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Palmdale building permits

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Palmdale, California — as published 2026-09-19.

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Codes adopted

2025 California Building Standards Code (Cal. Code Regs., Title 24) - published July 1, 2025 by the California Building Standards Commission, effective January 1, 2026. Health & Safety Code 18938(b): building standards adopted into the California Building Standards Code "shall apply to all occupancies throughout the state and shall become effective 180 days after publication."THE CITY'S OWN ADOPTING ORDINANCE WAS NOT READ FOR THIS RECORD, so no Palmdale ordinance number or local effective date is asserted here.

Permit types & fees

Building Permit

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Palmdale runs everything through software and keeps a counter anyway. Applications go through the Accela Citizen Portal, plan review happens in DigEplan, inspections are booked in Accela - and the physical counter at 38250 Sierra Highway still closes for two hours in the middle of each of its four working days.

Verified 2026-09-19 · Source

Requirements

APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE BY RULE: "All permit applications are submitted via the Accela Citizen Portal."
PLAN REVIEW IS ELECTRONIC BY RULE: "All plan reviews are completed electronically using DigEplan."
The counter is open Monday to Thursday only, and not between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on any of those days.

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Building permit fees	NOT PUBLISHED on the page read for this record.	The page references a "Master Schedule of Fees FY 2025-26 - September 1, 2025" and a fee change advisory, neither of which was opened for this record. Show full citationHide The page references a "Master Schedule of Fees FY 2025-26 - September 1, 2025" and a fee change advisory, neither of which was opened for this record. No figure is asserted here, but note the schedule is a DATED fiscal-year document: a quote taken from an older schedule is stale by at least one revision.

Sources & verification

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

City of Palmdale Economic and Community Development Department, Building & Safety Division — official building department

Online permit portal

City of Palmdale Building & Safety (address, phone, office hours, midday counter closure, function-split mailboxes, Accela and DigEplan routing)

Codes & ordinances

Department & other records

Palmdale Building & Safety - Forms and Documents

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