Bremerton building permits
Department contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Bremerton, Washington.
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Building department
- Address
- 345 6th St, Bremerton, WA 98337
- Phone
- (360) 473-5270
- Office hours
- Not published on the pages read for this entry — confirm before travelling.
- Website
- Official site
Codes adopted
The State Building Code is in effect in every county and city in Washington, and its minimum performance standards may not be diminished locally. A local amendment that affects single-family or multifamily residential buildings is not effective unless the State Building Code Council approves it; amendments to non-residential provisions carry no such approval requirement.
- 2021 International Building Code — adopted by reference at BMC § 17.04.020(a), "as amended pursuant to Chapter 51-50 WAC".
- 2021 International Existing Building Code — BMC § 17.04.020(b), also under Chapter 51-50 WAC.
- 2021 International Residential Code — BMC § 17.04.020(c), "as amended pursuant to Chapter 51-51 WAC".
- 2021 International Mechanical Code — BMC § 17.04.020(d), under Chapter 51-52 WAC.
- 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code — BMC § 17.04.020(e), published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, under Chapter 51-56 and 51-57 WAC.
- Washington State Energy Code — adopted under Chapter 51-11 WAC.
- International Property Maintenance Code — adopted in Title 17 and locally amended at BMC § 17.04.110.
- RCW 19.27 — the Washington State Building Code. Bremerton's adoption is expressed as taking the state codes "together with any additions, deletions, and exceptions currently enacted or as may be amended from time to time by Washington State through its Building Code Council (WSBCC) pursuant to the Washington Administrative Code ("WAC"), and as further amended in this chapter, are adopted by reference".
Permit types & fees
Building Permit
Required for construction, alteration and repair work in Bremerton, reviewed under the 2021 International Building Code as adopted at BMC § 17.04.020 and locally amended at BMC § 17.04.040.
See fee scheduleVerify a Contractor Licence
Washington contractors register with the Department of Labor & Industries. Registration is a STATE record; Bremerton does not issue it.
See fee schedule
Bremerton's permit history isn't searchable here yet
This page covers what the permit requires. What we don't have for Bremerton 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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New residential construction activity
New privately-owned residential construction onlyHousing units authorized by building permits for new privately-owned residential construction — this is not total permit volume (no commercial permits or remodels).
- Latest month (2026-07)
- 5units
5 buildings · $509,768 valuation
- Trailing 12 months
- 85units
12 of 12 months reported · #13 in Washington coverage by units
- Year to date (2026 YTD through 2026-07)
- 70units
70 buildings · $24.9M valuation
7 month(s) reported to Census
- Full year 2025
- 273units
83 buildings · $74.3M valuation
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS), 2026-07 vintage. Census survey data — separate from the permit-requirements verification above. All Washington building activity
Tips & gotchas
- THE CITY CODE BEATS THE STATE CODE IN A CONFLICT HERE, within what state law allows — BMC § 17.04.030. That is the opposite of what most people assume.
- Six of the adopted codes carry named Bremerton amendments. The published International text is not the operative text.
- Each code sits under its own WAC chapter, so "which state amendments apply" has a different answer for a house, a shop and a plumbing job.
- Fee AMOUNTS are not in Title 17. BMC § 17.04.130 sends you to BMC § 3.01.040, Community Development - Rate Table C — ask the city for the current table.
- An appeal to the Hearings Examiner cannot reinterpret the administrative provisions or waive a requirement (BMC § 17.04.140).