Lakewood, WA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

1 to the adopted IBC, the Building Official may require a special inspection for a particular item or system whenever necessary to show conformance with the codes; this sits alongside the routine framing, mechanical and other scheduled inspections. 060(I)), cannot be signed off until every outside condition is cleared: SEPA environmental review, the Hearings Examiner, Design Review, Development Engineering, Stormwater, the Tree Ordinance and West Pierce Fire and Rescue district approval must all be satisfied, in addition to finish grading, before the building is treated as complete and ready for occupancy.

060(K) requires the Building Official to issue a Certificate of Occupancy on a city-developed form identifying the facility and the code requirements it met; the certificate must be posted in an obvious place on the premises and cannot be removed by anyone except the Building Official. 060(J)) bars any use, occupancy, or change of occupancy of a building until the certificate has been issued, and makes clear that a certificate never authorizes a violation of the code or of other city ordinances. 060(N)), which the owner may appeal through the Section 113 hearing examiner process.