Building & Safety

Building & Safety

reviewing, approving & inspecting

guiding the public through the building construction process

Building and Safety is a division of the Community Development Department. The Division is responsible for the implementation of the various building codes, health and safety codes, and other codes related to proper construction practices. Duties include reviewing construction plans, issuance of permits and daily site inspections. Both Planning and Building & Safety Divisions provide direct assistance to the public and ensure that the property development review process is fulfilled. These two divisions work closely with other City departments, State and local agencies in meeting the City’s vision.

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Building & Safety Primary Resources and Guidelines

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This Building Permit Infogram can be useful to determine if the work planned on your residence indeed requires a Building Permit. 

All projects with a valuation of more than $65,000.00 must reuse or recycle construction or demolition debris.

At least fifty (50) percent by weight of the total construction and demolition debris generated by a project must be reused or recycled.

Before starting any work

Contractors and builders must fill out a Construction Waste Management Form and return it to the City along with the required deposit. After the C & D Reuse/Recycling Plan has been reviewed by the City, a plan for a building or demolition permit will be returned within a timely manner. The applicant shall post a cash deposit in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each estimated ton of construction and/or demolition debris but not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00). 

During the demolition or construction project

Contractors and builders must recycle or divert the required percentages of materials, and keep records thereof in tonnage or in other measurements approved by the Compliance Officer that can be converted to tonnage. The Compliance Officer will evaluate and monitor each project to gauge whether the diversion of a minimum of the required percentages of the demolition and construction debris will be measured separately with respect to the demolition segment and the construction segment of a project where both demolition and construction are involved. On-site separation shall be undertaken to the extent feasible.

Within sixty (60) days following the completion of the demolition project, and again within sixty (60) days following the completion of the construction project

The contractor shall, as a condition precedent to final approval and to issuance of any certificate of occupancy, submit documentation to the Compliance Officer that the Diversion Requirement for the Project has been met. The Diversion Requirement shall be that the Applicant has complied with the C&D Reuse/Recycling Plan. Any deposit posted pursuant to Section 10C.4 shall be forfeited if the permittee does not meet the timely reporting requirements of this section. This documentation shall include receipts from the vendor or facility which collected or received each material showing the actual weight or volume of that material;

The deposit or cash bond shall be returned, without interest, in total or in proportion, upon proof to the satisfaction of the Compliance Officer, that no less than the required percentages or proven proportion of those percentages of the tons of debris generated by the demolition and/or construction project have been diverted from landfills and have been recycled or reused. If a lesser percentage of tons or cubic yards than required is diverted, a proportionate share of the deposit will not be returned. The deposit shall be forfeited entirely or to the extent that there is a failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter. The amount of this fee shall be determined in accordance with the then current resolution of the City Council determining the same.

Download Construction Waste Management Form

 
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Single Family
Residential
(per dwelling units)
  • $301.86
  • $169.13
  • $330.03
  • $63.42
  • $2,037.61
  • $1,760.38
  • $4,662.43
Multi Family
Residential
(pre dwelling units)
  • $301.86
  • $169.13
  • $330.03
  • $58.30
  • $1,873.39
  • $1,408.31
  • $4,141.01
Commercial and
Industrial
 
  • $452.56
    (per 1,000sf)
  • $253.57
    (per 1,000sf)
  • $495.05
    (per 1,000sf)
  • No Fee
  • No Fee
  • $86.99
    (per ADT)
  • Varies
    (land use dependent) **

** Land Use Dependent - The Development Impact Fees for nonresidential land uses are based on both the overall square footage of the building as well as the type of land use. Therefore, a TOTAL fee amount cannot be provided.

 

City of Imperial Impact Fee Reports:

Telephone: (760) 355-1151

Email: inspections@cityofimperial.org

Inspection Request Instructions

Online Inspection Request Form

 

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