billy Blair: 502-395-4879
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Pike County Fiscal Court, 146 Main Street, Pikeville, KY 41501; City of Pikeville Building/Codes Enforcement, 243 Main Street, 1st Floor, Pikeville, KY 41501; Pike County Health Department, 119 River Drive, Pikeville, KY 41501; Kentucky DHBC, 500 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40601
Operating hours
Pikeville Building/Codes Enforcement publishes its office at 243 Main Street, 1st Floor; separate counter hours were not published. Pike County Health Department plumbing-inspector contact hours are Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 8:00-9:30 a.m. EST. County Fiscal Court hours were not verified.
Review expectation
N/A. No Pike County, Pikeville, or DHBC project-specific plan-review timeline was published.
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
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
Frequently asked questions for Pike County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
This record is marked State Fallback. Confirm whether a city, state agency, or other local authority controls the parcel before filing.
How should I begin an application?
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact City of Pikeville Building/Codes Officer Jamie Potter: 606-444-5289; cell 606-422-0251; City of Pikeville main line: 606-437-5100; Pike County Fiscal Court: 606-432-6247; State Building Inspector Levi Wells: 606-359-4062; Pike County Health Department: 606-437-5500; plumbing inspector Ricky Adams: 606-359-3850; state electrical James Burt: 502-330-3513; HVAC Billy Blair: 502-395-4879.
How long might review take?
N/A. No Pike County, Pikeville, or DHBC project-specific plan-review timeline was published.
How are inspections scheduled?
For work inside Pikeville, submit the online building permit form and contact Building/Codes Officer Jamie Potter at 606-444-5289 or 606-422-0251. The DHBC roster assigns State Building Inspector Levi Wells at 606-359-4062 for state-jurisdiction work; use SmartGov for state submissions. Electrical applicants are directed to the county judge executive or the city office where work occurs; state electrical inspector James Burt is 502-330-3513. Plumbing inspector Ricky Adams is 606-359-3850 at the Pike County Health Department, with roster hours Monday-Wednesday-Friday 8:00-9:30 a.m. HVAC: Billy Blair, 502-395-4879. Manufactured housing: Randy Jones, 606-872-9306. Elevator: Rodney Napier, 606-671-1358. Boiler: David Miller, 606-594-8146.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Kentucky's 2018 Kentucky Building Code and 2018 Kentucky Residential Code, based on the 2015 IBC/IRC with Kentucky amendments, plus applicable Kentucky plumbing, electrical, HVAC, Standards of Safety, manufactured-housing, elevator, and boiler requirements. Pikeville's current code library states that the city has a building-inspection program and adopts the Kentucky Building Code, Kentucky Residential Code, Kentucky Plumbing Code, and Standards of Safety; the city code library is current through 2026 S-63. Within Pikeville, recurring maintenance work regardless of cost and improvements required by an approved and recorded planned-development final plat are exempt from a building permit or certificate of occupancy. Pikeville job permits are not required for minor repairs, routine service calls, general maintenance, or cleaning when the contract price or invoice is under $500. Work that adds enclosed area, changes use, exceeds $10,000 in contracted/material value, or establishes new utility service requires a building permit under the city code. No separate countywide exemption list was verified.