Eastern Oregon
Wheeler County
Wheeler County, Oregon: which agency issues building permits, where the records live, and wildfire code adoption status.
Wildfire code, section R327
Cannot adopt locally checked 2026-08-06
No local building department. The state Building Codes Division administers the building program here, so the county cannot adopt Section R327 locally. Only municipalities that administer a building inspection program may adopt it.
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- Oregon BCD, TEMPORARY
- field office
- BCD Pendleton Field Office, 800 SE Emigrant Ave Suite 360, Pendleton OR 97801, 541-276-7814, hours 08:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00
- lbdd record
- Wheeler County - BCD, building official Blaine Curry, phone 541-276-7814 (, 800 SE Emigrant Ave., Ste. 360 Pendleton, OR 97801.
Contact
- lbdd record
- Wheeler County - BCD, building official Blaine Curry, phone 541-276-7814 (, 800 SE Emigrant Ave., Ste. 360 Pendleton, OR 97801.
Bcd administration CONFIRMED
- verdict
- BCD-ADMINISTERED, confirmed from the state directory.
- detail
- Wheeler County - BCD. Administered by the state Building Codes Division from the Pendleton office, 800 SE Emigrant Ave., Ste. 360, phone 541-276-7814.
Lbdd directory
- bcd administered
- Yes
- bcd entry
- Wheeler County - BCD
- jurisdictions serving this county
- Wheeler County - BCD, BCD services in Wheeler County
- jurisdiction count
- 2
R327 eligibility
- eligible to adopt
- No
- rule verbatim
- Only a municipality that operates a building department may adopt Section R327 locally.
- render as
- Not eligible to adopt, because the county runs no building department. NEVER render this as a decision not to adopt.