Residential Building Permit (New Construction, incl. SFD / ADU / Tiny House) in Tusayan, Arizona

Tusayan requires a residential building permit (new construction, incl. sfd / adu / tiny house) for: Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist must be submitted and endorsed by the Town before applying for civil or building permit review; a pre-application meeting with the Town Manager is strongly recommended; Building permit required for new single-family dwelling, ADU, lot-specific model home, or tiny house (per IRC Appendix Q) construction within Tusayan town limits, per Zoning Code § 9.3(B) and Ordinance 2021-03; Plans must comply with the 2018 IRC and Coconino County Building Code Amendments and Standards (June 18, 2019), as adopted by reference by the Town; Submitted via Coconino County's Online Permit Applications portal (co-coconino-az.smartgovcommunity.com); only properly rotated, unlocked PDF files are accepted for electronic plan review; A geotechnical report (soils analysis) is recommended prior to submittal for new structures and may be required during the inspection process if not submitted upfront; If a complete set of plans meeting the County's minimum plan requirements is not received within ten working days of the submittal date, the permit application is canceled and must be re-submitted; Coordination with concurrent agencies is required as applicable: Coconino County Flood Control District, Tusayan Sanitary District (wastewater), Tusayan Fire District, Arizona State Fire Marshal, and Grand Canyon Unified School District; No construction may begin until the Town of Tusayan has issued its final signed building permit, even after County plan review/approval is complete. 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.

In Tusayan, the published Plan Review Deposit (New Single-Family Dwelling, Townhouse and Condominium, by size) is: Deposit tiers apply by square footage (up to 1,000 sq ft; 1,000-2,500 sq ft; 2,500-5,000 sq ft; over 5,000 sq ft), collected at plan submittal and deducted from the total fee due at permit issuance. Additional published fees: Building Permit Fee — Valuation-Based (Table II, ICC Building Valuation Data, or Table III, National Construction Estimator) — Calculated from building gross area x Square Foot Construction Cost (by occupancy group/construction type per 2018 IBC) x a 0.010 permit fee multiplier (Table II); or, per Table III's valuation bands: $79.00 for the first $500 (plus $4.24 per additional $100) up to $2,000; $142.68 for the first $2,000 (plus $28.00 per additional $1,000) up to $25,000; $786.85 for the first $25,000 (plus $20.19 per additional $1,000) up to $50,000; $1,291.77 for the first $50,000 (plus $13.98 per additional $1,000) up to $100,000; $1,991.17 for the first $100,000 (plus $11.20 per additional $1,000) up to $500,000; $6,471.49 for the first $500,000 (plus $9.49 per additional $1,000) up to $1,000,000; $10,787.59 plus $6.03 per additional $1,000 above $1,000,000; Plan Review Fee — 65% of the calculated Building Permit Fee. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Per Coconino County's official Permit Review Timeframes document (A.R.S. §§ 11-1604 to 11-1607), the county-side process for Residential Projects has a total timeframe of 63 days: a 15-business-day administrative completeness review followed by a 21-calendar-day substantive administrative/plan review, all of which the County document caps at 63 days overall (with the possibility of an applicant-agreed time extension for substantive plan review under A.R.S. § 11-1605(H)). This 63-day figure covers only the County's plan-review/inspection role — it does not include the separate, non-time-boxed Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist endorsement step that must occur first, or the Town's final-signature step at the end.

You'll need: Town of Tusayan Pre-Application Checklist; Coconino County Building and Safety Application (HOUSE: SFD/ADU/Model Home/Tiny House Permit Information Sheet); Building Contractor Information Form; Utility Service Provider Acknowledgement (Building Permit Utility Sign Off Application); Site/Plot Plan; Construction Drawings and Structural Calculations. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Tusayan requires 3 inspection(s) for a residential building permit (new construction, incl. sfd / adu / tiny house), in order: Foundation/Footing, Framing, 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/.

No. Tusayan adopted its own building-code ordinance (2021-03) but does not operate an independent, in-house plan-review/inspection staff. Building permit plan review and inspections for projects in Tusayan are performed by Coconino County Community Development (Building and Safety Division) under an intergovernmental agreement; the Town of Tusayan issues only the final signed building permit after County review is complete, and requires its own Pre-Application Checklist endorsement before that County review can begin.

The 2018 IRC and 2018 IBC (for any non-residential portions), plus the Coconino County Building Code Amendments and Standards dated June 18, 2019, all adopted by reference by the Town of Tusayan via Ordinance 2021-03 — the identical code baseline used by Coconino County itself.