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Daly City building permits

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Daly City, California — as published 2026-09-21.

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Codes adopted

Daly City enumerates twelve adopted codes: "2025 California Admnistrative Code" (the misspelling is the city's own), "2025 California Building Code", "2025 California Residential Code", "2025 California Electrical Code", "2025 California Mechanical Code", "2025 California Plumbing Code", "2025 California Energy Code", "2025 California Fire Code", "2025 California Existing Building Code", "2025 California Green Building Standards Code, also known as CALGreen", "2025 California Reference Standards Code", and "2024 International Property Maintenance Code"."The adopted codes became effective January 1, 2026."THE ONE NON-CALIFORNIA CODE ON THAT LIST IS THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE: eleven entries are the 2025 California suite; the twelfth is the "2024 International Property Maintenance Code", an International Code Council model code adopted alongside them.WHICH CODE GOVERNS AN APPLICATION IN FLIGHT IS ANSWERED IN WRITING: "Permit applications deemed complete before January 1, 2026, may continue to be reviewed under the codes in effect on the date the application was deemed complete." The test is the date the application was DEEMED COMPLETE - not the date it was submitted, and not the date a permit issues. What makes an application "deemed complete", and who decides, is NOT STATED on the pages read.The adoption is framed as a state-law obligation rather than a local choice: "The City of Daly City is required by State law to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code (Title 24, California Code of Regulations), effective January 1, 2026."

Permit types & fees

Building permit

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Daly City publishes an initial plan review figure, which many building departments do not: fifteen working days. Two qualifications travel with it and both matter. The clock starts "from the date of routing" rather than from submittal, and routing is never defined on the pages read. And the Building Division states plainly that review is currently taking longer than that figure.

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Requirements

"Building Permit Application (PDF) or Re-Roofing Permit Application (PDF)"
"Credit Card Authorization (PDF)"
"Any other supporting documentation; e.g., electronic PDF files of your drawings/plans, calculations, etc."
Resubmittals go by email: "Resubmittal documents should be emailed to the Building Division."
Design to the code in force when the application is DEEMED COMPLETE: "Permit applications deemed complete before January 1, 2026, may continue to be reviewed under the codes in effect on the date the application was deemed complete."

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Permit and plan check fees	NOT PUBLISHED on the pages read.	No fee schedule, valuation table or deposit figure appears on the Building Division page or the Permits Involving Plans page. Show full citationHide No fee schedule, valuation table or deposit figure appears on the Building Division page or the Permits Involving Plans page. The city does publish a "Credit Card Authorization (PDF)" among the required submittal documents, so payment is collected at submittal, but no amount is stated on the pages read.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-09-22.

City of Daly City Building Division — official building department

Applications & forms

Codes & ordinances

City of Daly City 2025 California Building Standards Code Adoption Ordinance (the state-law adoption requirement and the stated purpose of this adoption cycle)

Department & other records

City of Daly City Building Division (street address, phone, email, counter hours, and the statement that initial plan review is currently running longer than normal)

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