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Permit type and Description
- Addition to commercial: Addition to existing commercial building.
- Addition to industrial: Addition to existing industrial building.
- Apartment building: New apartment building.
- Appeals board application: Application for building code appeal.
- Assembly building: New building (restaurant, clubhouse).
- Assisted living building: New assisted living building.
- Building official variance: Use of alternate materials.
- Cell sites: New/alteration to cell tower.
- Commercial carport: Carport for commercial building.
- Commercial garage: Garage for commercial use.
- Commercial patio cover: Patio cover for commercial building.
- Courtesy inspection: Inspection for fire damage, unauthorized use of utilities, and reenergized utilities on vacant property.
- Demolition: Demolish a building, single family dwelling, pool, spa, storage tank, structure, or interior.
- Electrical: Outlet, backup generator, ev charger, site lighting, temporary generator, temporary power pole, add/new electrical.
- Electrical panel upgrade: Panel upgrade or replace existing panel.
- Hotel or motel building: New hotel building.
- HVAC change out - commercial: Replace existing HVAC system and/or components.
- HVAC change out - residential: Replace existing HVAC system and/or components.
- Industrial building: New industrial building (warehouse).
- Mechanical: Replace commercial building mechanical/hvac components, commercial kitchen hood.
- Mixed-use: New mixed-use building.
- Mobile home: New, replacement, and permanent foundation for mobile home unit.
- Mobile home accessory structure: Detached awning.
- Non-residential accessory miscellaneous: Commercial bbq/fire pit, flagpole, awnings.
- Non-residential accessory structure: Commercial pool or restroom building, trash enclosure.
- Office building: New office building.
- Parking lot restriping: Parking lot restriping.
- Parking structure: Parking structure.
- Photovoltaic: New photovoltaic (solar panels).
- Plumbing: New plumbing, new/repair gas pipe, pool pump.
- Pool decking: Replace/new pool decking.
- Pools & spas: New pool or spa.
- Private carport: Residential carport.
- Private garage: Residential garage.
- Renew for final: Renew expired permit.
- Reroof: Replace roof.
- Residential accessory miscellaneous: Residential bbq/fire pit, awnings.
- Residential accessory structure non-conditioned: Residential pool building.
- Residential building: New single-family dwelling.
- Residential remodel addition: Residential remodel/addition.
- Residential patio cover: Residential patio cover.
- Retail building: New retail building.
- Sewer hook-up: Sewer hook-up.
- Sign: Commercial building wall and monument sign.
- Site accessibility: Commercial ADA accessible requirements.
- Special inspection (spin): Work with-out permit inspection.
- Spray booths: Automotive spray booth.
- Storage racking: Commercial storage racks.
- Storage tanks: Unground storage tank.
- Temporary commercial coach install: Temporary commercial coach (trailer).
- Temporary tent/bleachers: Temporary tent/bleachers.
- Tenant improvement: Commercial remodel.
- Walls: New property walls.
- Water heater: Replace water heater.
- Window replacement: Replace windows.