Administrative overview · FIPS 42059
Greene County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
Municipal Fallback
This profile identifies a handoff outside the county’s ordinary structural permitting lane.
Required jurisdiction check
Confirm the controlling local or state authority before filing.
The record is marked Municipal Fallback. That means the county profile should be treated as a routing brief: incorporated municipalities, a state building department, or a state fire marshal may control plan review, permits, and inspections. Contact the named agency below and verify the parcel’s jurisdiction before paying a fee or scheduling field work.
Responsible agency
Greene County Planning Commission and Department of Planning and Community Development; UCC building permits are issued and enforced by the applicable municipality or certified code agency, with a separate county assessment notification required for improvements and demolitions
For a project in or near Greene County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
Greene County Planning and Community Development: 724-852-5300; Assessment Office: 724-852-5211; local UCC agency varies
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Greene County Office Building, Department of Planning and Community Development, 93 East High Street, 2nd Floor, Waynesburg, PA 15370
Operating hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; municipal/code-agency hours vary
Review expectation
N/A countywide; Pennsylvania UCC generally requires a code official to grant or deny a complete permit application within 30 business days, while local review and county SALDO review timing varies.
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Frequently asked questions for Greene County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
This record is marked Municipal Fallback. Confirm whether a city, state agency, or other local authority controls the parcel before filing.
How should I begin an application?
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact Greene County Planning and Community Development: 724-852-5300; Assessment Office: 724-852-5211; local UCC agency varies.
How long might review take?
N/A countywide; Pennsylvania UCC generally requires a code official to grant or deny a complete permit application within 30 business days, while local review and county SALDO review timing varies.
How are inspections scheduled?
Contact the local township, borough, or certified third-party UCC agency where the work is located to file the building permit and schedule inspections. Separately, Greene County Ordinance 2022-2 requires a county Assessment Office Building/Demo Application for any improvement or demolition, regardless of whether the municipality requires a building permit. County planning questions: 724-852-5300.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC), 34 Pa. Code Chapters 401-405 and referenced current ICC codes as adopted by Pennsylvania, including applicable 2021 ICC editions for 2026 permits. Greene County's 2025 hazard-plan search result states all 26 municipalities opted into local UCC enforcement. The county Planning Commission enforces or reviews the county SALDO for subdivision and land development, but does not replace local building-code permitting. The county SALDO excludes certain land-development categories, including a single- or two-family dwelling on a lot of record, conversion of a single/two-family dwelling to no more than three units unless condominium, and subordinate accessory structures such as residential garages or sheds generally under 625 square feet; these are land-development exclusions, not blanket building-code exemptions. Pennsylvania UCC emergency-repair and other minor-work exemptions, plus zoning, floodplain, sewage, and occupancy rules, must be confirmed with the local municipality or BCO.