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Building Permit in Glendale, California

Glendale runs a Permit Services Center with an online Glendale Permits account system, and publishes an unusually complete record of which code cycle governs which project. It also carries the most specific fee-transition notice in this corpus and a scam alert aimed squarely at people who have already applied.

Verified 2026-09-19 · Source

When you need this permit

  • A GLENDALE PERMITS ACCOUNT IS THE ROUTE: the city publishes instructions to "Create a Glendale Permits account" with a tutorial video, and inspections are requested from within a permit on that account.
  • PERMITS MAY NEED LINKING TO YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE YOU CAN ACT ON THEM, and the routing is by division: "If you're unable to schedule an inspection, you may need assistance linking a permit to your account. To link a Building and Safety permit, call (818) 548-4836, Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM. To link a Fire Prevention permit, call (818) 548-3207. To link a Public Works Engineering permit, call (818) 548-3945."
  • WHICH CODE APPLIES IS DECIDED BY YOUR SUBMISSION DATE, so a project submitted before January 1, 2026 is on the 2023 Glendale Building and Safety Code and one submitted after is on the 2026 GBSC.

Required documents

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Fee schedule

The current fee schedule and when it bites
The city's own notice: "The City of Glendale adopted a new Citywide Fee Schedule on June 23, 2026. Show full citationThe city's own notice: "The City of Glendale adopted a new Citywide Fee Schedule on June 23, 2026. Many fees took effect Tuesday, July 1, 2026, but depending on the type of fee, some will take effect on either July 23, 2026 or August 22, 2026." One adoption, three commencement dates by fee type - the most staggered fee transition in this corpus.
A new citywide fee schedule adopted June 23, 2026, phased in across three dates.
Exposure on work already in progressThe same notice warns that "these changes may affect your current applications and any outstanding invoices", and directs questions to the Permit Services Center on (818) 548-3200. So an application filed before the adoption is not automatically insulated from the new amounts.
Explicitly possible.
AmountsThe citywide fee schedule itself was not opened, so no figure and no fee basis is asserted here.
NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Request the inspection from inside the permit

    The city's instruction is to "Select the permit you would like to schedule an inspection for", then "Locate the Available Actions box and select your desired inspection", within a Glendale Permits account.

  2. 2

    If the permit is not on your account, the fix is a phone call to the right division

    "If you're unable to schedule an inspection, you may need assistance linking a permit to your account." Building and Safety (818) 548-4836 between 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday; Fire Prevention (818) 548-3207; Public Works Engineering (818) 548-3945.

  3. 3

    NOT PUBLISHED: the stage sequence, notice period and daily cut-off

    No ordered list of inspection stages, advance-notice requirement or booking cut-off time appeared on the pages read for this record, and none is asserted here.

See the full Glendale inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • YOUR SUBMISSION DATE DECIDES YOUR CODE CYCLE - the boundary is January 1, 2026.
  • A PLANNING APPOINTMENT IS TWENTY MINUTES, one project per appointment.
  • THE CITY NEVER ASKS FOR A WIRE TRANSFER; official mail only comes from @glendaleca.gov.

Frequently asked questions

Glendale requires a building permit for: A GLENDALE PERMITS ACCOUNT IS THE ROUTE: the city publishes instructions to "Create a Glendale Permits account" with a tutorial video, and inspections are requested from within a permit on that account.; PERMITS MAY NEED LINKING TO YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE YOU CAN ACT ON THEM, and the routing is by division: "If you're unable to schedule an inspection, you may need assistance linking a permit to your account. To link a Building and Safety permit, call (818) 548-4836, Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM. To link a Fire Prevention permit, call (818) 548-3207. To link a Public Works Engineering permit, call (818) 548-3945."; WHICH CODE APPLIES IS DECIDED BY YOUR SUBMISSION DATE, so a project submitted before January 1, 2026 is on the 2023 Glendale Building and Safety Code and one submitted after is on the 2026 GBSC.. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Glendale Community Development Department, Development Services (Permit Services Center) at (818) 548-3200 (Permit Services Center); Building and Safety permit linking (818) 548-4836; Fire Prevention permits (818) 548-3207; Public Works Engineering permits (818) 548-3945; code compliance (818) 548-3700 before starting work.

In Glendale, the published The current fee schedule and when it bites is: A new citywide fee schedule adopted June 23, 2026, phased in across three dates.. Additional published fees: Exposure on work already in progress — Explicitly possible.; Amounts — NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Twenty minutes. "Your appointment is scheduled to last 20 minutes." The city also asks that you book one appointment per project - "If you need to discuss more than one project/address, please schedule a separate appointment time" and "Please do not schedule more than one appointment per project."

Apply through City of Glendale Community Development Department, Development Services (Permit Services Center) at In-person planning appointments are held in the Municipal Services Building at the Glendale Civic Center, 633 E. Broadway, #101, Glendale, CA 91206. The city's general address is 613 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA 91206. Free parking is published at the Civic Center Parking Structure, 650 E. Wilson Avenue.. Phone: (818) 548-3200 (Permit Services Center); Building and Safety permit linking (818) 548-4836; Fire Prevention permits (818) 548-3207; Public Works Engineering permits (818) 548-3945; code compliance (818) 548-3700, email: NOT PUBLISHED as a department mailbox on the pages read for this record. The city does state that "All official permit and planning invoice communications will only come from email addresses ending in @glendaleca.gov", which is a domain rule rather than an address.. Office hours: NO COUNTER HOURS ARE PUBLISHED on the pages read for this record. What the city does publish is a phone window for permit linking - "call (818) 548-4836, Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM" - and an appointment system for planners. The 7:00 a.m. start is among the earliest in this corpus, but it is a TELEPHONE hour and this record does not transfer it onto the counter.. Official information: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community-development/development-services.

It depends on when you submitted. Projects submitted on or after January 1, 2026 are on the 2026 Glendale Building and Safety Code, which is the 2025 California Building Standards Code plus Glendale's amendments. Projects submitted between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025 are on the 2023 GBSC, under Ordinances 6028 and 5999.

Because the name refers to Glendale's aggregate code, not the state edition it incorporates. "The 2025 California Building Standards Code and Glendale's Amendments to the codes, in aggregate known as the 2026 Glendale Building and Safety Code (GBSC)." Matching year numbers between the two will mislead you.

No. Glendale publishes a scam alert: "Beware of an email scam targeting individuals who have submitted development-related permit applications to the City. The emails falsely claim to be City-issued invoices and instruct recipients to send payments through wire transfer. The City does not request payments through wire transfers." Official communications come only from addresses ending @glendaleca.gov, and the city asks you to call (818) 548-3200 to confirm.

Possibly, and possibly on a date other than July 1. A new citywide fee schedule was adopted June 23, 2026 with fees taking effect on July 1, July 23 or August 22, 2026 depending on the fee type, and the city warns the changes "may affect your current applications and any outstanding invoices".

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