Lodi, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2022 California Plumbing Code
- Enforcing office
- Building division, Community Development Dept.
- Fee due
- Before permit issuance
- Work-before-permit penalty
- Added investigation fee
- Violation
- Misdemeanor, separate offense per day
Summary
Lodi adopts the 2022 California Plumbing Code and requires a permit and fee for plumbing, drainage, and gas fitting work, enforced by the building division of the Community Development Department, with misdemeanor penalties for unpermitted work.
The provisions set forth in the "2022 California Plumbing Code," together with Chapter 1 Administration Division II, are hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the city of Lodi and copies of the same are maintained by the city building official and available for review in the community development department. The Plumbing Code of the city of Lodi shall apply to all matters pertaining to plumbing, drainage systems, and gas fittings in the city of Lodi. ... Sections 104.5.1 and 104.5.2. Work commenced before permit is issued. Any person who commences work requiring a permit before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a fee established by the Building Official that shall be in addition to the required permit fee.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
" Copies are kept by the city building official and available for review at the Community Development Department. 020 assigns enforcement to the building division of the community development department and the building official, who holds all administrative-authority duties and rights under the adopted plumbing code. 040. 2 of the adopted code to add an investigation fee: anyone who commences plumbing work requiring a permit before obtaining it is subject to an additional fee set by the Building Official, on top of the standard permit fee.
This chapter traces to Ordinance No. 1969, adopted November 20, 2019, and last amended by Ordinance No. 2009 on December 7, 2022, when the city updated to the 2022 edition of the state plumbing code.
Violations & Fines
Section 15.12.060 makes it unlawful to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use, or maintain any plumbing, or permit the same, in violation of the chapter. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable under Chapter 1.08, with each day of continuing violation treated as a separate offense, and the city may additionally pursue civil enforcement under Chapter 1.10.
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