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Commercial Tenant Improvement / Interior Commercial Remodel Permit in Tusayan, Arizona

Interior commercial remodels and tenant improvements (TI) within Tusayan town limits are a distinct FEE category on the Coconino County Building Permitting Fees schedule that governs Tusayan permits under the Town-County IGA — a dedicated $100.00 plan review deposit tier ('Interior commercial remodels and tenant improvements'), a 'Tenant improvements — per bid value' fee line, and a $120.00 'Change in tenant occupancies' inspection fee — but NOT a separately administered permit process: TI applications flow through the same Town Pre-Application Checklist, County SmartGov portal, commercial procedures document, and commercial review timeframes as any other commercial building permit. This entry documents the TI-specific published facts; the process mechanics are in this file's commercial-building-permit entry.

Verified 2026-08-01 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist endorsement required before County-side review, as with all Tusayan permits
  • Permit required for alteration or change in use of any building or structure per Town Zoning Code § 9.3(B) ('construction, reconstruction, alteration or change in use') and Ordinance 2021-03; reviewed against the 2018 IBC/IEBC and Coconino County Building Code Amendments and Standards as adopted by the Town
  • Submitted via Coconino County's Online Permit Applications (SmartGov) portal under the same commercial procedures as new commercial construction — no TI-specific application form or information sheet is published by the County or the Town
  • Estimated permit valuation must cover total value of work including materials and labor per IBC 109.3; bid value is used for any commercial project valuation in excess of $5,000.00
  • Alterations of 3,000 square feet or more require architect- or engineer-stamped plans per the County's commercial procedures ('New construction, additions, and alterations for buildings of 3,000 square feet or more shall require an architect's stamp')
  • Fire Marshal review applies where the TI scope touches sprinklers, hoods, or hazardous systems; commercial kitchen hoods and fire protection systems carry their own Commercial Fire Safety fee lines

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Fee schedule

Plan Review Deposit — Interior commercial remodels and tenant improvementsCoconino County Building Permitting Fees schedule (effective 09/01/2021), Table I — a dedicated TI deposit tier, distinct from the New Commercial deposit tiers ($300.00-$2,500.00 by square footage); deducted from the total fee at issuance; non-refundable per County Substantive Policy 2025-01
$100.00
Tenant Improvement Permit FeeCoconino County Building Permitting Fees schedule (effective 09/01/2021), Table III, Table IV 'Other Inspections' section, and the schedule's bolded bid-value rule, re-extracted cleanly from the live PDF 2026-08-01; minimum fee for any single permit is $50.00; the 'Commercial Misc.' unit fee line is $100.00
Per bid value — the schedule's 'Other Inspections' section lists 'Tenant improvements: Per bid value', with bid value mandatory for any commercial project valuation in excess of $5,000.00, applied through the Table III valuation bands (e.g., $786.85 for the first $25,000 plus $20.19 per additional $1,000 up to $50,000; $1,991.17 for the first $100,000 plus $11.20 per additional $1,000 up to $500,000)
Plan Review FeeCoconino County Building Permitting Fees schedule, Part I, Section D
65% of the building permit fee
Change in Tenant Occupancies (inspection)Coconino County Building Permitting Fees schedule (effective 09/01/2021), Table IV, 'Other Inspections' section — the published fee for a tenant-occupancy-change inspection, relevant when a Tusayan tenant space changes occupant/use without construction scope
$120.00
Commercial Fire Safety items within a TI scopeCoconino County Building Permitting Fees schedule (effective 09/01/2021), Table IV, Commercial Fire Safety section — commonly triggered by restaurant and hotel TI work in Tusayan
$50.00 fee to issue plus $150.00 each fire protection system (sprinklers/alarm), $100.00 each Type I & II commercial hood, $100.00 each spray booth/oven

Review timeline

Plan reviewTusayan’s published plan-review target
21–77 business days

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough-In (trades affected by the TI scope)

    Framing/electrical/plumbing/mechanical rough inspections for altered systems before cover, performed by Coconino County under the Town-County IGA

  2. 2

    Final

    Completed TI verified against approved plans, including fire protection and hood systems where in scope, before occupancy of the tenant space

See the full Tusayan inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Tenant improvement is a distinct BILLING category, not a distinct process, in the Coconino County system that serves Tusayan: it gets its own $100 plan-review deposit (versus $300-$2,500 for new commercial), its permit fee runs on bid value rather than ICC square-foot valuation, and a change of tenant occupancy has its own $120 inspection fee — but the application portal, commercial procedures document, pre-construction meeting requirement, and 77-day-per-review commercial timeframe are all shared with the general commercial building permit. PermitBase records it separately because the fee structure is materially different, not because the pathway is.
  • A change in use with no construction still has a permit hook in Tusayan: Town Zoning Code § 9.3(B) requires a building permit prior to 'change in use of any building or other structure,' and the County publishes a $120.00 'Change in tenant occupancies' inspection fee — ask at the Town pre-application stage how a no-construction occupancy change is processed for your space.
  • For restaurant/food-service TI (a common Tusayan scope given the tourist economy), expect Commercial Fire Safety fee lines (Type I/II hood $100 each, fire protection system $150 each) and Fire Marshal involvement, plus Environmental Health Division approval flagged in the County's commercial procedures; a temporary certificate of occupancy for commercial space costs $300.00 if you need to open before final sign-off.
  • No TI-specific application form, information sheet, checklist, or timeline is published by either the Town of Tusayan or Coconino County — a confirmed absence as of 2026-08-01, chased across the Town's Engineering & Development and Forms & Documents pages, the County's Online Permit Applications page (whose only commercial document is the general commercial procedures sheet), the County fee schedule, and Substantive Policy 2025-01. The TI-specific facts in this entry are the fee schedule's own line items.

Frequently asked questions

Tusayan requires a commercial tenant improvement / interior commercial remodel permit for: Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist endorsement required before County-side review, as with all Tusayan permits; Permit required for alteration or change in use of any building or structure per Town Zoning Code § 9.3(B) ('construction, reconstruction, alteration or change in use') and Ordinance 2021-03; reviewed against the 2018 IBC/IEBC and Coconino County Building Code Amendments and Standards as adopted by the Town; Submitted via Coconino County's Online Permit Applications (SmartGov) portal under the same commercial procedures as new commercial construction — no TI-specific application form or information sheet is published by the County or the Town; Estimated permit valuation must cover total value of work including materials and labor per IBC 109.3; bid value is used for any commercial project valuation in excess of $5,000.00; Alterations of 3,000 square feet or more require architect- or engineer-stamped plans per the County's commercial procedures ('New construction, additions, and alterations for buildings of 3,000 square feet or more shall require an architect's stamp'); Fire Marshal review applies where the TI scope touches sprinklers, hoods, or hazardous systems; commercial kitchen hoods and fire protection systems carry their own Commercial Fire Safety fee lines. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Tusayan Engineering & Development (permit administration) with plan review and inspections performed by Coconino County Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division, under an intergovernmental agreement at 928-638-9909 (Town of Tusayan); 928-679-8850 (Coconino County Building and Safety) before starting work.

A $100.00 plan review deposit (the fee schedule's dedicated 'Interior commercial remodels and tenant improvements' tier), then a permit fee computed per bid value through the County's Table III valuation bands (bid value is mandatory above $5,000 of commercial valuation), plus a plan review fee of 65% of the permit fee, plus any Commercial Fire Safety line items in scope. Minimum fee for any single permit is $50.00.

Tusayan's published plan-review target for a commercial tenant improvement / interior commercial remodel permit is 21–77 business days.

You'll need: Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist; Coconino County Online Commercial Building Permit Application; TI Plan Set (floor plan, electric plan, and affected-scope sheets per the County's commercial minimum plan requirements). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Tusayan requires 2 inspection(s) for a commercial tenant improvement / interior commercial remodel permit, in order: Rough-In (trades affected by the TI scope), Final. Schedule each through Town of Tusayan Engineering & Development (permit administration) with plan review and inspections performed by Coconino County Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division, under an intergovernmental agreement (928-638-9909 (Town of Tusayan); 928-679-8850 (Coconino County Building and Safety)).

Apply through Town of Tusayan Engineering & Development (permit administration) with plan review and inspections performed by Coconino County Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division, under an intergovernmental agreement at Town of Tusayan: 845 Mustang Drive / PO Box 709, Tusayan, AZ 86023. Coconino County Building and Safety Division: 2500 N. Fort Valley Road, Building 1, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Phone: 928-638-9909 (Town of Tusayan); 928-679-8850 (Coconino County Building and Safety), email: tusayantownmanager@tusayan-az.gov (Town of Tusayan, for pre-application meetings); plansubmittals@coconino.az.gov (Coconino County Building and Safety). Office hours: Town of Tusayan Town Hall and Coconino County Building and Safety Division: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Applicants must first submit a completed Pre-Application Checklist to the Town of Tusayan and are strongly encouraged to schedule a pre-application meeting with the Town Manager before beginning the permit process, because multiple agencies are typically involved. Building/civil plan review and inspections are then conducted by Coconino County via its Online Permit Applications portal (co-coconino-az.smartgovcommunity.com); once County review is complete, the Town of Tusayan issues the final signed building permit. Per the Town's own published guidance: 'No construction may begin until the Town has issued its final signed building permit.'. Official information: https://tusayan-az.gov/engineering-development/.

Tusayan, Arizona has adopted: Arizona has NO statewide mandatory building code floor for general construction — code adoption is a per-city/county authority under state enabling statutes (e.g., A.R.S. Title 9 for municipalities, A.R.S. Title 11 for counties). The Town of Tusayan is a small (2020 Census population 561), recently incorporated (2010) gateway town that does NOT run an independent, self-staffed building department: it adopted its own local building-code ordinance but contracted the actual plan-review and inspection FUNCTION to Coconino County via an intergovernmental agreement (IGA), retaining only final permit issuance and pre-application/zoning gatekeeping in-house. Source: Town of Tusayan Engineering & Development page (tusayan-az.gov/engineering-development/) — 'Building permits are handled through an intergovernmental agreement with Coconino County... No construction may begin until the Town has issued its final signed building permit.'; Town of Tusayan Ordinance No. 2021-03 ('AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TUSAYAN, ARIZONA, ADOPTING THE CODE OF TUSAYAN, ARIZONA, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION, UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODES ADOPTED, ADOPTION BY REFERENCE'), passed and adopted September 22, 2021, adopts by reference: International Building Code (IBC) 2018 Edition; International Residential Code (IRC) 2018 Edition; International Mechanical Code (IMC) 2018 Edition; International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) 2018 Edition; International Plumbing Code (IPC) 2018 Edition; International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2018 Edition; International Existing Building Code (IEBC) 2018 Edition; International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) 2018 Edition; National Electrical Code (NEC) 2017 Edition (as published by the National Fire Protection Association); AND the Coconino County Building Code Amendments and Standards dated June 18, 2019 — all adopted by reference in full. This is the identical 2018 ICC suite / 2017 NEC combination that Coconino County's own Building Division uses countywide, confirming Tusayan's code baseline is deliberately harmonized with the County's rather than independently authored. Source: Town of Tusayan Ordinance No. 2021-03 (PDF, scanned/rendered and read directly, tusayan-az.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ordinance-2021-03.pdf), Section I.; Ordinance 2021-03 also repeals and replaces Sections 1-10, Parts X-XII of the Coconino County Building Code Amendments and Standards (June 18, 2019) with a 'New Amendment: INNOVATIVE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS PILOT PROGRAM, Sections 1-28' — mirroring Coconino County's own 'Innovative Materials and Systems Pilot Program' that allows owner-builders to seek an exemption from standard code provisions for alternative building methods/materials under certain circumstances. Source: Town of Tusayan Ordinance No. 2021-03, Section I; Coconino County Building Codes, Ordinances, Design Criteria page (coconino.az.gov/2391/Building-Codes-Ordinances-Design-Criteri), '2019-10 Coconino County Building Ordinance.'; As of July 2026, Coconino County's own Building Division still lists the 2018 International Code Council suite (IRC, IBC, IMC, IFGC, IPC, IECC, IEBC) plus the 2017 NEC as its CURRENT adopted codes (per the County's 'Current Codes and Ordinances' list), adopted via County Ordinance 2019-10. The County has begun a public process (open house held March 23, 2026) toward adopting the 2024 ICC suite and 2023 NEC, but as of this record's lastVerified date that update had NOT yet been formally adopted — the 2018/2017 baseline remains controlling for both the County and, by Ordinance 2021-03's adoption-by-reference, for Tusayan. Source: Coconino County Building Codes, Ordinances, Design Criteria page (coconino.az.gov/2391/Building-Codes-Ordinances-Design-Criteri), 'Current Codes and Ordinances' and 'Building Code Adoption' sections.; Town of Tusayan Zoning Code, Chapter 9, §9.3(B): 'A building permit, as required by the Building Code, shall be obtained prior to the construction, reconstruction, alteration or change in use of any building or other structure' — the Zoning Code's own building-permit trigger clause, applicable in the G (General), AR (Agricultural-Residential), and RR (Rural Residential) zones. Source: Town of Tusayan Zoning Code § 9.3, Property Development Standards: G, AR and RR Zones (codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/tusayan/latest/tusayan_az_zone/0-0-0-3764).; Manufactured homes and factory-built buildings are licensed and permitted through a joint state/local structure: the Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety (Office of Manufactured Housing) sets manufacturer/installer/retailer licensing and issues State/IGA installation permits, while local site/foundation/utility compliance for a manufactured home placed within Tusayan town limits is handled through the same Town-Coconino County IGA building-permit pathway as other structures. Source: Coconino County Online Permit Applications page (coconino.az.gov/2390/Online-Permit-Applications), 'Manufactured Homes and Factory Built Projects' section; Coconino County Building Permitting Fees PDF, Part III, 'Manufactured Homes and Factory Built Building Permit Fees.'; Applicants must first submit a Pre-Application Checklist to the Town of Tusayan and receive the Town's endorsement before proceeding to civil or building permit review; the Town strongly encourages scheduling a pre-application meeting with the Town Manager given the number of agencies potentially involved (Coconino County Community Development, Coconino County Flood Control District, Tusayan Sanitary District, Tusayan Fire District, Arizona State Fire Marshal, Grand Canyon Unified School District). Source: Town of Tusayan Engineering & Development page; Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist (tusayan-az.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Town-of-Tusayan-Pre-Applicaton-Checklist-103025.pdf).. Local amendments apply — see the Tusayan overview page for the full list.

The fees are different; the process is not. Coconino County's fee schedule (which governs Tusayan permits under the Town-County IGA) gives interior commercial remodels/TIs their own $100.00 plan-review deposit and prices the permit per bid value, but the application runs through the same Town Pre-Application Checklist, County SmartGov portal, commercial plan requirements, and Commercial Projects review timeframe (77 days per review cycle) as any other commercial permit, and the Town still issues the final signed permit.

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