Pasadena building inspections

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

Verified 2026-09-19 · Source

How to schedule

Inspections are requested through the building department below.

Address: Pasadena City Hall, 100 North Garfield Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101. THE PERMIT CENTER'S OWN SUITE IS NOT STATED on the pages read for this record - the only suite published is Suite N106, which is the business licence counter. The City Hall address above is the one the city publishes in its own site footer.
Phone: (626) 744-4200
Email: permit_center_manager@cityofpasadena.net
Office hours: "Monday - Thursday & alternate Fridays from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.", "Closed alternate Fridays, Weekends and Holidays". AND UNLIKE EVERY OTHER ALTERNATING-FRIDAY CITY IN THIS CORPUS, PASADENA PUBLISHES THE ANSWER: "View the Permit Center Calendar for upcoming closed dates (every other Friday & Holidays)", and the page renders a live list of open days. The list read on 2026-09-19 showed 21, 22 and 23 September open, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. It was truncated to three entries, so no claim is made here about which specific Fridays are closed - the point is that the city publishes a calendar that answers it.
Website: Official site

Inspection sequence

Applies to: Building Permit

1
Schedule the inspection online
The Building & Safety Division publishes a "Schedule Inspection" application and a "Plan Review Status" application under Permit Center Online, alongside Research Property and Search For A Permit. No telephone booking route, advance-notice requirement or daily cut-off was published on the pages read for this record.
2
Next-day inspections exist, but as a disaster-recovery measure
Bulletin 4 of the 2025 Disaster series is titled "Next Day Inspections for New Residential Units". This record does not claim next-day inspection is generally available - it is published within the windstorm and wildfire recovery series, and the bulletin itself was not opened.
3
NOT PUBLISHED: the inspection stage sequence
No ordered list of inspection stages appears 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 Pasadena Planning & Community Development Department, Building & Safety Division (Permit Center) — official building department

Fee schedules

Pasadena Permit Center - Fee Schedules (the city's own statement that building permit fees are valuation-based on the ICC Building Valuation Data table)

Codes & ordinances

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