Eastern Oregon
Home inspection in Pendleton
Home inspection in Pendleton, Oregon: which agency issues permits, how far the records go back, wildfire code status and local conditions.
Wildfire code, section R327
Cannot adopt locally checked 2026-08-07
No local building department since October 2025. BCD administers the building program.
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- Oregon BCD, TEMPORARY
- hard date
- 2025-10
- retained by city
- Planning, zoning, land use and business licensing remain city functions. A city business licence is still required.
Contact
- main
- 500 SW Dorion Avenue, Pendleton OR 97801, building inspections 541-966-0205, Community Development 541-966-0203
Design criteria
- codes referenced
- 2023 ORSC section 301 for residential; 2022 OSSC chapter 16 for commercial
- wind
- 102 mph, Risk Category II, per OSSC 1609.3
- frost in
- 24
- seismic
- Category C. Historically Pendleton is a category C.
- roof snow
- 20 psf historically used for residential; varies 12 to 20 psf by roof slope and tributary area
- ground snow
- No static number. Use the online lookup tool at snowload.seao.org/lookup.html
Housing stock
- vintage
- ACS 2020-2024 5-Year, Census Reporter release acs2024_5yr
- census fips
- 4157150
- total units
- 7016
- median year built
- 1963
- median value
- $287100
- sf detached pct
- 60.1
Snow load region
- region
- Columbia Plateau
- ground snow adjustment psf per ft
- 0.007
- means
- Ground snow load rises by this many psf for each foot of elevation gain within this region.
Permit fees
- basis
- The City of Pendleton charges for building permits based on State of Oregon standard rates.
- worked example
- A home with a construction value of $200,000 carries an approximate total building permit and plan review fee of $1,800.