Plumbing Permits
Plumbing Permits are required for any installation or modification of drainage systems, waste and vent systems, fuel gas piping, potable water piping, rainwater piping, lawn sprinkler system, and subsurface drainage piping on swimming pool water circulating systems.
About Plumbing Permits
Plans shall be filed with and approved by the Department (as a Plumbing Plan Check) before any permit is issued for work listed below:
- Drainage systems.
- Drainage and vent systems for a building or structure involving fixtures that discharge 217 or more drainage fixture units.
- Drainage pumps and ejectors.
- Combination waste and vent systems.
- Fuel gas piping with any of the following:
- Systems having more than 10 outlets.
- Medium pressure gas systems.
- High pressure gas systems.
- Methane gas extraction systems.
- Potable water piping with any of the following:
- Systems requiring a 2-inch or larger supply.
- Systems designed from the procedure in Section 610.5 of the Uniform Plumbing Code.
- Exception: Plan check is not required for existing systems, that are added to or altered, with branch lines that serve less than 20 fixture units and sized by Table 6-4.
- Rainwater piping systems with more than 10 interconnected rainwater or overflow drains, or a rainwater pump.
- Special water piping systems for reclaimed water piping.
- Lawn sprinkler systems required for irrigation of cut-and-fill slopes in hillside areas.
- Subsurface drainage piping.
- Swimming pool circulating water systems.
Additional Resources
- Code Amendment
- Forms & Applications
- Covenant & Agreements (Affidavits)
- Information Bulletins
- Requests for Modifications
- Standard Correction Lists
- Presentations
Filtered categories:
Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Plan Check Correction Sheets (2020 LABC)
PC/STR/Corr.Lst.022-2020
Covenant and Agreement Regarding the Payment of Linkage Fees to the City of Los Angeles
PC/STR/Aff44-2017
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Correction Sheet
PC/STR/Corr.Lst.020A1-2019
Supplemental Structural Correction Sheet Steel Moment Frame Design (2023 LABC)
PC/STR/Corr.Lst.052-2017
Mandatory Wood Frame Soft-Story Retrofit Plan Review List-Chapter 93 (2017 LABC)
PC/STR/Corr.Lst.114-2017
Filtered categories:
Is a permit required to install a domestic cooking range, broiler unit, or domestic-type clothes dryer in my single-family dwelling unit?
Is a plumbing permit required to replace my gas water heater in my single family dwelling unit?
Is a plumbing permit required to replace my residential garbage disposer?
Is approved equipment or conductor required to have an approval label, and if so, how one can get one?
I saw the name of the City of Los Angeles Electrical Test lab (or LADBS-ETL) as one of the recognized testing agencies. What is the role of the City of Los Angeles Electrical Testing Laboratory?
Is there a limitation on the number of items I am appealing on one appeal?
Is turning space (5' circle) required inside the bathroom of an individual dwelling unit?
Filtered categories:
Document Submittal Requirements for an Alteration or Addition to an Existing Single-Family Dwelling or Multi-Family Dwelling
IB/P/GI 2023-008
- Effective
Document Submittal Requirements for a New Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Standard Plan
IB/P/GI 2023-032
- Effective
Document Submittal Requirements for a New Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Standard Plan
IB/P/GI 2023-032
Filtered categories:
Is a permit required to install a domestic cooking range, broiler unit, or domestic-type clothes dryer in my single-family dwelling unit?
Is a plumbing permit required to replace my gas water heater in my single family dwelling unit?
Is a plumbing permit required to replace my residential garbage disposer?
Is approved equipment or conductor required to have an approval label, and if so, how one can get one?
I saw the name of the City of Los Angeles Electrical Test lab (or LADBS-ETL) as one of the recognized testing agencies. What is the role of the City of Los Angeles Electrical Testing Laboratory?
Is there a limitation on the number of items I am appealing on one appeal?
Is turning space (5' circle) required inside the bathroom of an individual dwelling unit?
Forms Search
Filtered categories:
Is a permit required to install a domestic cooking range, broiler unit, or domestic-type clothes dryer in my single-family dwelling unit?
Is a plumbing permit required to replace my gas water heater in my single family dwelling unit?
Is a plumbing permit required to replace my residential garbage disposer?
Is approved equipment or conductor required to have an approval label, and if so, how one can get one?
I saw the name of the City of Los Angeles Electrical Test lab (or LADBS-ETL) as one of the recognized testing agencies. What is the role of the City of Los Angeles Electrical Testing Laboratory?
Is there a limitation on the number of items I am appealing on one appeal?
Is turning space (5' circle) required inside the bathroom of an individual dwelling unit?
Forms Search
Filtered categories:
Document Submittal Requirements for an Alteration or Addition to an Existing Single-Family Dwelling or Multi-Family Dwelling
IB/P/GI 2023-008
- Effective
Document Submittal Requirements for a New Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Standard Plan
IB/P/GI 2023-032
- Effective
Document Submittal Requirements for a New Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Standard Plan
IB/P/GI 2023-032