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BUILDING DIVISION

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Building Counter Hours:
Monday through Friday
9:00AM - 11:30AM and 1:00PM - 4:00PM

388-5528

Ever wonder if you need a permit?  Want to learn the basics?  Look here

You may qualify for deferral or financing of water, sewer or street SDCs.  More Info

Electronic Plan Review is HERE!

******See below for important notices!******

Welcome the the City of Bend's Building Division, a division of the Community Development Department.  We hope this page will assist you in learning more about us.  We currently have a staff of highly skilled professionals which include the Building Manager/Official, Robert Mathias and Interim Assistant Building Official, Joe McClay.

We process the plan review of most single-family applications within two weeks. Commercial and multi-family application review timelines are critically dependent on the complexity of the building plans. However, these permits are issued in a timely manner.

Once your application is processed and approved through the building plan review process, the plans will be reviewed by the Planning Division and Engineering Division. When approval is given by all other divisions, the permit will be issued and you may begin scheduling inspections from the foundation inspection to the final building inspection. Instructions are included in your permit packet regarding the process to request these inspections.

Permit fees vary depending on the size of the structure. System Development Charges (SDCs) are generally a large portion of your entire permit fee. These fees are collected at the time we issue the building permit.  The fees collected are used for capital improvements within the city to increase city wide capacities for water, sewer, transportation, parks or drainage. For more information regarding SDCs, please click here.

In addition to searching our web site for information, you can call our office at 388-5528 Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

**IMPORTANT NOTICES!**

Residential Lawn Irrigation Systems
Beginning March 1, 2009 the Building Division will require backflow test reports for all lawn irrigation systems installed during new construction of residential units. Residential units include single family detached and attached dwellings as well as duplexes. If a lawn irrigation system is being installed as part of a new residential construction, the backflow test report for the lawn irrigation backflow system will be required to be present upon the Final Plumbing inspection. The Building Division inspectors will retrieve these test reports and supply them to our Public Works-Safe Drinking Water Division. Failure to provide this report prior to or at the time of the Final Plumbing inspection may result in delayed occupancy approval. Please contact a Building Permit Technician with any questions regarding this program.

Special Inspections
If your permit application includes special inspections, please submit with your permit application a statement of special inspections using the Special Inspection Agreement form which conforms to 2007 Oregon Structural Specialty Code.  Program information is also available on our
Applications/Forms page.

HOW TO TRACK YOUR PERMIT ON THE WEB

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