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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Permit in City of St. Johns, Arizona

Installing 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

When you need this permit

  • 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

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Fee schedule

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)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.
$50.00 flat
Residential Building Permit Flat Fee (if EV charger circuit is part of new residential construction)City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023)
$50.00 flat
Commercial Building Permit (if EV charger circuit is part of new commercial construction)City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023)
Per current ICC Building Valuation Data
Plan Review Fee for Additions or RemodelsCity 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
Hourly fee reimbursed by applicant
Inspection ServicesCity of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023).
$50.00/hour

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

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    Electrical / Final Inspection

    The City's available public documents do not separately itemize a staged inspection sequence for EV charger installations; billed and inspected under the same general 'Inspection Services' mechanism as other electrical/building permits in this file.

Tips

  • St. Johns has no dedicated EV-charger permit application, checklist, or fee line published anywhere on its official website (stjohnsaz.gov) as of 2026-07-20 — a residential or commercial EV charger installation is processed as an Addition/Remodel Building Permit ($50.00 flat fee), confirmed by a full-text re-extraction of the Fee Schedule showing no separate electrical-permit line item exists at all in this jurisdiction.
  • Budget for an additional hourly Plan Review fee (Additions/Remodels category, reimbursed by the applicant) and $50/hour Inspection Services on top of the flat $50 permit fee.

Frequently asked questions

City of St. Johns requires an electric vehicle (ev) charging station permit for: 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. 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 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) is: $50.00 flat. Additional published fees: Residential Building Permit Flat Fee (if EV charger circuit is part of new residential construction) — $50.00 flat; Commercial Building Permit (if EV charger circuit is part of new commercial construction) — Per current ICC Building Valuation Data; Plan Review Fee for Additions or Remodels — Hourly fee reimbursed by applicant; Inspection Services — $50.00/hour. 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 an electric vehicle (ev) charging station permit, in order: Electrical / Final Inspection. 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 file.; 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.

No. The City has no dedicated EV-charger permit or fee line, and in fact has no separate electrical-permit fee line of any kind. An EV charger installation is billed through the City's general Building Permit mechanism — the $50.00 flat Addition/Remodel Permit for work on an existing building, confirmed as the only applicable fee line after a full-text review of the Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule — the same way solar PV installations are handled in this jurisdiction.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the City of St. Johns building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.