City of portland facilities permit program

The Facility Permit Program is designed to serve customers with "ongoing" interior tenant improvement work where facility maintenance, upgrade and renovation is frequent. New RF facilities require a commercial building permit, and may also require a land use review. Phone: Email: bds portlandoregon.

Permits Commercial Permits. Most Popular View Less. These items will need to be resolved before the link to access your approved plans will be sent. This applies to all FPP permits including trade permits. The FPP Inspector will contact you to discuss your inspection request.

The City of Portland is committed to providing meaningful access. For accommodations, modifications, translation, interpretation or other services, please call , the TTY at or the Oregon Relay Service: Monday through Friday from 8 am - 4 pm. Leave a message with your name, phone number, permit number and project name. Inspectors to wear masks for indoor inspections, maintain social distancing. Development Services is migrating to Portland. Bureau of Development Services closed on Monday, Jan.

Public Notice. June 8, am. The same team will complete plan reviews and will provide inspection services for all customer buildings regardless of geographical location. FPP services are billed at an hourly rate.

This allows FPP to offer additional services such as pre-application consultations. For customer convenience, monthly billing statements are issued which identify all charges by date, discipline, project number or name, and type of service rendered.

While the program is designed to expedite the plan review and permitting process it is not intended to relax code requirements, or to provide lower inspection or licensing standards than that required under State of Oregon Statutes, Administrative Rules or City of Portland Municipal Titles.

The goal is to provide inspection and plan review services as efficiently and effectively as possible to FPP clients.

Application for Permit to install Fire Alarm System. Application for Permit to install Fixed System. Application for Permit to install Sprinkler System. While FPP tries to keep projects moving forward in a timely manner, there are certain responsibilities for FPP Participants to be aware of:. The first step in getting started is to determine if your building is registered in the FPP Program.

It can be searched using the building name or address. The process for registering a building takes about weeks. Although a Building Registration Application has been submitted this does not mean that the building has been registered in the Facility Permit Program.

In order to start the process of applying to have a building registered, please provide the following:. The Facility Permit Program urges applicants to reach out to us early regarding more complex projects.

FPP was built around developing ongoing relationships between our customer, the building owner and the assigned inspections team. Ask us questions. Communicate with your FPP Team early and often. We are here to help you get from Concept to Construction.

Please remember when submitting plans or corrections, the following are not allowed:. The Bureau still asks for hand drawn changes to plans to be marked with red pen or marker to indicate changes or updated sections to your plans. If your plans consist of 30 or fewer pages, your plans may be submitted electronically. Please send an email message to the Facility Permit Program for permits that are under review where all first reviews have been completed and you are responding to all outstanding checksheets at one time.

Instructions to respond to checksheets:. If the call is not answered by a staff member, please leave a message including your name, phone number, permit number and project name, and your call will be returned at our earliest opportunity. Applications must show how they comply with the building code.