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Commercial Building Permit in City of St. Johns, Arizona

Required 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

When you need this permit

  • 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)

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Fee schedule

Commercial Building Permit
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… Show full citationCity 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.'
Per Current Building Valuation Data (as published semiannually by the International Code Council)
Plan Review Fee for New ConstructionCity of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023).
65% of the calculated Building Permit Fee
Inspection ServicesCity of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023).
$50.00/hour
Fire Inspection Services (1st inspection)City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023).
$100.00/hour
Fire Inspection Services (2nd or more inspections)City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023).
$75.00/hour

Review timeline

Plan review
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Inspection process

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    Inspection Services

    Billed at $50.00/hour general rate, plus separate Fire Inspection Services rates ($100.00/hour first inspection, $75.00/hour subsequent). No staged inspection sequence (e.g., footing, framing, final) is separately published for commercial projects in the City's available documents.

Tips

  • Unlike the residential flat fee, commercial building permit fees track the ICC's semiannually-updated Building Valuation Data table — confirm the current per-square-foot valuation directly with City Hall before budgeting, since the table changes twice a year.
  • Commercial projects are subject to Fire Inspection Services fees ($100.00/hour first inspection, $75.00/hour thereafter) in addition to general Inspection Services ($50.00/hour) — budget for both.

Frequently asked questions

City of St. Johns requires a commercial building permit for: 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). 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.

Per the City's Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023), commercial building permit fees are calculated based on the most recent Building Valuation Data published semiannually by the International Code Council, plus a Plan Review Fee equal to 65% of the calculated Building Permit Fee, plus hourly inspection and fire inspection fees.

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 commercial building permit, 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

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Fee schedules

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