Change of Use / Certificate of Occupancy (Business Occupancy Transfer) in Springerville, Arizona

Springerville requires a change of use / certificate of occupancy (business occupancy transfer) permit for: Certificate of Occupancy Application required for a business occupancy or occupancy transfer; the form (read from a 150 dpi page render — the PDF is a scan with no text layer) collects Name of Business, New Business Address, Previous Business Address, Date of move, Name of Applicant(s), mailing address, telephone, Zoning Classification, and Name/mailing address/telephone of the Property Owner if different.; Nature of Business must be declared on the form, with checkboxes for Corp, Partnership, Restaurant, Sole Proprietor, Retail, Gas Station/Auto Repair and Other — i.e. the Town captures the occupancy category directly on the certificate application.; A current Town of Springerville Business License number is a required field on the Certificate of Occupancy Application.; Two separate inspections and sign-offs are required on the face of the application, each recording whether discrepancies were found and each carrying its own signature and date line: 'BUILDING INSPECTOR' and 'FIRE/CO INSPECTOR'.; The application carries a 'Fee: $____ / Received By: ____ / Approved: Y__ N__' block and a date stamp box; the corresponding fee on the Town's published schedule is $30.00.; Where the proposed new use is not permitted by right in the zoning district, a Conditional Use Permit Application must be filed with Planning & Zoning; the fee schedule sets the Conditional Use Permit Application Fee at $200.00 plus a Public Hearing Advertising Fee of $100.00 charged per public hearing (maximum 2) in addition to the application fee. Rescheduling is free before advertising and $75.00 after advertising.; Where the change of use involves physical work (structural, electrical, plumbing, foundation or remodelling), a Plan/Design Review Application and resulting building permit are required first under Municipal Code Chapters 17.88 and 17.90 — see this file's residential-building-permit entry for that track. Building Permit Fees themselves vary per the ICC/Building Valuation Data February 2015 charts and formulas adopted in Ordinance 2016-005.; Rental units are considered commercial property and all commercial permits require a commercial-licensed contractor.; Commercial applications are forwarded to the fire department for a review of existing fire codes — see this file's fire-sprinkler-alarm-permit entry; the fire review is performed by Round Valley Fire & Medical Department, and the FIRE/CO INSPECTOR block on the Certificate of Occupancy Application is the point at which it lands.; Work performed without first obtaining a required permit may be charged double the original permitting fee per Town Code.. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Springerville Planning & Zoning Department — Building Department at 928-333-2656 ext. 227 (Building Department); 928-333-2656 (Planning & Zoning main line); fax 928-333-5598 before starting work.

The Certificate of Occupancy itself is $30.00. If the new use is not permitted by right in the zoning district, add a Conditional Use Permit Application Fee of $200.00 plus a $100.00 public hearing advertising fee per hearing (maximum two). If physical work is involved, a Plan/Design Review is also required ($100.00 residential, $300.00 commercial) along with a valuation-based Building Permit Fee calculated per the ICC Building Valuation Data February 2015 charts adopted in Ordinance 2016-005, plus $100.00 for the two mandatory inspections.

Springerville's published plan-review target for a change of use / certificate of occupancy (business occupancy transfer) permit is 10–10 business days.

You'll need: Certificate of Occupancy Application. Depending on your project, Springerville may also ask for: Conditional Use Permit Application; Plan/Design Review Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Springerville requires 2 inspection(s) for a change of use / certificate of occupancy (business occupancy transfer) permit, in order: Building Inspection, Fire / CO Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Springerville Planning & Zoning Department — Building Department (928-333-2656 ext. 227 (Building Department); 928-333-2656 (Planning & Zoning main line); fax 928-333-5598).

Apply through Town of Springerville Planning & Zoning Department — Building Department at 418 E. Main St., Springerville, AZ 85938. Phone: 928-333-2656 ext. 227 (Building Department); 928-333-2656 (Planning & Zoning main line); fax 928-333-5598, email: Publicly listed on the Town's Building Department page as an obfuscated/masked address; no plain-text department email address was recoverable from the live site. Contact by phone at 928-333-2656 ext. 227, or via the Town's online contact form at springervilleaz.gov/contact-us.. Office hours: Not published on the Town's Building Department page as of this review (no explicit hours-of-operation statement was found on the Building Department, Community Development, or Contact Us pages). Applicants must contact the Building Department a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours in advance to schedule an inspection, per the Town's own permit application forms.. Official information: https://www.springervilleaz.gov/building-department.

Springerville, Arizona has adopted: Arizona has NO statewide mandatory building code floor for general construction — code adoption is a per-city/county authority under state enabling statutes (e.g., A.R.S. Title 9 for municipalities). The Town of Springerville runs its own Planning & Zoning Department / Building Department and independently adopts and administers its own construction codes and fee schedule; it does NOT defer building permitting to Apache County or to the neighboring Town of Eagar — Springerville's own permit applications, fee schedule, and Municipal Code sections (e.g., Chapter 17.28 Walls and Fences, Chapter 17.88 Plan Review) are self-contained and administered entirely by Springerville's own Planning & Zoning/Building staff. This is confirmed independently from Springerville's own primary sources, not inferred from the Eagar precedent.; 2015 edition of the International Residential Code (IRC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document (springervilleaz.gov, Building Department Forms), restated verbatim on multiple Town permit application checklists (Manufactured Home, Shed/Storage, Plan/Design Review).; 2015 International Building Code (IBC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville for commercial/non-residential construction. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document.; 2015 International Fire Code (IFC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville as its uniform fire code. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document.; 2015 International Mechanical Code (IMC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document.; 2015 International Plumbing Code (IPC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document.; 2015 International Green Building Code (IgCC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document.; 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC), as adopted by the Town of Springerville (electrical code cycle predates the 2015 ICC set). Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' reference document.; Manufactured homes, mobile homes, and factory-built buildings (FBB) are regulated directly by the State of Arizona (Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety, Office of Manufactured Housing, 1110 West Washington, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85007) for construction/installation standards, including HUD federal preemption under 24 CFR §3280 (construction) and §3285 (installation, non-preemptive — local jurisdictions MAY set stricter local snow-load/installation standards per the Department's own May 24, 2010 clarification letter); the Town of Springerville issues a separate local Manufactured Home Installation Permit for site installation, utility connections, accessory structures, and inspections. Source: Town of Springerville Manufactured Home Installation Permit Application (Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety letterhead) and Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety letter re: Design Roof Load Zone 'South' in Arizona (May 24, 2010).; Flood Hazards: the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as adopted by the Town Council of Springerville on 10/2/2007, administered by the Apache County Engineer. Source: Town of Springerville 'Building Health and Safety' / Climate and Geographic Design reference document.; Note on code-text access: the Town's Code of Ordinances is hosted on Municode Library (library.municode.com/az/springerville) which returned HTTP 403 Forbidden on direct fetch attempts; the specific adopted code edition years above are instead sourced directly from the Town's own (non-Municode) 'Building Health and Safety' reference PDF, a primary town-published, non-mirror source, cross-confirmed as identical text appearing on at least three separate Town permit-application PDFs (Manufactured Home, Shed/Storage, and the standalone Building Health and Safety document).. Local amendments apply — see the Springerville overview page for the full list.

Not under that name. The Town's Certificate of Occupancy Application is the instrument that performs the function: it asks for the business name, the new business address, the previous business address, the date of move, the nature of the business (restaurant, retail, gas station/auto repair, etc.), the zoning classification and the current Town business license number, and it requires both a building inspector and a fire/CO inspector sign-off. The Certificate of Occupancy fee is $30.00 on the Town's fee schedule effective January 15, 2025.