Residential/Commercial Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit in City of St. Johns, Arizona

City of St. Johns requires a residential/commercial solar photovoltaic (pv) permit for: 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. 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.

No distinct solar PV fee line is published in the City of St. Johns Rates, Charges and Fees Schedule (approved through 10/11/2023) — a solar installation is billed through the same general Residential ($50.00 flat) or Commercial (ICC Building Valuation Data) Building Permit mechanism, plus the 65% plan review fee and $50.00/hour inspection fee. Arizona's statewide A.R.S. § 9-468 independently requires that any fee actually charged for a solar permit not exceed the City's actual cost of issuing it.

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 residential/commercial solar photovoltaic (pv) 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.