Pittsburgh
City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Fire
In short
City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Fire issues 2 permits we publish for Pittsburgh, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repair Garage Fire Code Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Fire | $39.14 per permit; whether this recurs annually or is charged once is not stated in the fee schedule | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-09-04 |
| Fire and Life Safety Registration and Inspection | City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Fire | $150 initial and annual renewal | annual | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Repair Garage Fire Code Permit
Listed on the City's own fee schedule under the International Fire Code's repair-garage-and-motor-fuel-dispensing operational permit category. Separately, the zoning code splits auto repair into 'Vehicle/Equipment Repair (Limited)' — work fully inside an enclosed building — and '(General)' — any body work, painting, or work not fully enclosed. The code's supplemental use standards (§911.04.A.73-.74) place Limited repair as a standalone use, subject to enclosure and setback standards, in the LNC, NDI and UNC Districts, with NDI and UNC additionally requiring the Approving Body to find no detrimental impact on surrounding properties; in the GT, DR and RIV Districts it is confined to an accessory use only, never standalone (the GT/DR/EMI subsection heading names EMI too, though its own standards text names only GT and DR). General repair carries the same setback and access standards wherever it operates, with that same Approving Body review required specifically in the NDI and UNC Districts.
Fire and Life Safety Registration and Inspection
Cut from $175 to $150 for 2025, a genuine year-over-year reduction rather than a typo — the fee schedule shows both figures side by side. A separate fire alarm system permit and fire suppression system permit maintenance fee each run $100 on issuance, on top of this registration.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Pittsburgh
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine Zoning Code, Chapter 911 Primary Uses, §911.04.A.73-.74 (Vehicle/Equipment Repair supplemental use standards)City of Pittsburgh, codified via eCode360 (General Code) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- City of Pittsburgh Finance fee schedule, amended by Resolution 1965 of 2025City of Pittsburgh Department of Finance · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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