Permits & licenses in Allentown.
Permitting in Allentown runs at the municipal line. Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code is one statewide code, but each municipality enforces it — through its own code office, a certified third-party agency, or the state — and the counter, the form set and the review queue belong to Allentown, not to the county around it.
- Building Standards and Safety, part of the Department of Community and Economic Development, carries building and trade permits, inspections and trade licensing, rental property licensing and presale inspections.
- Permits and licenses run through the city's Citizen Self Service Portal.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Allentown project.
Allentown sits in Lehigh 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 Allentown 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 Allentown?
City of Allentown Building Standards and Safety (BSS) — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Allentown?
Yes — Allentown is one of the Pennsylvania 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.