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 Pike County, Pikeville, or DHBC project-specific plan-review timeline was published.
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 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 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 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.
N/A. No Pike County, Pikeville, or DHBC project-specific plan-review timeline was published.
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.
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.
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.