The City of Alexandria invites the public to celebrate Building Safety Month during the month of May with a Kick-Off Event on May 2, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., at City Hall - Market Square located at 301 King Street. Building Safety Month is celebrated during the month of May and focuses on the work of our building safety professionals. The City of Alexandria joins the nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the continuous efforts of our Code Administrations Professionals!

Join us for a FREE lunch, a raffle and engaging exhibits from City departments and our local building industry partners. The event will also feature 2 - 1 hour each, FREE TRAINING sessions beginning at 10 a.m. with HILTI - "Fire Stopping Techniques Utilized in Construction" and at 1 p.m., Simpson Strong-Tie - "Deck Safety at Home". The training sessions will provide a total of 2 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Please contact penny.gausman@alexandriava.gov to register for in person training which begins at 10 a.m. Seating is limited to 50 people and is open to the public. Complimentary coffee beverages and light fare, begins at 9:30am in City Hall, Chet and Sabra Avery conference room 2000.

• Open to the public for in-person service Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
• The City of Alexandria Permit Center is now located on the 2nd floor of the Redella S. “Dell” Pepper Community Center at 4850 Mark Center Drive.
• Currently, we are asking for customers to only submit applications electronically through APEX.
• The Alexandria Permitting and Land Use System (APEX) is available 24 hours a day from your computer or mobile device.
• Customer assistance is still available by email Permit.Center@alexandriava.gov or by calling 703.746.4200. A support team able to respond to inquiries within 24 hours or one business day.

Permit Center Hours of Operation

• Open regularly Monday - Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. (except City Holidays)
• Closes at 2 p.m. on the first Monday of every month.
• Closes for lunch at 12 p.m. and reopens at 1 p.m.
• Door locks at 4:30 p.m. daily.
• Same day service ends at 4:15 p.m. Please be sure to have all plans and applications submitted prior to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday for same day services.

Plan Review Services

• We are continuing to perform plan reviews as scheduled.
• Team Plan Reviews are no longer performed in-person, but are now performed fully electronically.

New Construction Inspections

• In-person residential inspections for occupied dwellings (single-family and multi-family) are suspended, however these are still being performed virtually by video call.
• All other inspections are still taking place as scheduled with inspectors maintaining social distancing. Inspectors are instructed to leave the area if they do not feel the area is safe. Those inspections will be rescheduled when the area is safe to enter.

Property Maintenance Inspections

• Residential rental inspections and interior, complaint-based investigations in occupied dwellings are operating normally, however some complaint inspections can still be performed by video call.
• Proactive Exterior inspections will be performed to ensure sanitary trash disposal, timely trash service and rodent control surveys will continue.
• Staff will continue to service overgrown grass and weeds complaints over 12” on private properties, with extended compliance periods for abatement.
• Unsafe/unfit investigations of occupied structures will continue with some interior inspection access modifications.