The City of Salem Building and Safety Division is committed to providing excellent customer service and customer satisfaction.  Our Enhanced Permit Services provide a "tool box" of options designed to meet each customer's unique needs.

We can tailor the permitting process to your construction schedule.  Whether it's through deferred plan review submittals, expedited plan review, phased permitting, pre-submittal review or assignment of a project coordinator on your large-scale project - we're prepared to help you be successful in Salem.  Each of the following services is available by request for a fee, including: 

Pre-Submittal Review:  The Building and Safety Division will work with the professional designer to review plans before submittal to help alleviate unnecessary delays.

Deferred Submittals:  When developing a complete set of submittal documents may cause delay on a project -portions of a building design are allowed to be submitted separately, at a later date, after the issuance of the permit.

Expedited Plan Review and Inspection Services:  Plan review and inspection services need to be performed outside the normal timeframes the Division has established; also includes On-Site Plan Review offering.

On-Site Plan Reviews:  Plan reviews specific to tenant improvements in an existing structure and considered to be minor in nature, can occur in the field and on-site; one of the expedited service offerings.

Phased Permits:  This option allows construction to begin on a portion, or portions, of an individual building before the construction documents for the whole building have been submitted and/or approved.

Project Coordinator: At the applicant’s request, a development process expert can be assigned as a liaison on a project.  They will help shepherd the project through the permitting process.

Master Electrical Program:  An annual permit for industrial uses under ORS 479.560.

Master Plan Program: When an applicant intends to submit multiple plans of the same building, the City designates the first submittal as a “master plan.” This can provide substantial  plan review savings on subsequent submittals and expedites the review process.

Money Back Guaranteed Ten-Day Turnaround:  As a service to our customers, the Building and Safety Division offers a ten-day plan review turnaround guarantee for qualified single-family dwelling submittals.