Eastern Oregon
Home Inspection in Pendleton, Oregon
Home inspection in Pendleton, Oregon starts with the permit record. See permit agencies, wildfire code status, and the local conditions that matter.
Wildfire code, section R327
Cannot adopt locally checked 2026-08-07
No local building department since October 2025. BCD administers the building program.
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- Oregon BCD, TEMPORARY
- hard date
- 2025-10
- retained by city
- Planning, zoning, land use and business licensing remain city functions. A city business licence is still required.
Contact
- main
- 500 SW Dorion Avenue, Pendleton OR 97801, building inspections 541-966-0205, Community Development 541-966-0203
Design criteria
- codes referenced
- 2023 ORSC section 301 for residential; 2022 OSSC chapter 16 for commercial
- wind
- 102 mph, Risk Category II, per OSSC 1609.3
- frost in
- 24
- seismic
- Category C. Historically Pendleton is a category C.
- roof snow
- 20 psf historically used for residential; varies 12 to 20 psf by roof slope and tributary area
- ground snow
- No static number. Use the online lookup tool at snowload.seao.org/lookup.html
Housing stock
- vintage
- ACS 2020-2024 5-Year, Census Reporter release acs2024_5yr
- census fips
- 4157150
- total units
- 7016
- median year built
- 1963
- median value
- $287100
- sf detached pct
- 60.1
Snow load region
- region
- Columbia Plateau
- ground snow adjustment psf per ft
- 0.007
- means
- Ground snow load rises by this many psf for each foot of elevation gain within this region.
Permit fees
- basis
- The City of Pendleton charges for building permits based on State of Oregon standard rates.
- worked example
- A home with a construction value of $200,000 carries an approximate total building permit and plan review fee of $1,800.