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Mountain View's Permit Center handles licenses and project routing
Mountain View's Permit Center connects business licenses, home occupation, mobile vending, cottage food, and building permit questions that often overlap when a space changes use.
Mountain View has a Permit Center path that covers more than construction. Business license, cottage food, mobile vending, and home occupation applications can be part of the same early conversation as building permits.
That overlap matters when a business is leasing a space, changing use, adding equipment, remodeling, or hiring contractors. Structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical work can bring in building permits. A change of use can also bring in building review even without visible remodeling.
For contractors and business operators, the development permit portal also reminds applicants that a business license is needed before conducting work in the city.
Before sending anything in, line up the address, business activity, floor plan, proposed work, contractor contact, and whether the space is changing from one use to another. That keeps the license and permit questions connected.
Where to see it
Mountain View Permit Center, business license, starting a business, and development permit pages.
Official sources
Official pages
Reviewed July 4, 2026
Current rules, forms, fees, deadlines, maps, and office instructions.
Rules, forms, fees, deadlines, and office procedures can change. Check the current page before you file, pay, or rely on a date.
Connected places
Open the local directory
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