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**IMPORTANT NOTICE**
Effective January 20, 2026, if a red tag is issued to a contractor during an inspection, a reinspection fee will apply: $250 for the initial reinspection and $350 for each follow-up reinspection.
All fees must be paid in full before a reinspection can be scheduled.
Automatic Fire-Extinguishing Systems
A construction permit is required for the installation or modification to an automatic fire-extinguishing system. This includes automatic sprinkler systems, clean agent systems, dry- and wet-chemical suppression systems. See the Permit Section of the website for fees.
Compressed Gases
Where the compressed gases in use or storage exceed the amounts listed in IFC 2024 Table 105.5.9, a construction permit is required to install, repair damage to, abandon, remove, place temporarily out of service, or close or substantially modify a compressed gas system.
Cryogenic Fluids
A construction permit is required for installation of or alteration to outdoor stationary cryogenic fluid storage systems where the system capacity exceeds the amounts listed in IFC 2024 Table 105.5.11.
Electronic Access Control Systems
A construction permit is required for the installation or modification to an electronic access control system. Typical components include magnetic locks, electronic door strikes, access card readers, etc.
Emergency Responder Communication Coverage System
A construction permit is required for installation of or modification to in-building, two-way emergency responder communication coverage systems and related equipment.
Energy Storage Systems
A construction permit is required to install energy storage systems regulated by IFC 2024 Section 1207.
Fire Alarm and Detection Systems and Related Equipment
A construction permit is required for installation of or modification to fire alarm and detection systems and related equipment. Maintenance performed in accordance with this code is not considered to be a modification and does not require a construction permit.
Fire Pumps and Related Equipment
A construction permit is required for the installation or modification to fire pumps and related fuel tanks, jockey pumps, controllers and generators.
Flammable and Combustible Liquids
A construction permit is required to install, repair, or modify a pipeline for transportation of flammable or combustible liquid, to install, construct or alter tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries, and similar facilities, and to install, alter, remove, abandon, or otherwise dispose of a flammable or combustible liquid tank.
Fuel Cell Power Systems
A construction permit is required to install stationary fuel cell power systems. Fuel cell power systems convert the chemical energy of a fuel and oxidant to electric energy by an electromechanical process.
Gas Detection Systems
A construction permit is required for the installation of or modification to gas detection systems.
Gates and Barricades Across Fire Apparatus Access Roads
A construction permit is required for the installation of or modification to a gate or barricade across a fire apparatus access road.
Hazardous Materials
A construction permit is required to install, repair damage to, abandon, remove, place temporarily out of service, or close or substantially modify a storage facility or other area regulated by IFC 2024 Chapter 50 where the hazardous materials in use or storage exceed the amounts listed in IFC 2024 Table 105.5.22.
High-Piled Combustible Storage
A construction permit is required for the installation of or modification to a structure with more than 500 square feet, including aisles, of high-piled combustible storage.
Industrial Ovens
A construction permit is required for the installation of industrial ovens regulated by IFC 2024 Chapter 30.
LP-Gas
A construction permit is required for installation of or modification to an LP-gas system.
Motor Vehicle Repair Rooms and Booths
A construction permit is required to install or modify a motor vehicle repair room or booth. These spaces are required where repair garage activities for the conversion or repair of vehicles that use CNG, LNG, hydrogen, or other lighter-than-air motor fuels.
Plant Extraction Systems
A construction permit is required for installation of or modification to plant extraction systems.
Private Fire Hydrants
A construction permit is required for the installation or modification of private fire hydrants.
Smoke Control or Smoke Exhaust Systems
A construction permit is required for installation of or alteration to smoke control or smoke exhaust systems.
Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems
A construction permit is required to install or modify solar photovoltaic power systems.
Special Event Structure
A single construction permit is required to erect and take down a temporary special event structure. A temporary special event structure is any temporary, ground-supported structure, platform, stage, stage scaffolding or rigging, canopy, tower supporting audio or visual effects equipment or similar structures not regulated within the scope of the International Building Code.
Spraying or Dipping
A construction permit is required to install or modify a spray room, dip tank or booth.
Standpipe Systems
A construction permit is required for the installation, modification, or removal from service of a standpipe system.
Temporary Membrane Structures and Tents
A construction permit is required to erect an air-supported temporary membrane structure, a temporary stage canopy, or a tent having an area in excess of 400 square feet.