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Orange building permits

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Orange, 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 AND CODE EDITION LIST WERE NOT READ FOR THIS RECORD, so no Orange ordinance number, edition or local effective date is asserted here. The division describes its remit as ensuring "that all structures in the City of Orange meet the building, safety, health, and sanitation regulations set by state and City government", which names the two levels without identifying an edition.

Permit types & fees

Building Permit

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Orange takes applications only through a Civic Portal, and books inspections out of a finite pool of slots rather than against a daily deadline. It also publishes a full ordered list of the inspections a project will need, which most cities in this corpus do not.

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Requirements

THERE IS ONE ROUTE IN AND THE CITY SAYS SO: "The Building Division accepts all permit applications only through the Civic Portal."
AND A SIGNATURE IS PART OF SETTING UP THE ACCOUNT, NOT PART OF SUBMITTING: "In the portal, create an account and signature under the 'My Profile' tab once logged in. The Building Division tab can be found on the homepage of the Civic Portal." A digital signature configured in advance is an easy step to discover late.
INSPECTIONS ALSO REQUIRE THE ACCOUNT: "All inspections must be scheduled through our new Civic Portal, and you must have an account to log in and schedule."
PAY IN PERSON BEFORE 4:30 - the counter runs to 5:00 p.m. but "In-person fee payment will be accepted until 4:30 p.m."

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
In-person payment cut-off	4:30 p.m., against a 5:00 p.m. counter close.	"In-person fee payment will be accepted until 4:30 p.m." The counter is open for another half hour after the till closes.
Fee schedule	NOT PUBLISHED on the pages read for this record.	No fee schedule, valuation table or amount appeared on the Building and Safety Services or Building Inspections pages, so no figure and no fee basis is asserted here.

Sources & verification

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

City of Orange Community Development Department, Building and Safety Services — official building department

Applications & forms

City of Orange Building and Safety Services (portal-only applications, the profile signature requirement, counter hours and the 4:30pm in-person payment cut-off)

Codes & ordinances

Department & other records

Orange - Building Inspections (the availability-based booking system, the eight required inspection stages and the residential solar inspection procedures)

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