San Leandro, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Required inspection stages
- 10, listed at §§110.3.1-110.3.10
- Duty to notify
- Permit holder must call for each inspection (§110.5)
- Work condition until approved
- Must stay accessible and exposed (§110.1)
- Advancing past a stage
- Barred without Building Official approval (§110.6)
- Preliminary inspection
- Allowed before permit issues (§110.2)
Summary
San Leandro requires the Building Official to inspect permitted work at ten defined stages, from footing and foundation through the final inspection, under Building Code Section 110.3. Work must stay accessible and exposed until each stage is approved, and nothing may be covered or move to the next stage without the Building Official's sign-off.
110.3 Required inspections. The Building Official, upon notification, shall make the inspections set forth in Sections 110.3.1 through 110.3.10... 110.3.1 Footing and foundation inspection. Footing and foundation inspections shall be made after excavations for footings are complete and any required reinforcing steel is in place... 110.3.4 Frame inspection. Framing inspections shall be made after the roof deck or sheathing, all framing, fire blocking and bracing are in place and pipes, chimneys and vents to be concealed are complete and the rough electrical, plumbing including plumbing for residential fire sprinklers, heating wires, pipes and ducts are approved... 110.3.10 Final inspection. The final inspection shall be made after all work required by the building permit is completed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4967405; v8 updated 2026-07-06).
Full Breakdown
10: footing and foundation, concrete slab and under-floor, lowest floor elevation in flood hazard areas, frame, lath and gypsum board, fire-resistant penetrations, energy efficiency compliance with Title 24 Part 6, other inspections the Building Official deems necessary, special inspections under Section 1704, and a final inspection after all permitted work is complete. 1 inspection also confirms compliance with the residential fire sprinkler standard. 1 requires the work to remain accessible and exposed for inspection until approved, and neither the Building Official nor the City is liable for the cost of removing or replacing material to allow that access.
2 lets the Building Official do a preliminary inspection of the site before issuing the permit at all. 5 puts the duty on the permit holder or an authorized agent to notify the Building Official when work is ready and to provide access for each inspection. 6 is the enforcement hinge: work cannot proceed past the point marked in each successive inspection without the Building Official's approval, and if a portion fails, it must be corrected and stays uncovered until reinspected and authorized. 4 to accept a written, certified inspection report from an approved outside agency instead of inspecting personally.
Violations & Fines
Cover work before it passes inspection and Section 110.6 requires it uncovered and corrected at the owner's expense before construction can continue; refusing the Building Official entry to inspect under Section 104.6 is itself a misdemeanor. Occupying or using a building before its final inspection and certificate of occupancy issue under Section 111.1 is also a Code violation, prosecutable under Section 1-12-200 as a misdemeanor (up to $1,000 and six months in jail) or an infraction.
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