Reports must be submitted in person at any construction services center.

Complete this form and submit it to LADBS.

Only standard solar pv permits currently qualify for online plan check and permit service. See Information Bulletin P/GI 2014-027 for more details. You will find a copy of this bulletin here.

For all other plan review, you are required to visit one of our offices to make a submission.

You may submit your plans at any of our three office plan check counters located at Metro, Van Nuys, and WLA Building and Safety offices.

Our records go back to the year of 1905.

Any accessory building shall observe 10 feet separation from the main dwelling unit or any Accessory Living Quarters on the property.

A height of a building is limited per the zoning designation of the property. Visit a LADBS office Zoning counter for more information. A building code also limits the height of a building based on the type of construction and the occupancy of the building. Your building will need to comply with the lost restrictive height of the zoning and the building codes.

A fence within the required front yard setback for a property is limited to 3.5 feet above the natural grade. The fence height within the required setbacks other than the front yard setbacks could be limited to 6 feet or 8 feet based on the location of the property. A fence in the Special Grading Area of the City is limited to 6 feet above the natural grade within the required side or the rear yard. Check the zoning for your property to see if it is located within the Special Grading Area.

The total floor areas of all the accessory buildings on a property can not be larger than the floor area of the main dwelling unit.

You can schedule an inspection for the next day, so long as you do so before 4:00 PM.

Each permit extension is good for 6 months.

A permit is good for two years from the time the permit fees are paid. You will need to call for inspection at least once every 12 months, otherwise the permit expires.

Please refer to the Information Bulletin P/BC 2023-120 for the Policy for Plan Check Time Extension.

A Plan Check is good for 18 months from the time the plan check fees are paid.

Depending upon the labs backlog, it would take about 10 to 15 days for a lab application, and 15 to 20 days for a General Approval (Research Report) to be assigned. After assignment, it would generally take about one to two weeks to get a response. The overall completion of the evaluation and approval depends on the applicant. If the applicant is able to provide a test sample for initial and subsequent reevaluation, submit all the required information and documentations through the evaluation process, the complete process including the test lab evaluation and testing would generally be between 1 to 5 months to get an approval.

It depends on the backlog at the time the application is submitted. The backlog information is provided to applicants at the time of submittal. The backlog is the time it takes to assign an application and report to an LADBS-MTL engineer to be processed from the submittal date. If there are any corrections, it will be up to the applicant to address the corrections in a timely manner.

Anywhere between 1 to 7 days.

The time to assign the plans changes from week to week. Normally, regular plan check submittals take 15 to 30 business days, and expedite submittals will take 6 to 10 days. These estimates are subject to change.

The initial evaluation process will take about 2 to 4 weeks. The overall completion of the evaluation and approval depends on the applicant.

A DPI normally takes two weeks minimum to be prepared.

A Grading Pre-Inspection normally takes two weeks, but it could be longer.

It normally takes minimum of two weeks for a Sign Pre-Inspection (SPI) to be completed.

It normally takes 45 days from the time your appeal is submitted to LADBS. See the Information Bulletin P/ZC 2023-019 for more information.

You will need to check with LA County Health Department. It is recommended that you submit plans to the health Department as soon as you can. It may take few months to obtain your approval.

Plan check applications expire 18 months after the plan check fees are paid. However, within 30 days of its expiration, an extension of time to extend a permit application may be filed with the Department using a Request for Modification of Building Ordinances. The request may be filed with any Plan Check office, preferably with the office where the plan was reviewed. A fee shall accompany each request.