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Building Permit in Yuba City, California

Yuba City runs applications through an Accela Citizen Portal but still requires three paper plan sets for tenant improvements and new construction, and it needs a permit to re-stripe a parking lot.

Verified 2026-09-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • THE PERMIT TRIGGER IS QUOTED FROM THE CODE: "Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system... shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit."
  • AND THE CITY ADDS PARKING LOTS TO IT: "permits are required for parking lot construction and any resurfacing or re-striping of a parking lot."
  • ONLINE IS THE APPLICATION ROUTE: "Online applications are submitted through the Citizen Portal", an Accela system where "You can pay fees, view comments, check status, and upload revisions all from the Citizen Portal."
  • BUT TWO PROJECT CLASSES ALSO NEED PAPER: "online submittals for Commercial Tenant Improvements and New Construction (Residential and Commercial) also require hard copy submittals of the plan set. You will need to provide three hard copies to the Building Division." Submitting online does not discharge the paper requirement for those types.
  • MINOR WORK IS MOSTLY IMMEDIATE: "A majority of minor permits are issued over the counter."
  • THE EXEMPTION LIST IS THE STATE'S WITH LOCAL EDITS - notably fences only to 6 feet, a setback warning on the 120 square foot shed exemption, and a pool-safety cross-reference to Municipal Code Section 7-11.03.

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Permit feesA Building Permit Fee Schedule and a separate Planning Fee Schedule are published; neither was opened, and no fee basis is stated on the pages read, so none is asserted. Fees can be paid through the Citizen Portal.
NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.

Review timeline

Plan reviewYuba City’s published plan-review target
21–21 business days

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Inspection process

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    NOT PUBLISHED on the pages read

    No inspection scheduling route, notice period, daily cut-off, arrival window or cancellation procedure appeared on the pages read for this record - the Building index, How to Apply for a Building Permit and Who Needs A Permit pages. The Citizen Portal is the city's route for fees, comments, status and revisions, and may also carry inspection requests, but the pages read do not say so. Ring the Building Division on (530) 822-4629 for the inspection process.

Tips

  • BRING THREE PAPER SETS for a tenant improvement or new construction, even after applying online.
  • A PARKING LOT RE-STRIPE NEEDS A PERMIT here.
  • THE FENCE EXEMPTION STOPS AT 6 FEET, not the state's seven.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. On top of the state list, "permits are required for parking lot construction and any resurfacing or re-striping of a parking lot." Re-striping alone triggers it.

In Yuba City, the published Permit fees is: NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

"It takes about three weeks (15 business days) to process a building permit that requires plan review submittal." The two figures agree - fifteen working days is three weeks - so roughly 21 calendar days. Minor permits are different: "A majority of minor permits are issued over the counter."

Apply through City of Yuba City Development Services Department, Building Division at 1201 Civic Center Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993. Phone: (530) 822-4629 (Building Division), email: NOT PUBLISHED as a plain address on the pages read - the department is reachable through a Contact Development Services page rather than a stated mailbox.. Office hours: A FOUR-DAY WEEK AS PUBLISHED: "Hours of Operation: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM". No Friday hours appear in the block at all - not closed, simply absent - so this record reports the four days the city states and does not infer anything about Friday. Ring (530) 822-4629 before a Friday visit.. Official information: https://www.yubacity.net/departments/development_services/building/index.php.

For two project classes, yes. "online submittals for Commercial Tenant Improvements and New Construction (Residential and Commercial) also require hard copy submittals of the plan set. You will need to provide three hard copies to the Building Division."

Six feet. Yuba City's exemption covers "Fences not over 6 feet (1829 mm) high", which is lower than the state exemption. Check the height against this list rather than against a neighbouring city's.

Not necessarily. The exemption applies, but the city adds "(Please call for required set backs)". The permit is waived; the setback rules still apply, and so does the general rule that an exemption "shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of" the code or any other local ordinance.

The published block reads "Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM". No Friday hours are listed, so ring (530) 822-4629 before travelling on a Friday.

Yuba City's permit history isn't searchable here yet

This page covers what the permit requires. What we don't have for Yuba City 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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