Charleston County Permit Office

He was first elected sheriff in february 1988.

Charleston county permit office. Permitting in the one stop shop located on the 3rd floor of city hall. The city of charleston s permit center has the following modified operations until further notice in response to the evolving covid 19 pandemic. Drop off only for paper plans applications submittals. Hint explain livelink mapping as it relates to finding an address.

In south carolina charleston county is ranked 19th of 46 counties in building departments per capita and 1st of 46 counties in building departments per. Flood zone filing fee should not be charged for subsequent permits on a structure where there is an active permit. This means we are not open to the general public but we are operating normally for all plan review inspections and administrative team services. Registration is not required for the following.

Sheriff cannon is responsible for oversight of a budget of over 64 million. The permit center is open monday through friday excluding holidays from 10 a m. Scroll down for permit applications. Starting july 13 2020 the office will be open to the public from 8 a m.

The charleston county sheriff s office is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the state of south carolina employing over 900 people. Citizen access portal provides online real time interaction and collaboration to contractors citizens and external agencies who desire to conduct business over the internet. As with all city services building inspections is currently under opcon1. Al cannon jr is the elected sheriff of charleston county.

Search permits or plans. For limited in person services to the public as follows. At the request of local contractors architects and engineers charleston county council adopted plumbing codes in 1968 and established the department of building inspection services to enforce them. Covid hours of operation.

Welcome to charleston county s online citizen access portal. The building inspections department is responsible for the issuing of permits both residential and commercial new construction and renovations. Council also adopted the zoning and flood plain management ordinances in 1973 standard mechanical code in 1981 and fire prevention code in 1982 and decal ordinance in 1990. There are 10 building departments in charleston county south carolina serving a population of 387 847 people in an area of 916 square miles there is 1 building department per 38 784 people and 1 building department per 91 square miles.