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Building Permit for Additions or Remodels (Residential or Commercial) in City of St. Johns, Arizona

Covers additions or remodels to existing residential or commercial structures, billed as a separate flat fee from new-construction permits, with plan review billed hourly rather than as a percentage of the permit fee.

Verified 2026-07-19 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Addition or remodel to an existing residential or commercial structure within the incorporated City of St. Johns

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Fee schedule

Addition or Remodel Permit Fee (Residential or Commercial)City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023): 'Additions or remodels for Residential or Commercial $50.00.'
$50.00
Plan Review Fee for Additions or RemodelsCity of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023): 'Plan Review Fee for Additions or remodels to Residential or Commercial — hourly fee to be reimbursed by applicant.'
Hourly fee, reimbursed by applicant (specific hourly rate not separately published)

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

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    Inspection Services

    Billed at the general $50.00/hour Inspection Services rate per the Fee Schedule; no separate addition/remodel-specific inspection checklist was found published.

Tips

  • Unlike the new-construction plan review fee (a flat 65% of the permit fee), the plan review fee for additions/remodels is billed hourly and reimbursed by the applicant — get an estimate of expected review hours from City Hall before budgeting.

Frequently asked questions

City of St. Johns requires a building permit for additions or remodels (residential or commercial) for: Addition or remodel to an existing residential or commercial structure within the incorporated City of St. Johns. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of St. Johns City Hall — Planning and Zoning (Building Official designated under City Code) at (928) 337-4517 (City Hall main line); Fax (928) 337-2195 before starting work.

In City of St. Johns, the published Addition or Remodel Permit Fee (Residential or Commercial) is: $50.00. Additional published fees: Plan Review Fee for Additions or Remodels — Hourly fee, reimbursed by applicant (specific hourly rate not separately published). These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

City of St. Johns does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of St. Johns City Hall — Planning and Zoning (Building Official designated under City Code) at (928) 337-4517 (City Hall main line); Fax (928) 337-2195 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

City of St. Johns requires 1 inspection(s) for a building permit for additions or remodels (residential or commercial), in order: Inspection Services. Schedule each through City of St. Johns City Hall — Planning and Zoning (Building Official designated under City Code) ((928) 337-4517 (City Hall main line); Fax (928) 337-2195).

Apply through City of St. Johns City Hall — Planning and Zoning (Building Official designated under City Code) at 70 E Commercial St (PO Box 455), St. Johns, AZ 85936. Phone: (928) 337-4517 (City Hall main line); Fax (928) 337-2195, email: Not publicly listed for Planning and Zoning / building permitting as of 2026-07-19; the City's website (stjohnsaz.gov) does not publish a department-specific email for this function. Contact via (928) 337-4517.. Office hours: Not published on the City's official website as of 2026-07-19 — confirm directly with City Hall at (928) 337-4517.. Official information: https://www.stjohnsaz.gov/.

City of St. Johns, Arizona has adopted: City Code § 3-2-8 (Building Official) provides that 'The City Manager may designate or employ one or more officers and/or employees of the City of St. Johns to act as the Building Official... to implement the provisions of the City of St. Johns Building Code and/or Uniform Code For The Abatement Of Dangerous Buildings' — confirming the City enforces its own locally-adopted Building Code, but the compiled City Code text (2014 codification, Rev. 2014.1, amended through 1-13-21) does not reprint that code's specific edition/year. The City Code's own ordinance-amendment index lists a '2003 Building Code adoption' entry (p. 121 of the printed code) as the most recent building-code-adoption ordinance identifiable in the compiled document; the underlying ordinance text itself was not retrievable in the compiled City Code docx obtained for this record.; The City's Zoning Ordinance (PZ-Code-1.pdf, 'Final Revised Zoning Ordinance of the City of St. Johns') references 'Uniform Building Code' (UBC) standards in at least two places (factory-built/modular building construction; pressure-treated wood post standards) — UBC is the code family the International Building Code (IBC) nationally superseded by the mid-2000s. This may be a stale cross-reference rather than confirmation that UBC (rather than a current IBC edition) is presently enforced.; The City's Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) ties commercial building permit fees to 'the most recent Building Valuation Data as published semiannually by the International Code Council,' which confirms the City currently operates within the ICC/International Code family for fee-calculation purposes, even though no specific IBC/IRC/IECC/IMC/IPC/NEC edition year is stated anywhere in the City Code, Zoning Ordinance, or Fee Schedule as retrieved.; No dedicated 'Codes Adopted' or 'Current Codes' page (of the kind some Arizona municipalities publish) exists on the City's current official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19 — confirmed by reviewing the site's full sitemap and department navigation, which lists no Building/Development Services department at all (see tipsAndGotchas).. Local amendments apply — see the City of St. Johns overview page for the full list.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-19.

Fee schedules

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