You must purchase a City Business License. These are available for:

The same contractor's name must be listed on each of the following:

The Building & Safety Department does not maintain copies of Contractor’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Certificates. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to keep the active certificate with them and have it available when pulling a permit.

Once your project has been through the plan-check process and has been approved for construction, you must obtain the building permit. Permits may be pulled by a:

If the house is fairly new, you will need to bring proof of ownership such as a grant deed or escrow papers.

A property owner’s representative must present the Authorized Agent Letter, proving that they have permission to pull the permit for the owner. This letter:

The Contractor must bring:

Must bring: