Welcome to the City of Virginia Beach Citizen Access System

For businesses looking for assistance through the COVID-19 Pandemic please visit the City of Virginia Beach Economic Development page at https://www.yesvirginiabeach.com/Pages/index.aspx. Resources are available to assist in these uncertain times.  

What would you like to do today?

To get started, select one of the services by clicking on the tabs above or the links below:

• Select Permits for Commercial and Residential Building, Trade, and Elevator Permits; the new User Guide can be found here (use open in new tab): https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/planning/permits-inspections/Pages/Online-User-Guide.aspx

• Select Planning for Development Services, Zoning, Planning Commission, Chesapeake Bay applications

• Select Housing for Certificate of Compliance or online Payment Request
  

In order to apply for a permit, applications or request inspections, you must register and create a user account.  No registration is required in order to view information.

SYSTEM AVAILABILITY:

Please note that there will be times from June 18 at 11 PM thru June 19 at 3 AM, that you will not be able to make a payment. The third party payment vendor will be performing maintenance to their system during this time frame.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

The system is available.


To get started, select one of the services listed below: