Almanac note · Home and property
Daly City separates quick permits from jobs with plans
Daly City building pages separate eligible quick permits from permits involving plans, with online applications, invoices, records, inspections, and plan-review email steps.
For work at a Daly City property, the first fork is simple. Is this an eligible quick permit, or does the job need plan review? That difference matters more than the size of the city.
Quick permits can be handled through the online permit portal for eligible work. The portal can also handle permit invoices, permit records, and eligible inspection scheduling. Jobs with plans use a different path. For plan review, the Building Division asks for the application, payment form, drawings or supporting papers, and later resubmittals by email.
The “Is a Permit Required?” page is useful early. Repairs, remodels, additions, demolition, electrical work, plumbing work, and other changes may need a permit. It depends on the work. In Daly City’s older hillside neighborhoods and postwar blocks, two homes can look similar from the street but have very different needs.
Before you apply, name the work clearly. Decide whether drawings are part of it. If no plans are needed, the quick permit route may fit. If plans are needed, treat the email package like the project record from day one.
Where to see it
Daly City Permits, Building, Is a Permit Required, and Permits Involving Plans pages.
Official sources
Official source trail
Reviewed July 3, 2026
California Porch explains the path. The official source is still the place to confirm the current rule, fee, form, map, deadline, or office decision.
Use the official page before you spend money, file paperwork, rely on a deadline, or change a property.
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