Placer County, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

1, the chief building official may authorize alternative inspection procedures that rely on declarations from duly licensed professionals in place of a standard site inspection call, except where CBC Chapter 17 requires special inspection (used for items like structural welding, high-strength bolting, and shotcrete). 2 to bar issuance of a certificate of occupancy until every applicable county department, plus either the local fire district, Placer County Fire, or CAL FIRE, has approved the project. The certificate must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises, except in Group U and Group R-3 (single-family and duplex) occupancies, and only the chief building official can authorize its removal.

Occupying or using a structure before that approval is issued is itself declared a violation of the building code and a public nuisance. 120 routes appeals of the chief building official's decisions to the building services division on the division's forms, with a non-refundable fee set by the fee schedule; appeals must be filed within 30 days of the decision. 130, which includes two physically disabled members, two fire officials or fire marshals serving the unincorporated county, and five members representing each supervisorial district; the board's determination on a code-interpretation appeal is final.