Fairfield, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

5 amends CBC Section 110 so that, outside of the special inspections listed in Chapter 17, the chief building official may authorize alternative inspection procedures based on declarations from duly licensed professionals rather than a site visit. 5, closing a gap that otherwise let certain work skip a required inspection step. 1 requires the permit holder to request every inspection at least two business days in advance, in writing, by phone, or by email, and to provide access and the means to inspect the work.

6: it cannot be issued until the fire department and any other city department with conditions of approval have signed off, and occupying a structure before that approval is a code violation and a deemed safety hazard or public nuisance. The certificate must be posted in a conspicuous place on the property and can only be removed by the chief building official, except that single-family and duplex (Group R-3) occupancies and their accessory structures are not required to post it. Decisions of the chief building official on inspections, including denial of an alternative inspection request, can be appealed to the building appeals board, whose five members are drawn case-by-case from the Napa-Solano Chapter of the International Code Council.