Do I need a permit for window or exterior door replacement in City of Cedartown?

Most likely yes. Window or exterior door replacement usually requires a permit in Georgia. Confirm the specifics with City of Cedartown.

Like-for-like replacement in an existing opening is often permitted more simply, but changing the opening size, adding a header, or altering egress typically requires a permit and plan detail. Bedroom windows must still meet IRC emergency escape and rescue (egress) sizing when replaced. Polk County's own permitting office is the Polk County Building Inspection office, reachable on 770-749-2104 at https://www.polkga.org/departments/building_inspection/index.php. It issues permits for the unincorporated county. If your city does not run its own building department, and many smaller Georgia municipalities do not, this is the office that will handle the job. Ask whether a like-for-like swap is exempt at your address, since changing the size of an opening is structural work and is treated differently. Cedartown handles permits through Building Inspector Joseph Martin at City Hall, 201 East Avenue, 770-748-3220 extension 3040. Anyone needing a permit contacts him first, and a meeting is scheduled to review the request before the permit is authorized. Property in Cedartown's designated historic district, the downtown area described in Code Sec. 54-61, cannot be materially changed in appearance without both a certificate of appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission and a building permit, and the building permit is not issued until the certificate is (Sec. 54-35 and 54-63). Cedartown's certificate of appropriateness application for a minor exterior change asks for a description of the change and materials, a sketch or rendering, and photographs of the existing building.