Permits & licenses in Scranton.
Permitting in Scranton 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 Scranton, not to the county around it.
- The Bureau of Code Enforcement, in the Department of Economic and Community Development, handles building permits, contractor licenses and inspections in the city.
- Building permit applications and contractor licenses run through the city's OpenGov permit portal.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Scranton project.
Scranton sits in Lackawanna 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 Scranton 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 Scranton?
City of Scranton Bureau of Code Enforcement — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Scranton?
Yes — Scranton 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.