Spartanburg Building Department | Permits, Inspections & Contact

The City of Spartanburg Building Inspections and Permits Department issues permits and inspects new construction and regulated work within the City of Spartanburg. Spartanburg County has a separate development and building process for unincorporated county property, including its own EnerGov Citizen Self Service system, so county parcels should not be submitted through the city process.

Spartanburg building permits

The city publishes residential, commercial, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, demolition, grading, fire-protection, street-cut, and related permit applications. Building permits and applications are handled through the Building Inspections Department, while planning permits and site-plan approvals are handled through the city’s Planning Department. Confirm the property jurisdiction and required department approvals before submitting.

Inspections, code compliance, and occupancy

Spartanburg enforces the adopted building, residential, fire, mechanical, plumbing, fuel-gas, electrical, accessibility, energy, and property-maintenance codes listed on its Building Inspections page. The city’s Certificate of Occupancy application states that a current CO is required before a building or space is occupied, and that planning, building, and life-safety approvals must be complete before issuance.

Zoning and plan review

The Planning Department issues permits regulated by the city’s Zoning Ordinance, including site-plan review, sign permits, zoning verification letters, variances, special exceptions, historic review, annexation, and zoning-map amendments. Complex projects may require coordinated review by planning, building, public works, fire, and other departments before construction or occupancy.

Official contact information

Building Inspections is at 440 S Church Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306, with phone (864) 596-2041. The Planning Department lists the same address and (864) 596-2068. Use the city’s official permit pages and forms for current applications, inspection instructions, permit records, certificate-of-occupancy forms, and zoning approvals.