Camarillo, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing rule
- CBC Sec. 109.10 as added locally
- Fee trigger
- incomplete work or uncorrected items
- Other triggers
- missing record card, blocked site access
- Request method
- written application on city form
- Consequence of nonpayment
- no further inspections performed
- First failed inspection
- no fee, per the code's own text
Summary
Camarillo can charge a reinspection fee whenever a building inspection finds the work incomplete or the required corrections unmade, and the city will not schedule further inspections until that fee is paid.
109.10 Reinspection Fees. A reinspection fee may be imposed for each inspection or reinspection, when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when required corrections are not made.
This section is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of the technical codes, but as a method of controlling the practice of calling inspections before the job is ready for such inspection or reinspection.
Reinspection fees may be imposed when the inspection record card is not posted, or otherwise not available on the work site; the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector; for failure to provide access on the date for which the inspection is requested; or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the Building Official.
To obtain a reinspection, the applicant must file an application in writing upon a city-approved form and pay the applicable reinspection fee.
In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, additional inspection of the work will not be performed until the required fees have been paid.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Camarillo Municipal Code Sec. 10 to the California Building Code and governs what happens when a scheduled building inspection does not pass. A reinspection fee may be imposed for each inspection or reinspection called when the portion of work being inspected is not complete or the corrections the inspector previously required have not been made. The code is explicit that this is not meant to punish a contractor the first time a job fails inspection for not meeting the technical codes; instead it targets the practice of repeatedly calling for inspections before the work is actually ready.
The ordinance lists specific triggers beyond a failed correction: a reinspection fee can also be charged when the inspection record card is not posted or available on site, when approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, when the site cannot be accessed on the date requested, or when the built work deviates from plans in a way that needed the Building Official's approval first. To actually get a reinspection, the applicant must file a written application on a city-approved form and pay the applicable fee up front.
Once a reinspection fee has been assessed, Camarillo will not perform any additional inspection of the work until the outstanding fee is paid in full, which effectively halts progress on the project at that inspection stage. 04 permit and inspection framework, which also sets a 12-month permit expiration under Sec. 035 and a 180-day abandonment period for suspended work, so a stalled reinspection can interact with those other deadlines if it drags on.
Violations & Fines
Unpaid reinspection fees stop work at the inspection stage: the code states that no additional inspection will be performed until required fees are paid, which can delay occupancy or close-out of the permit. Because the permit itself remains subject to Sec. 16.04.035's 12-month validity and 180-day suspension limits, an unresolved reinspection dispute risks the underlying permit expiring, requiring a new permit application and a new full permit fee to restart the work.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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