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Hemet building permits
VerifiedHemet, California — as published 2026-09-20.
Verified 2026-09-20 · Source
Codes adopted
NO CODE EDITION OR ADOPTING ORDINANCE WAS PUBLISHED ON THE PAGES READ for this record - Building & Safety and the three fee pages. The division describes advising "on construction-related laws, codes and standards, local building ordinances, and the City's development process" without naming an edition year, and none is inferred here.THE CITY LINKS STATE COMPLIANCE FORMS DIRECTLY - "Title 24 Non-Residential Compliance Form" and "Title 24 Residential Compliance Forms" - which places the work under Title 24 without stating which edition.Health & Safety Code 18938(b) provides that building standards in the California Building Standards Code "shall apply to all occupancies throughout the state and shall become effective 180 days after publication." The 2025 edition was published 2025-07-01 and took effect 2026-01-01.THIS IS THE THIRD CITY IN THIS BATCH WHOSE PERMIT PAGES NEVER NAME AN EDITION, after Redding and Citrus Heights.
Permit types & fees
Building Permit
VerifiedHemet is mid-migration between permitting systems, with three of them live at once and a different one governing depending on when your application was filed. It abolished paper plans in 2024 and still offers over-the-counter plan checks.
Verified 2026-09-20 · Source
Requirements
- THE NEW SYSTEM WENT LIVE ON A NAMED DATE: "Effective Tuesday August 11, 2026, the City of Hemet is implementing a new online permitting system, Tyler Enterprise Permitting & Licensing (EPL) system". And "Beginning August 11, all new permit applications must be submitted through the new Tyler portal."
- THE OLD SYSTEM STILL RUNS THE OLD PERMITS: "Existing permits will continue to be managed through TrakiT until the permits are migrated into the new permitting system. Additional information regarding the migration of existing permits will be provided as it becomes available."
- AND A THIRD SYSTEM HOLDS THE STATUS OF ANYTHING OLDER: "For building permit and planning applications that were submitted prior to 8/10/26, please continue to use eTRAKiT to check status."
- PAPER PLANS WERE ABOLISHED, WITH A DATE: "the Building and Safety Department will no longer accept paper plans. Please use the online portal to submit plans for review... This new procedure starts October 1, 2024."
- OVER-THE-COUNTER PLAN CHECKS ARE OFFERED FOR SMALL PROJECTS: "for certain small-scale projects, you can bring your plans to our office and we will review them on the spot, providing immediate feedback and speeding up the approval process." See tipsAndGotchas - this sits directly beneath the no-paper-plans paragraph and the two are hard to reconcile from the page alone.
- THE DIVISION'S OWN DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT DOES: "we review and approve plans and specifications, issue permits, make field inspections, and issue certificates of occupancy".
Required documents
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Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Permit fees | Published as a schedule labelled FY 2025-26. | The Permit Fees page carries a single document, "Permit Fees FY_2025-26". It was not opened for this record, so no amount or fee basis is asserted. Read on 2026-09-20 the FY 2025-26 label is the current fiscal year's. |
| Plan check fees | Published separately as a PDF. | The Plan Check Fees page carries one document, "Plan Check Fees (pdf)", with no year in its published label. It was not opened for this record. |
| Development impact fees | A separate published programme. | Published on its own page alongside permit and plan check fees; not opened for this record. |
Sources & verification
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Fee schedules
Codes & ordinances
Department & other records
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