San Diego County
For San Diego County, source type is department page; permit type is building permit; deadline to start work is it will expire if the work is not started within two years. To meet this requirement, the permittee must call for, and pass a valid inspection; inactivity window is passing a valid inspection at least every 180 days (six months); maximum permit life is all work must be completed within three years, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.
- Jurisdiction
- San Diego County verified
- Source type
- department page our reading
- Permit type
- building permit our reading
- Deadline to start work
- it will expire if the work is not started within two years. To meet this requirement, the permittee must call for, and pass a valid inspection verified
- Inactivity window
- passing a valid inspection at least every 180 days (six months) verified
- Maximum permit life
- all work must be completed within three years verified
- Renewal fee basis
- One-half of current permit fees are due upon renewal unless progress has been made (and approved) so that only a final inspection is needed, then one-quarter of current permit fees are due verified
- Code citation
- Sec. 91.1.105.5.2 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
San Diego County's Building Code sets timeline requirements when building permits are issued. The work authorized by the permit must begin and demonstrate progress by certain dates, and all work must be completed within three years. From the day the permit is issued, it will expire if the work is not started within two years. To meet this requirement, the permittee must call for, and pass a valid inspection. If no inspection has been scheduled and passed within the first two years, the permit becomes null and void. Once the work has started and the first required inspection has been passed, the permittee must show that the work is progressing by passing a valid inspection at least every 180 days (six months). If these progress requirements are not met the permit will expire. This applies regardless of when the first inspection took place within the first two years of the life of the permit. To renew an expired building permit that has received and passed at least one valid inspection, but has not exceeded the three-year mark: The plans cannot be changed, nor changes proposed. One-half of current permit fees are due upon renewal unless progress has been made (and approved) so that only a final inspection is needed, then one-quarter of current permit fees are due. ( Sec. 91.1.105.5.2 of the
— sandiegocounty.gov, retrieved 2026-08-11
Source
- sandiegocounty.govhttps://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/pds/bldg-perm-exp.html