Certificate of Occupancy Permit (CO)
When you phone into our office you will be required to provide us with a project number, an address and a contact person's name and phone number. We will also need to know if this is a residential property or commercial property. In most cases we will field review the sight within the same day or next day.
What we look for in our transportation inspection:
Ingress and egress from the site. We check for proper sight distance on either side of the driveway(s). That trees, power poles, signs and other obstructions are out of the Sight Distance Triangle. Providing adequate sight distance allows for a safer entrance and exit from public streets. We look for driveway grades, widths, oneway-twoway designation, etc.
Striping of the parking lot. That all lane lines are well spaced and that they meet city standards. That all parking stalls are evenly spaced and allow for access between vehicles. Grades of parking areas, maximum slope exposed to ice and snow conditions are 4% from side to side and 6% front to back.
ADA striping of parking stalls. The first stall needs to be van accessible, 16 feet wide. An 8 foot wide stall and an 8 foot wide cross hatched area for loading is required. A standard ADA stall is 13 feet wide (8 feet for the vehicle and 5 feet for loading). Each stall shall be marked with ADA pavement marking in the center of the stall as well as an ADA sign placed in front of the stall either on a pole or on the wall of the building as to not impede waking in front of vehicle. A single loading area between two ADA stalls can be used. The sign needs to be 60 inches above the parking surface to the bottom of the sign. The side slope and front to back slope of the ADA Staging area shall not exceed 2%. A ramp opening per ADA standards needs to be provided near the ADA stall that allows for easy access into the building.
Bike Rack: A bike rack needs to be installed. Five percent of the required parking stall requirement is to be accommodated with bike parking. It should be visible from the public street, as near as practical to the front entrance where it can be visibly seen. The rack is to be of the type to support the bike by the frame. The bike rack may be mounted on any accessible surface such as grass or concrete.
Pedestrian; access from the public way to the parking lot and to the building shall be safe and unobstructed per ADA / building code standards (stairs, rails, ramps etc as needed). In conjunction with City Engineering inspections we will look at the public sidewalk for tripping hazards, ADA ramps at intersections etc.)
Street Lighting: The City has developed a new draft street Lighting Master Plan. This plan includes the required light levels, pole style, and fixture type for all new streetlights installed in the City. For detailed information refer to the City Street Lighting web page www.slcgov.transportation/streetlighting. All new streetlights must be inspected and approved and an as-built plan of the lighting system submitted to our office before the lights are accepted by the City.
After our inspection we will sign off approval for your Certificate of Occupancy (CO). If the work is incomplete we will discuss the items needed for full inspection compliance (punch list) and then return promptly to the job site after you have made the correction on the punch list, per your return phone call. A temporary permit will be issued only if all public safety issues have been addressed, (such as stocking shelves or phasing the building occupancy etc.) in order to assist you in your project completion.
