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Permitting Authorities / City of Shawnee Building Inspections Division

City of Shawnee Building Inspections Division

Adopted code

The permitting authority for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. The Building Inspections Division administers and enforces the city's adopted building codes and ordinances, reviews construction plans, issues residential and commercial building permits, and performs field inspections.

Jurisdiction
City of Shawnee, Oklahoma
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
16 West 9th Street, Shawnee, OK 74801
Contact
  • url: https://www.shawneeok.org/government/departments/engineering_streets/applications-permits-inspections.php
  • phone: 405-878-1666
  • email: [email protected]
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • license: The City of Shawnee's October 2024 Residential Building Permit Application states "Only licensed contractors may call and request inspections with the City of Shawnee" and "Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Contractors must hold current State of Oklahoma and City of Shawnee licenses." The application's certification line likewise requires that "All Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing will be performed by license contractors with the State of Oklahoma and the City of Shawnee," and the form includes an "Oklahoma Contractor's License #" field for the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing sub-contractors (no equivalent license-number field is printed for the General Contractor line). The city's Permits page separately lists "Contractor License" among the licenses it issues, alongside Beverage, Business Occupancy, Medical Marijuana, and Solicitor licenses.
Permit process note
The Residential Building Permit Application states: "No work shall be performed, nor any accepted until a permit has been issued." A 10-working day plan review period begins the day after the application is received, and restarts if additional information is requested. The city's Permits page lists a general "Building" permit category (Commercial/Residential) alongside Accessory Structure, Demolition, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Pool, Sign, Solar Panel, and Water Well permits; no separate roofing or re-roofing permit category is listed.
Inspection requirements
The Residential Building Permit Application states the city "will complete all inspection requests within forty-eight (48) hours," that "[o]nly licensed contractors may call and request inspections with the City of Shawnee," and that "[a]ll inspections must be made and approved before anything is covered up," which is "the permit holder's responsibility." Re-inspection fees of $25 (1st) / $50 (2nd or more) apply if a called-in inspection is not actually ready. A Certificate of Occupancy is issued only after all final inspections are complete, and permits are valid six months from issuance (one-time six-month extension available on written request).
Adopted code
The city's Permits page states "The City of Shawnee follows the 2018 ICC Construction Codes, along with any amendments and modifications adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" (effective February 21, 2023). The October 2024 Residential Building Permit Application corroborates this: the applicant certification requires that construction "conform to the attached plans, specifications, 2018 ICC Codes and the City of Shawnee Code Ordinances."

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