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CITY OF RENTON Ι PERMIT SERVICES
OVERTIME INSPECTION REQUEST
This document is intended to provide an overview of how to request overtime inspections outside of the City of
Renton’s Inspection Hours. Inspections outside of normal inspection hours (after hours, night work, holiday work, etc.)
are subject to overtime billing at the overtime billing rate per the City’s Current Fee Schedule. Overtime billing shall be
paid by the Specialized Billing contact requested by the City prior to construction or by the Applicant if a Specialized
Billing contact is not provided. All overtime fees shall be paid prior to receiving construction completion.
CONSTRUCTION HOURS
1.Construction hours for work outside of the public right-of-way (i.e. within private property boundaries) are
restricted to 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday thru Friday and 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Saturday. Saturday work is by
permission only. No work is allowed on Sunday.
2.Construction hours for working within the public right-of-way shall follow the approved traffic control plan.
Saturday work is by permission only. No work is allowed on Sunday.
INSPECTION HOURS
Inspection Hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM Monday thru Friday. Inspections requested during the Inspection Hours must
be made prior to 11:59PM on the previous day.
OVERTIME INSPECTION REQUEST REQUIREMENTS
1.Contractor is required to notify the City as soon as possible of any overtime request. Requests for City Inspection
outside of the Inspection Hours shall be made no less than three days prior to beginning the work. For example,
requests to work on Saturday shall be submitted by 3:00 PM on the previous Wednesday.
2.Emergency Overtime work shall be coordinated through the Project’s Construction Inspector and the Inspection
Phone Line, 425-430-7203.
OVERTIME INSPECTION REQUEST PROCESS
There are two options available to request an overtime inspection on a project. The Options are described below.
1.Overtime Request via City of Renton Civic Access Self-Service portal. See Schedule Inspection Online Tipsheet.
2.Overtime Request via the Inspection Phone Line
a.Call 425-430-7203.
b.Leave a detailed Voicemail including the following information: Permit Number, Project Name/Location,
Hours Requested, Work to be completed, Call back Name and Number.
EMERGENCY OVERTIME INSPECTION REQUEST
Call the Project’s Construction Inspector to coordinate the hours required to complete the emergency work, then call
the Inspection Line (see Option #2 for Overtime Inspection Request Process).