San Luis Obispo County, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

9 so the building official is authorized to examine, or have examined, buildings, structures, and sites for which a permit application has been filed before the permit issues, a preliminary inspection distinct from the inspections that occur during construction. 7 to require that the approved plans, the building permit, and the building inspection record be made available whenever an inspection is requested, and that the permit site inspection card be posted on the site and prominently displayed until the project is complete. 1 so the signed and dated Final Inspection entry on that same Inspection Record is deemed the certificate of occupancy; no separate certificate document is issued for R-3 structures or their accessory structures.

1 to bar use or occupancy, or any change in use, until the Chief Building Official issues a certificate of occupancy, except that certificates are not required for work that was exempt from a permit in the first place. Issuance of a certificate, like issuance of the underlying permit, is not an approval of any code violation; the building official can still require correction of errors discovered later, and can prevent occupancy of a structure found to be in violation.