Licensing, Inspections & Permits

MARK SEITZINGER
Director

OFFICE HOURS: M – F, 8:00 to 4:30
PHONE: (570) 348-4193
FAX: (570) 348-4171

The Department of Licensing, Inspections and Permits handles New Construction Permitting, Code Enforcement, Health, and Zoning. All Plan Reviews for Residential and Commercial Projects must be done by a Third party Agency in the City. There are two agencies in the City for Plan Review and Third Party Inspections. The agencies are as follows:

Building Inspection Underwriters, Inc.  Pasonick, Inc.
1010 Albright Avenue Construction Monitoring Services
Scranton, PA 18508 200 North Main Avenue
866-344-9681 Scranton, PA 18504
(570) 344-9681 (570) 344-5287
(570) 969-9700 FAX (570) 344-5288 FAX


The Department issues all City Licensed Contractors, as well as Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Sign Permits. In addition to issuing permits, the Department conducts inspections on new construction, renovations, rental unit facilities and existing residential and commercial properties. Also, annual inspections are conducted on Personal Care Homes, Rooming Houses, Child Day Cares (excluding In Home Day Care Centers), Hotels, and all Eating/Drinking establishments within the City. This Department also administers and issues other licenses such as Amusements, Dog, Dumpster, Eating and Drinking, Peddlers, Entertainment, Gas Pump, Hauling, Parking Facilities, Scales, Scrap Yards, Transient, and Tree Trimming. Permits will only be issued between 8am and 3:30pm on weekdays. In addition the Department will accept applications between 3:30pm and 4:30pm on weekdays, but the application will not be processed until the next business day, at the earliest.  Upon submission, the Department is responsible to issue a decision on all permit applications within 30 business days for commercial permits and 15 business days for residential permits.


Please note that the Department does not handle or issue Business Licensing.

LICENSING DEPARTMENT STAFF    
Building Permit Clerk Sue Magnotta (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4510
Building Inspector Carl Graziano Jr. (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4517
Plumbing Inspector John Havrilko (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4519
Electrical Inspector Jack Bannon (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4516
Mechanical Inspector Sheldon Roberts (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4175
Sign Inspector Paulette Karwoski (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4520
Weights & Measures Todd Cortese (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4514
Zoning Officer Michael Wallace (570) 348-4193, Ext. 4512
Animal Control Dave Medici (570) 969-6631

 

Housing Inspection Department STAFF    
Deputy Director Tom Oleski (570) 348-4281
Secretary to Director Ann Marie Harrison (570) 348-4281
Health Inspector Kim Kandel (570) 348-4281
Housing Inspector - Pinebrook Area Brian McAndrew (570) 348-4281
Housing Inspector - Upper S. Side / East Mtn. Carol Gillette (570) 348-4281
Housing Inspector - Lower S. Side / Minooka Patricia Fowler (570) 348-4281
Housing Inspector - N. Scranton Area Jack Liptai (570) 348-4281
Housing Inspector - W. Scranton / Hill Section Don McKeon (570) 348-4281