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City of St. Johns building permits
VerifiedCity of St. Johns, Arizona — as published 2026-07-19.
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
Codes adopted
Permit types & fees
Residential Building Permit
VerifiedRequired for new single-family residential construction within the City of St. Johns. Charged as a flat fee regardless of project valuation, per the City's Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023).
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- New residential construction within the incorporated City of St. Johns
- Compliance with the City-adopted Building Code administered by the City's designated Building Official (City Code § 3-2-8)
Required documents
- RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationNo standalone building permit application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Building Permit Flat Fee | $50.00 | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023), 'PLANNING AND ZONING — Building PERMITS' section, linked from stjohnsaz.gov's City Hall menu ('Fee Schedule'). |
| Plan Review Fee for New Construction | 65% of the calculated Building Permit Fee | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
| Inspection Services | $50.00/hour | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Commercial Building Permit
VerifiedRequired for new commercial construction within the City of St. Johns. Fee is calculated per current ICC Building Valuation Data rather than a flat fee, per the City's Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule.
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- New commercial construction within the incorporated City of St. Johns
- Compliance with the City-adopted Building Code administered by the City's designated Building Official (City Code § 3-2-8)
Required documents
- RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationNo standalone building permit application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Building Permit | Per Current Building Valuation Data (as published semiannually by the International Code Council) | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023): 'All new construction building permit fees are calculated based on the most recent Building Valuation Data as published semiannually by the International Code Council. Additional costs include inspection and plan review, which will be passed on to the applicant.' |
| Plan Review Fee for New Construction | 65% of the calculated Building Permit Fee | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
| Inspection Services | $50.00/hour | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
| Fire Inspection Services (1st inspection) | $100.00/hour | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
| Fire Inspection Services (2nd or more inspections) | $75.00/hour | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Building Permit for Additions or Remodels (Residential or Commercial)
VerifiedCovers 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
Requirements
- Addition or remodel to an existing residential or commercial structure within the incorporated City of St. Johns
Required documents
- RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationNo standalone building permit application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Addition or Remodel Permit Fee (Residential or Commercial) | $50.00 | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023): 'Additions or remodels for Residential or Commercial $50.00.' |
| Plan Review Fee for Additions or Remodels | Hourly fee, reimbursed by applicant (specific hourly rate not separately published) | City 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.' |
Manufactured Housing Permit
VerifiedRequired for manufactured/mobile home placement within the City of St. Johns.
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- Manufactured or mobile home placement within the incorporated City of St. Johns
Required documents
- RequiredManufactured Housing Permit ApplicationNo standalone application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Manufactured Housing Permit | $200.00 | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Sign/Billboard Permit
VerifiedRequired for signs and billboards within the City of St. Johns; the Zoning Ordinance requires signs to conform to the City's adopted building codes.
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- Sign or billboard installation within the incorporated City of St. Johns
- Conformance with the building codes adopted by the City of St. Johns (Zoning Ordinance § on signs)
Required documents
- RequiredSign/Billboard Permit ApplicationNo standalone application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sign/Billboard Permit | $15.00 | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Fence Permit
VerifiedRequired for fence construction within the City of St. Johns.
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- Fence construction within the incorporated City of St. Johns
Required documents
- RequiredFence Permit ApplicationNo standalone application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fence Permit | $15.00 | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Residential/Commercial Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit
VerifiedRequired for installation of rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic systems within the City of St. Johns. The City has no standalone solar-specific application, document, or fee line published on its own website or in its Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule — a solar PV installation is billed and processed through the same general Building Permit mechanism used for other electrical/structural work (flat $50.00 residential fee, or ICC Building Valuation Data for commercial, plus the 65% plan review fee and $50.00/hour inspection fee). Arizona statute A.R.S. § 9-468 (Solar construction permits; standards; definition) applies statewide to every incorporated city and town, including St. Johns, and independently caps solar permit fees at the municipality's actual cost of issuing the permit, regardless of what a general valuation-based fee schedule would otherwise produce.
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source
Requirements
- Solar PV installation within the incorporated City of St. Johns requires a building/electrical permit via the City's unified Building Permit Application, per the same mechanism documented for the City's other permitTypes
- Per A.R.S. § 9-468(A), the City may not require a stamp/seal from a professional structural engineer for a residential rooftop PV system unless the City makes a finding, in writing, that such a stamp is necessary for a specific installation
- Per A.R.S. § 9-468(D), any fee or charge the City assesses for a solar PV permit 'shall not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit' — this is a real, binding statewide statutory ceiling on solar permit pricing that applies regardless of the City's general (non-solar) valuation-based fee table
- Per A.R.S. § 9-468(E)-(F), before adopting or changing a solar permit fee the City must hold a public hearing with at least 15 days' published notice, and must make its fee-calculation methodology available to the public on request
- Electrical interconnection work associated with the PV system requires compliance with the City-enforced National Electrical Code edition (see codesAdopted); the City's own documents do not identify a specific NEC edition year, consistent with the general code-edition ambiguity already flagged for this file
Required documents
- RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationNo standalone solar-specific application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-20 — the same general Building Permit Application used for other permit types in this file is used for solar PV. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Solar PV Permit Fee | Not separately itemized in the City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) — billed under the same general Residential Building Permit ($50.00 flat) or Commercial Building Permit (ICC Building Valuation Data) mechanism as other work, per that Fee Schedule | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023); A.R.S. § 9-468(D) independently requires that whatever fee is actually charged for a solar permit 'shall not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit,' regardless of how the general fee table calculates it. |
| Plan Review Fee | 65% of the calculated Building Permit Fee | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) — same mechanism applied to new construction elsewhere in this file. |
| Inspection Services | $50.00/hour | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Meter Loop Permit
Listed within the City's 'Building PERMITS' fee-schedule section immediately after the Manufactured Housing Permit. Likely relates to installation of the electrical/water meter loop coordinated with a building permit, though the City's available documents do not further define its scope.
Reviewed 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- Property within the incorporated City of St. Johns; specific triggering conditions not further defined in the City's published Fee Schedule
Required documents
- RequiredMeter Loop Permit ApplicationNo standalone application form or scope description is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-19. Obtain details directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Meter Loop | $50.00 | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023), listed within the 'PLANNING AND ZONING — Building PERMITS' section. |
Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Permit
VerifiedInstalling an EV charging station (EVSE) within the City of St. Johns has no standalone application, document, or fee line published on the City's own website or in its Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule. As with solar PV (see solar-pv-permit), an EV charger installation is billed and processed through the same general Building Permit mechanism used for other electrical/structural work. Re-extracted the full text of the City's Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) directly for this review and confirmed there is no separate 'electrical permit' fee line anywhere in the schedule at all — the Planning and Zoning / Building Permits section lists only Residential Building Permit ($50 flat), Commercial Building Permit (per ICC Building Valuation Data), 'Additions or remodels for Residential or Commercial' ($50 flat), Manufactured Housing ($200), Meter Loop ($50), Sign/Billboard ($15), Fence ($15), and Inspection Services ($50/hour). Since no distinct electrical-work line exists, a charger added to an existing residence or business is confirmed to fall under 'Additions or remodels' ($50.00 flat, plus an hourly Plan Review fee where applicable), and a charger installed as part of new construction falls under the Residential/Commercial Building Permit line.
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source
Requirements
- EV charger installation within the incorporated City of St. Johns requires a building/electrical permit via the City's unified Building Permit Application, per the same mechanism documented for the City's other permitTypes
- A charger added to an existing residence or business is billed as an 'Addition or Remodel' under the City's Fee Schedule ($50.00 flat, plan review billed hourly) — confirmed by a full-text extraction of the Fee Schedule showing no separate city-issued electrical permit fee line exists at all; all non-new-construction structural/electrical work is binned into this single category
- Electrical work must comply with the City-enforced National Electrical Code edition (see codesAdopted); the City's own documents do not identify a specific NEC edition year
- No SolarAPP+-style or EV-specific streamlined review program was found published for St. Johns
Required documents
- RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationNo standalone EV-charger-specific application form is published online on the City's official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-20 — the same general Building Permit Application used for other permit types in this file applies. Obtain the application directly from City Hall, (928) 337-4517.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Additions or remodels for Residential or Commercial (EV charger circuit added to an existing building — confirmed applicable line, since no separate electrical permit fee exists in the schedule) | $50.00 flat | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023), Planning and Zoning / Building Permits section — full text re-extracted for this review; confirmed this is the only fee line covering non-new-construction structural/electrical work of any kind, so it is the governing charge for a standalone EV charger circuit. |
| Residential Building Permit Flat Fee (if EV charger circuit is part of new residential construction) | $50.00 flat | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) |
| Commercial Building Permit (if EV charger circuit is part of new commercial construction) | Per current ICC Building Valuation Data | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) |
| Plan Review Fee for Additions or Remodels | Hourly fee reimbursed by applicant | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule; Plan Review for new construction is a flat 65% of the Building Permit fee, but for Additions/Remodels (the EV charger category) it is billed hourly instead |
| Inspection Services | $50.00/hour | City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023). |
Sources & verification
Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-19.
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