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Building Permit in Pomona, California

Pomona's Development Services Department runs three divisions out of City Hall - Planning, Building Safety and Code Compliance - on a four-day week. Its published forms library is one of the most granular in this corpus, and its permit system exposes a public daily inspection schedule.

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When you need this permit

  • THE DEPARTMENT IS THREE DIVISIONS AND THE CITY SAYS WHAT EACH DOES: Planning "Handles land use and zoning inquires, entitlement review, implements the Zoning code"; Building Safety "Reviews construction plans, issues building permits, provides inspections and ensures building code compliance"; Code Compliance "Manages City-wide code related compliance, inspections, and violations."
  • THREE APPLICATION ROUTES ARE PUBLISHED: a general Permit Application, a Solar App+ Permit Application, and a Grading Application.
  • WHO IS DOING THE WORK IS A DOCUMENTED DECISION: the forms library carries both a "Licensed Contractors Declaration" and an "Owner Builder Authorization", so the owner-builder route is an explicit, separately-formed choice rather than an absence of a contractor. Owner-builderContractor
  • THE CITY PUBLISHES "DO I NEED A PERMIT?" GUIDANCE AS FOUR SEPARATE DOCUMENTS - general information plus one each for Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing permits.

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Fee documentsThe city publishes a Master Fee Schedule and a separate Impact Fees document in its Building Application & Forms library. Neither was opened here, so no amount, schedule or fee basis is asserted.
NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.
Refunds and extensions are formalisedA "Permit Refund Request" and a "Permit Extension" form are published rather than being handled ad hoc. Where a city publishes a refund form, a refund is a defined process - which is worth knowing before abandoning a permit.
Both have their own forms.

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your Building Permit permit actually take in Pomona?

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Inspection process

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    The daily inspection schedule is public

    Pomona's EnerGov self-service portal publishes a "Today's Inspections" search that anyone can open without logging in. Its columns are Case Number, Case Type, Inspection Type, Address, Primary Inspector, Estimated Start Time, Estimated End Time, Status and Order, with an option to exclude completed inspections. No data from it is reproduced in this record - it is a live view and belongs to the city.

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    A Deputy Inspector route exists

    The forms library carries a "Deputy Inspector Application", which is the mechanism for a certified special inspector to act on a project. Its requirements were not opened for this record.

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    NOT PUBLISHED on the pages read: booking route, stage sequence, notice period and cut-off

    No inspection request route, ordered stage list, advance-notice requirement or daily cut-off time appeared on the pages read for this record, and none is asserted here. Inspection scheduling most likely runs through the same EnerGov portal, but that was not confirmed and is not claimed.

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

Tips

  • FOUR-DAY WEEK: Monday to Thursday, 7:30am to 6:00pm, closed Friday.
  • PICK THE RIGHT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FORM - there are three, by project type.
  • A SPANISH-LANGUAGE LINE HAS ITS OWN NUMBER: 909-620-2190.

Frequently asked questions

One of three, and they are separate documents: the general Certificate of Occupancy Application, the one "for New ADU & JADU", or the one "with New Business License". Choose before filing rather than after.

Both are defined processes with their own published forms - a Permit Refund Request and a Permit Extension. The conditions attached to each were not read for this record, so ask Building & Safety on 909-620-2371 before relying on either.

Pomona does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Pomona Development Services Department, Building Safety Division at 909-620-2371 (Building & Safety); 909-620-2191 (Planning); 909-620-2374 (Code Compliance); 909-620-2190 (Para Informacion en Espanol); 909-620-2311 (City general) for current turnaround.

Depending on your project, Pomona may also ask for: ; ; ; ; . See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Yes. The city's EnerGov portal publishes a "Today's Inspections" view open to anyone, listing case number, inspection type, address, primary inspector and estimated start and end times.

Apply through City of Pomona Development Services Department, Building Safety Division at City Hall, 505 South Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA 91766. Phone: 909-620-2371 (Building & Safety); 909-620-2191 (Planning); 909-620-2374 (Code Compliance); 909-620-2190 (Para Informacion en Espanol); 909-620-2311 (City general), email: NOT PUBLISHED as a direct address on the pages read for this record. The Planning Division is reachable through an "Email the Planning Division" link rather than a stated mailbox, and no Building & Safety address appears.. Office hours: "Walk-in Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30am to 6:00pm" - a four-day week of ten-and-a-half-hour days, with Friday closed. THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN PUBLISHED HOURS, not City Hall's transferred onto it: Development Services states them under its own CONTACT US heading, and they happen to match the separately published "City Hall Hours: Monday-Thursday: 7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Friday: Closed".. Official information: https://www.pomonaca.gov/government/departments/development-services.

"Walk-in Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30am to 6:00pm" - four days a week, ten and a half hours a day, and closed on Friday. Unlike some cities in this corpus, these are the department's own published hours rather than City Hall's borrowed for the purpose.

Yes, and it is its own number rather than a menu option: "Para Informacion en Espanol: 909-620-2190". The city also publishes its ADU Plan Check Guide in Spanish as well as English.

Pomona's permit history isn't searchable here yet

This page covers what the permit requires. What we don't have for Pomona yet is the record of permits actually issued — the history you'd search by street address. That is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about any particular property.

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