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Daly City permit search

Daly City’s public portal searches permits, plans and inspections. Use its quick-permit route for eligible work; plan-review projects follow separate city submission instructions. Daly City says: “A building permit is generally required to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the use or occupancy of a building or structure.” Open public permit records

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Daly City inspection numbers

Single-family roof: usual inspection countGenerally 1 roof inspection, in progress while materials are being installed; spark arrester in place.Roofing Permit & Inspection Requirements | Daly City, CA, Daly City, read 2026-10-31
Standard inspection request: advance noticeAt least two days before the inspection is needed.Inspections | Daly City, CA, Daly City, read 2026-10-31
Inspection-day arrival estimatesPosted by 8:00 AM; consult the portal after 8:00 AM for the current estimated arrival time.Inspections | Daly City, CA, Daly City, read 2026-10-31

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Do I need a permit to repair or replace a roof in Daly City?

Daly City’s roofing handout gives an area threshold for roofing work and says the permit must be obtained before work begins. Its threshold uses a square of roofing as the unit, with the square-foot equivalent included in the rule.

A permit is required for each roofing job in excess of one square (100 square feet). Permits must be obtained before work begins.

Source: Roofing Permit & Inspection Requirements | Daly City, CA, read 2026-10-31

The same handout cites DCMC 15.10.240 for a fire classification of B or better on new roofs. Its usual single-family roof inspection occurs during installation, with the spark arrester already in place.

All new roofs in Daly City require a Fire Classification of B or better (DCMC 15.10.240).

Source: Roofing Permit & Inspection Requirements | Daly City, CA, read 2026-10-31

After that inspection the inspector signs the job card. The handout warns that missing the inspection sign-off can lead to permit expiration, renewal and renewal fees.

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Daly City permit requirements

For water-heater work, Daly City’s handout cites CPC 503.0. Its rule covers removal and raising the heater as well as installation and replacement, so the scope should say which operation is proposed. The city also distinguishes tank-type replacements from tankless work.

A plumbing permit is required to install, remove, replace, or raise a water heater (CPC 503.0). A permit must be obtained before beginning the work. Work performed without permit may be subject to investigation or enforcement fees.

Source: Water Heaters | Daly City, CA, read 2026-10-31

The city says permits for replacing tank-type units can be obtained over the counter. It also tells applicants to match the replacement unit to the First Hour Recovery sizing in CPC Table 5-1. That sizing condition accompanies the counter-permit statement.

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Can a homeowner pull their own permit in Daly City?

Daly City describes owner-builder eligibility as conditional. The registered property owner completes and signs a disclosure before issuance; the city’s separate owner-builder page also asks for the permit application and Owner-Builder Disclosure Form to proceed. Those documents are part of this route.

A property owner may be eligible to obtain a permit as an owner-builder. Before issuance, the registered property owner must complete and sign the required disclosure form.

Source: FAQs - CivicPlus.CMS.FAQ, read 2026-10-31

The city’s owner-builder page asks for both the permit application and disclosure form to proceed. That instruction accompanies the FAQ’s eligibility answer, so the disclosure step remains part of the application route.

Please complete the permit application and the Owner-Builder Disclosure Form to proceed with the permitting process.

Source: Owner-Builder Permits | Daly City, CA, read 2026-10-31

What work does not need a permit in Daly City?

Daly City’s fence FAQ describes a permit exemption within a height limit. It leaves ownership, building and rebuilding to agreement between property owners, and says an owner can do the work when the neighbour does not want to contribute to its cost or labour.

Fences come under a “good neighbor” policy. The City does not require fences, nor are permits required to build fences as long as they do not exceed the six foot height limit. Ownership, building, or rebuilding is a matter of agreement between property owners. Should a neighbor not desire to help defray the cost or labor, the other owner can do the work on their own.

Source: FAQs - CivicPlus.CMS.FAQ, read 2026-10-31

A separate home-sale FAQ says battery-powered smoke detectors in the bedrooms or sleeping areas and adjoining hall do not require a permit. This is a statement about that installation, rather than a general exemption for electrical alterations.

Battery powered smoke detectors are required to be installed in each bedroom or sleeping area and in the hall leading to the bedrooms. This does not require a permit.

Source: FAQs - CivicPlus.CMS.FAQ, read 2026-10-31

How much is a permit and how long does it take in Daly City?

Daly City publishes permit fees through its Fee Schedule page. No fee amount is reproduced here. For scheduling, the inspection page asks for at least two days’ notice through the standard request route, and says arrival times are estimates posted on the scheduled inspection date.

The city’s fee source: Fee Schedule

The roof handout generally calls for one in-progress inspection on a single-family dwelling roof. The materials should be going on at that visit, and the spark arrester must be in place. A final inspection is required before the improvements are used or occupied.

Generally, only one roof inspection is required on a single-family dwelling roof. This should be an in-progress inspection with the roofing materials being installed. The spark arrester must be in place.

Source: Roofing Permit & Inspection Requirements | Daly City, CA, read 2026-10-31

For plan review, the Building Division currently warns that initial review is taking longer than normal because of application volume. Its notice supplies no revised completion date; the separate plans page’s general timing should be read alongside that current warning.

A final inspection is required upon completion of the work before use or occupancy of the improvements may occur.

Source: Inspections | Daly City, CA, read 2026-10-31

Before you apply in Daly City: checklist

First distinguish an eligible quick permit from a project that needs plan review. The city’s permits page directs plan-review projects to its Permits Involving Plans instructions, rather than treating the quick-permit portal as the submission route for both.

For plan review, the city asks for the building or re-roofing application, credit-card authorization and supporting files such as drawings and calculations. It accepts a downloadable cloud-storage link for those files and directs plan-review resubmittals through the Building Division as well.

Plan-review submission instructions: Permits Involving Plans

The city’s general permit FAQ also notes that electrical, plumbing, mechanical, grading or other work may need separate permits. An application for the building work should therefore be read with the trade work described in the project scope.

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