Glendale building inspections

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Inspection sequence, scheduling, and re-inspection fees for building permits in Glendale, California.

Verified 2026-09-19 · Source

How to schedule

Inspections are requested through the building department below.

Address: 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.
Website: Official site

Published scheduling rules

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. (Building Permit)
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." (Building Permit)

Inspection sequence

Applies to: Building Permit

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
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
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.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-09-19.

City of Glendale Community Development Department, Development Services (Permit Services Center) — official building department

Fee schedules

City of Glendale Development Services (the scam alert, the 2026 citywide fee schedule with three staggered effective dates, planner appointment rules)

Applications & forms

Glendale - Getting a Permit (permit-linking division lines and their hours, plan check submittal requirement sets)

Codes & ordinances

Department & other records

Glendale - Request Permit Inspection

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