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We are located on the First Floor of the Office Tower.

On-Line Inspection Scheduling

Did you know that you can get simple permits for projects that don't need plans without ever leaving your home or office? Information on how to obtain permits for reroofs, repipes, sewer cleanouts, service changes and a lot of other projects can be obtained by clicking on On-Line Permits Information You can also look up property information, past permit history and zoning on any property in San Jose.

For a complete list of available permits that can be obtained online go to Available Online Permit Types

Here you can also schedule inpections if you already have a permit and look at the records for your projects or any other project in the city.

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Map with Driving Directions to City Hall

Once at the City Hall Garage (Basement), try to park in the "Blue" Parking Area and take the elevator identified as "Tower", which will take you to the First Floor of the Office Tower, to our Customer Service Center.
Parking validation available at the Reception Desk.

 

 

 

Building Division

 

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Our Location:
City of San Jose
200 East Santa Clara Street
Tower, First Floor
San Jose, CA 95113-1905

Phone: (408) 535-3555
Fax: (408) 292-6214

PERMIT CENTER SERVICE HOURS:

General Inquiries: 9am- 4 pm M-F

Applications and Intakes: 9-11 & 1-3

Express / STI / ITI: By appointment


BUILDING CODE INFORMATION

New California Building Codes in Effect
January 1, 2008

Click Here to see the new Code Adoption Information page

Significant Changes in the
2007 California Building Code

The 2007 California Green Building Standards Code is available.
Click here to find out more.


 

What's New!



The mission of the Building Division is to oversee private construction for the purpose of protecting the safety of San Jose's citizens and facilitating the City's economic development objectives. This is accomplished through implementation of Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, zoning, Engineering, Energy and disabled Access codes and laws for construction of residential, commercial and industrial developments.

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Building Division
200 East Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA 95113-1905
tel. (408) 535-3555 fax

 

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