Residential Buildings

How to Submit Residential Permit Applications

1. Apply for your permit on our Building and Development Application Services page.
   • Instructions for Self Services Permits (Over the counter permits)
   • Instructions for permits that require Plan Review
2. Recommended: Check with grading staff to determine if a grading permit is needed.
3. When complete, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions on how to upload plans.
4. Upload plans to Electronic Plan Review/ProjectDox, an online electronic plan review system.

Residential Building Permit Review Process

1. Completeness check (by staff)
   • Notice of incomplete submittal will be provided to applicant (if needed)
   • Assess intake fees
2. Technical and Plan Review
   • Site plan review and grading review
   • Fire/life safety review
3. Engineering Review, if needed
   • All technical and plan review comments must be addressed prior to moving to Step 4.
4. File Check
   • Final review of all elements
5. Permit issued
6. Inspections
   1. Inspections must be scheduled throughout the process
   2. Details included in the permit package
7. Final inspection, permit finalized

Forms, Guidelines & Checklists (May be required)

• As Built Certificate (PDF 180.65 KB)
• Alternate Methods, Design and Materials of Construction Form (PDF 172.58 KB)
• Change of Applicant Form FY 2026-27 (PDF 492.19 KB)
• Change of Contractor Form FY 2026-27 (PDF 293.45 KB)
• Deferred Submittals Notice 04/2023 (PDF 193.7 KB)
• Residential Acknowledgement Form (PDF 170.52 KB)
• Engineering Design Submittal Checklist (PDF 40.68 KB)
• Engineering Structural Design Criteria (PDF 110.67 KB)
• General Grading Permit Submittal Package Checklist (PDF 46.56 KB)
• Helical Pier and Push-Pin Foundation Repair Submittal Checklist (PDF 254.3 KB)
• High Efficiency Lighting and Moisture Sensitive Wood Form (PDF 488.03 KB)
• NFPA 13D Sprinkler System Checklist (PDF 177.58 KB)
• NFPA 13R Residential Sprinkler System Checklist (PDF 179.35 KB)
• Permit Revision Application and Submittal Requirements 02-2024 (PDF 197.91 KB)
• Oregon Prescriptive Deck Guide 2023 (PDF 14.24 MB)
• Property Owner Statement Regarding Construction Responsibilities (PDF 73.96 KB)
• Residential Building Permit Checklist (PDF 881.85 KB)
• Retaining Wall Permit Requirements (PDF 133.95 KB)
• Supplemental Required Signatures Form for Permit Applications (PDF 210.08 KB)

  This form includes an Adobe signature field. Please download the form to your computer and open in Adobe Reader.
• Oregon Solar Installation Specialty Code Checklist (PDF 252.47 KB)
• Onsite Stormwater Requirements (PDF 90.31 KB)
• Who can do what work? (PDF 206.13 KB)

Permit Applications

• Building Permit Application 07/2023 (PDF 885.69 KB)
• Electrical Permit Application FY 2026-27 (PDF 1.13 MB)
• Solicitud de Permisos Eléctricos FY 2026-27 (PDF 1.16 MB)
• Renewable Electrical Energy Permit Application FY 2026-27 (PDF 1.09 MB)
• Mechanical Permit Application FY 2026-27 (PDF 331.08 KB)
• Plumbing Permit Application FY 2026-27 (PDF 445.48 KB)
• Grading Permit (PDF 445.29 KB)
• Manufactured Dwelling Placement Permit (PDF 269.7 KB)
• NFPA 13D Permit (same as Building Permit)

Public Permitting & Services Portal

Search for permits, schedule inspections, get inspection results, pay fees, submit code complaints and more

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Design Criteria

Learn about Engineering structural design criteria and residential prescriptive design (non-engineered) design criteria

Design criteria

ProjectDox

We accept all plan review submittals through Electronic Plan Review/ ProjectDox. Find applications/forms, instructions and inspections.

ProjectDox