Folsom, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Amendment adds
- CBC Section 110.7 Reinspections
- Fee set by
- City council resolution
- Trigger examples
- Unready work, missing plans/permit
- Payment rule
- No further inspection until fee is paid
- Violation
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 / 6 months
- Admin sanction
- Level E, $100-$10,000
Summary
Folsom charges a reinspection fee any time a building inspector shows up and the work is not ready, prior correction notices are unresolved, or the permit and approved plans are not on site. Municipal Code Section 14.02.050(K) adds Section 110.7 Reinspections to the adopted California Building Code, and no further inspection proceeds until the fee is paid.
K. Section 110 Inspections—Add additional section to read as follows: Section 110.7 Reinspections is added as follows: 110.7 Reinspections. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when any of the following conditions exist: 1. Such portion of work for which inspection is called is not completely ready. 2. Previous written or verbal correction notices have not been complied with. 3. The job address is not clearly posted and clearly visible from the street or the front of the building. 4. The inspector has no access to the work to be inspected. 5. The approved plans are not readily available to the inspector. 6. The building permit, application, appropriate documents, or any previous correction notice(s) are not available at the job site. 7. Deviating from the approved plans requiring further approval of the Building Official. ... To obtain a reinspection, the applicant, or his/her designee, shall first pay the reinspection fee in accordance with resolution adopted by the City Council. In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the reinspection fees have been paid.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 1369, passed April 28, 2026).
Full Breakdown
050. 7, Reinspections, listing seven conditions that can trigger a reinspection fee: the work called for inspection is not completely ready, prior written or verbal correction notices were not addressed, the job address is not clearly posted and visible from the street, the inspector cannot access the work, the approved plans are not available on site, the permit or prior correction notices are not at the job site, or the contractor deviates from approved plans in a way that needs further Building Official approval. The ordinance says it is not meant to charge a fee the first time an inspection fails purely for a code compliance issue; it targets the practice of calling for inspections before a project is actually ready or accessible.
The reinspection fee is set by city council resolution, and the applicant or their designee must pay it before requesting a new inspection; once assessed, no further inspection of the work is performed until the fee is paid. 1, amended under subsection L, bars occupying or changing the use of a building until the Building Official issues a certificate of occupancy, and subsection M lets the Building Official grant a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy only after utility clearance and payment for remaining inspections.
Violations & Fines
Occupying a building before the certificate of occupancy is issued, or without paying an assessed reinspection fee, is enforced under Section 14.02.070: a violation of Title 14 is both a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine or six months in county jail, and a Level E administrative violation carrying a separate $100 to $10,000 sanction under Section 1.09.012.
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Sources & Official References
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