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Our Permit Center hours have changed to the following:
• Walk-in Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, 7:30 AM - 11:45 AM.
• Appointments: Monday and Wednesday afternoons, Tuesday and Thursday all day. (Click the appointment link below for available times)
• Friday: Closed at 12:00 PM.
*CLOSED FROM 12 PM TO 1:30 PM MONDAY-THURSDAY FOR LUNCH

Walk-in appointments will be limited to 30 minutes to accommodate our customers. If you have questions about as-built permits, code enforcement projects, or want to submit new structure and/or grading permit submittals, we encourage scheduling appointments through our website or via No Wait Inside to allow for additional time.

Permit applications submitted online by December 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM, with a complete application and plans, will be reviewed under the current building code cycle. Due to a high volume of applications, reviews are processed in the order received. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Planning & Building

County of San Luis Obispo

Select Apply or Use Decision Engine (Application Assistant)

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Watch the instructional video on the left or check out the user guide at the following link for step-by-step instructions:

Use our Decision Engine to Help You Choose Which Apply button to select.

This user guide uses a permit as an example application, but the process is similar for other submittal types. The easiest way to identify which APPLY button to use is to go to our Decision Engine. See link above. Otherwise, you can type the application into a search bar in PermitSLO and find it that way. See guide below:

1. Make sure you are logged into PermitSLO. From the main PermitSLO portal, click anywhere inside the box "Apply".

2. In the top search box, click inside and type "Single-Family Dwelling-Residential New Structure." When it appears below, review the description in the tile and if that is the correct application, click the "Apply" button to start.