How to file the Certificate of Occupancy (San Diego)
Issued after the final inspection of building permit work. Needed for a change of occupancy classification or a tenant improvement in a shell building; not needed for a change of owner or tenant when the occupancy doesn't change.
- Agency
- City of San Diego Development Services
- Where it applies
- San Diego
- How it's filed
- Filed on the agency's portal
- Fee
- Varies
- How long it takes
- San Diego doesn't publish a delivery time for a commercial Certificate of Occupancy; it's issued once every inspection under the permit has final approval (only affordable housing and shelters get set deadlines).
Official links
Checked against the agency's own page.
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