Permits & licenses in Atlanta.
Permitting in Atlanta runs on Georgia's state minimum standard codes, adopted by the Department of Community Affairs and enforced at the local line. There is no state building permit: the county inspection department holds the unincorporated parcels and each city holds its own, on the same DCA edition.
- The Office of Buildings, inside the Department of City Planning, issues building, trade and tree permits inside the Atlanta city limits; applications, plans and permit records run through the department's Accela Citizen Access portal.
- Permit issuance requires the contractor's state-issued license card from the Georgia Secretary of State.
- Board of Zoning Appeals, Zoning Review Board, Special Administrative Permit and historic preservation applications run through the same portal.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Atlanta project.
Atlanta sits in Fulton County · outline drawn from Census boundaries
What we clear here
- Building permits — new construction, fit-outs, renovations
- Trade permits — electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical
- Use & occupancy and the inspections behind it
- Business & contractor licensing
- Signs, site work, and right-of-way
How it moves
Your package is reviewed against the current Atlanta submission requirements before it's filed — forms, editions, scales, signatures. Then it's tracked in the queue and carried through comments. A resubmittal means the back of the line; the pre-filing review is there to help keep you out of it. The habit comes from volume: the team has processed 400+ permits annually across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia counters.
Straight answers
Who issues building permits in Atlanta?
City of Atlanta Department of City Planning — Office of Buildings — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Atlanta?
Yes — Atlanta is one of the Georgia markets we serve. Call (240) 344-5075, or send the project over, and we'll lay out your project's permits and licenses, in order, with what each review will take.
Talk to a permit specialist
Ten minutes on your project. You leave knowing the approvals it needs, in what order, and what each review will take. Or send the address, scope, and plans and we start from there.