This is PermitBase’s published record for Town of Winkelman as of 2026-08-01. It has since been superseded — see the current record. A historical record reflects what PermitBase had verified at that time; it may not capture a real-world change the jurisdiction had made but PermitBase had not yet verified, and it includes any errors we later corrected. Snapshots are never edited retroactively.

Town of Winkelman building permits

Town of Winkelman, Arizona — as published 2026-08-01.

Reviewed 2026-07-07 · Source

Codes adopted

Arizona has NO statewide mandatory building code floor for general construction — code adoption is a per-jurisdiction (city/town/county) authority under state enabling statutes (A.R.S. § 9-802 for municipal adoption by reference). Unlike the City of Buckeye or City of Globe, the Town of Winkelman does NOT run an independent, staffed Building Safety Department with its own recently-updated code ordinance; it is administered directly out of the Town Clerk's office at Town Hall. Source: Town of Winkelman official website (winkelmanaz.gov), which has no dedicated Building/Codes page; 2024 Arizona Building Officials (AZBO) statewide directory entry for Town of Winkelman.Per the 2024 AZBO Directory (the same statewide industry directory independently cross-checked for the neighboring City of Globe file, where it was found to be stale and superseded by a 2024 city ordinance), Winkelman's listed adopted codes are the 2006 International Codes (I-Codes) and the 2002 National Electrical Code (NEC). UNLIKE Globe, this research found NO subsequent Winkelman town ordinance, resolution, or published code-update document anywhere (Town of Winkelman website, Town of Winkelman Council Documents page, Arizona Memory Project archive, League of Arizona Cities and Towns records) that supersedes this 2006 I-Codes/2002 NEC listing. This 2006/2002 code-cycle citation should therefore be treated as the best-available but NOT independently re-confirmed-current figure — it could not be verified against a live Winkelman-specific ordinance text because no such published, hosted ordinance/code text (e.g., via Municode, CodePublishing, or the Town's own site) was found to exist for Winkelman as of July 2026. Source: 2024 Arizona Building Officials (AZBO) Directory, Town of Winkelman entry (206 Giffin Avenue, Clerk: Sylvia Kerlock). Re-checked 2026-07-23 against the newly-published 2026 AZBO Directory (azbo.us, live fetch) — the Winkelman entry is unchanged and still lists 2006 I-Codes/2002 NEC, meaning the same figure has now persisted across at least two directory editions (2024 and 2026); this makes it less likely to be a stale one-off data-entry error, but it is still an industry-directory listing, not a Winkelman-issued ordinance text, so it remains the best-available rather than an independently ordinance-confirmed figure.No Winkelman-specific local amendments to the adopted I-Codes/NEC (climatic/geographic design criteria table, exempt-work list, fee schedule, or similar) were found published anywhere by the Town. This is consistent with a town of Winkelman's extremely small size (296 residents per the 2020 Census) and lack of a dedicated Building Safety Department, Building Official, or hosted code-of-ordinances platform.Manufactured homes, mobile homes, and factory-built buildings are regulated directly by the State of Arizona (A.R.S. § 41-4001 et seq., Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety / Office of Manufactured Housing) for construction/installation standards statewide, independent of local code adoption; any Winkelman site-placement/foundation/utility-connection permit would be layered on top of the state's factory-built-structure standards, consistent with the pattern seen in every other AZ jurisdiction in this dataset. Source: A.R.S. § 41-4001 et seq.; Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing.The Town of Winkelman does maintain its own Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) city code (City Code: WM) with the Arizona Department of Revenue, including distinct Contracting-Prime (015), Contracting-Speculative Builders (016), and Contracting-Owner Builder (037) business codes, each taxed at 3.50% — confirming Winkelman functions as an independent municipal taxing/licensing authority for construction activity even though it lacks a dedicated building department. Source: Arizona Department of Revenue, Model City Tax Code, City Profile: Winkelman (azdor.gov/model-city-tax-code/city-profile/winkelman).

Permit types & fees

Building Permit (New Construction, Residential and Commercial)

Required for new construction and structural work within Town of Winkelman limits. Administered directly by the Town Clerk's office at Town Hall (206 Giffin Avenue) rather than by a dedicated Building Safety Department or named Building Official — a structural difference from every other jurisdiction file in this dataset (e.g., Buckeye, Globe), which run independent, staffed development-services operations. Reviewed against the Town's listed adopted codes (2006 International Codes and 2002 National Electrical Code, per the 2024 AZBO statewide directory), as no more recent Winkelman-specific code-update ordinance could be located.

Reviewed 2026-07-07 · Source

Requirements

Building permit required for new construction and other structural work within Winkelman town limits
No online permitting portal was found for the Town of Winkelman (unlike Buckeye's EnerGov CSS or Globe's CitizenServe) — applications must be made in person or by phone/email through Town Hall
Contact the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock, at 520-356-7854 or skerlock@townofwinkelman.com to initiate an application; no downloadable permit-application PDF form was found published on the Town's website
Governed by the 2006 International Codes and 2002 National Electrical Code per the 2024 Arizona Building Officials (AZBO) statewide directory — the most recent code-cycle citation this research could locate for Winkelman; no Town ordinance updating this cycle was found
Manufactured/mobile home and factory-built structure placement is separately subject to Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety (Office of Manufactured Housing) statewide construction/installation standards (A.R.S. § 41-4001 et seq.), on top of any Town site/utility-connection permit

Required documents

RequiredBuilding Permit Application (form not published online)No standardized, downloadable Town of Winkelman building permit application form was found published on winkelmanaz.gov or via web search as of July 2026. Applicants must contact the Town Clerk directly at Town Hall to obtain and submit the required application materials.

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Building Permit Fee (fee schedule not published)	Not publicly published	The Town of Winkelman publishes no building-permit fee schedule, valuation table, or resolution — not on the Town's website (winkelmanaz.gov, or the legacy winkelmanaz.com), the Council Documents… Show full citationHide The Town of Winkelman publishes no building-permit fee schedule, valuation table, or resolution — not on the Town's website (winkelmanaz.gov, or the legacy winkelmanaz.com), the Council Documents page, the Arizona Memory Project archive, or League of Arizona Cities and Towns records. The Town does maintain a Transaction Privilege Tax Contracting-Prime rate of 3.50% (Arizona Department of Revenue Model City Tax Code, City Code WM), which is a construction-activity TAX, not a building-permit FEE, and should not be conflated with one. The Town's site (rebuilt on WordPress) has only 7 substantive pages (Home, About, Town Council, Town Budget, Meeting Minutes, Contact Us, Municipal Court) with no Building/Permits/Fees section, and no fee schedule, permit application, or building-code PDF has ever been published at either domain at any point in the sites' histories. The Town's own live FY2026-2027 Official Budget (winkelmanaz.gov, uploaded 2026-06) shows 'Licenses and permits' only as a single aggregate revenue category (~$13,000, covering Business Licenses, Dog Licenses, Vehicle License Tax, and Franchise Fees), with no building-permit-specific sub-line anywhere in the Town's official Arizona Auditor-General-format budget forms — the Town does not separately track or publish a building-permit fee figure. The Central Arizona Governments (CAG) 2018 Winkelman Community Development Strategy report likewise contains no fee information of any kind. Applicants must contact the Town Clerk (520-356-7854) directly for current permit fee amounts.

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit

Winkelman has no dedicated solar/PV permit category, application form, or fee schedule of any kind — consistent with the Town's minimal administrative structure documented in this file's residential-building-permit entry (no Building Safety Department, no online portal, permitting run entirely through the Town Clerk at Town Hall). A solar installation, if it requires a Town permit at all, would be administered ad hoc through the Town Clerk under the same 2006 International Codes/2002 NEC code-cycle citation used for other construction, and is subject to Arizona's statewide solar construction permit statute (A.R.S. § 9-468), which caps any Arizona municipality's solar permit fee at the actual cost of issuance.

Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source

Requirements

No standalone solar/PV requirements checklist, application form, or code-cycle citation specific to solar was found published by the Town of Winkelman — applicants must contact the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock, at 520-356-7854 or skerlock@townofwinkelman.com directly to determine what, if anything, is required
If a Town permit is required, per A.R.S. § 9-468 the fee charged may not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit, and the Town must be able to provide an itemized cost breakdown on request
Winkelman's most recently documented adopted code cycle (2006 International Codes, 2002 NEC per the 2024 AZBO statewide directory) would presumably govern any electrical/structural review, though no Town ordinance confirming this specifically for solar was located
No Winkelman-Gila County or Winkelman-Pinal County intergovernmental agreement for building/permit services was found, so neither county's own solar permit process substitutes for a Town of Winkelman process (see this file's residential-building-permit tips)

Required documents

RequiredNo published solar-specific application formNo downloadable Town of Winkelman solar/PV or general building permit application form was found published on winkelmanaz.gov or via web search as of July 2026; applicants must contact the Town Clerk directly

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Solar/PV Permit Fee (not publicly published)	Not publicly published	The Town of Winkelman publishes no fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution of any kind — the identical gap documented in this jurisdiction's residential-building-permit entry. Show full citationHide The Town of Winkelman publishes no fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution of any kind — the identical gap documented in this jurisdiction's residential-building-permit entry. Per A.R.S. § 9-468, any fee charged for a solar construction permit by an Arizona municipality may not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit. Neither of the Town's parallel websites (winkelmanaz.gov and the older winkelmanaz.com) lists a fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution on its Council Documents page among Minutes, Agendas, Budgets, or Auditor's Reports, and the Town's rebuilt WordPress site has no Building, Permits, or Fees page; no fee-schedule PDF has ever been published on either domain. The Town's FY2026-2027 Official Budget shows only an aggregate 'Licenses and permits' revenue line with no permit-type breakout, and neither the 2026 AZBO Directory nor the CAG 2018 Winkelman Community Development Strategy report contains fee information. The fee is genuinely unpublished — contact Town Hall directly.

EV Charger Installation Permit

Winkelman has no dedicated EV-charger/EVSE permit category, application form, or fee schedule of any kind — consistent with the Town's minimal administrative structure (no Building Safety Department, no online portal; permitting is run entirely through the Town Clerk at Town Hall, as with the residential building and solar PV permits). An EV charger installation, if it requires a Town permit at all, would be administered ad hoc through the Town Clerk under the same 2006 International Codes/2002 NEC code-cycle citation used for other construction. No Arizona statute equivalent to the solar-specific A.R.S. § 9-468 fee cap applies to EV chargers. The Town's website remains a minimal 6-page CivicPlus-style site (Home, About, Town Council, Town Budget, Meeting Minutes, Contact Us, Municipal Court/Pay Court Fees) with no Building/Permits/Codes/Fees section of any kind. Neither county overlapping Winkelman's area administers permitting on the Town's behalf: Gila County's own Flood Control District page explicitly refers to Winkelman as 'the incorporated town of Winkelman' and covers only floodplain-construction questions there, not general building/electrical permitting — confirming Winkelman is legally self-administering for other permit types, consistent with the Town Clerk-only model. Pinal County separately publishes its own general Building/Electrical Permit Fee Schedule (electrical permit issuance fee $42.00, per Pinal County Building Safety), but no intergovernmental agreement, ordinance, or Town statement extends Pinal County's fee schedule to Winkelman, so that figure does not apply here. No citable governing dollar figure or explicit fee/timeline mechanism is published anywhere for Winkelman.

Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source

Requirements

No standalone EV-charger requirements checklist, application form, or code-cycle citation specific to EV charging was found published by the Town of Winkelman — applicants must contact the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock, at 520-356-7854 or skerlock@townofwinkelman.com directly to determine what, if anything, is required
Winkelman's most recently documented adopted code cycle (2006 International Codes, 2002 NEC per the 2024 AZBO statewide directory) would presumably govern any electrical review, though no Town ordinance confirming this specifically for EV chargers was located
No Winkelman-Gila County or Winkelman-Pinal County intergovernmental agreement for building/permit services was found, so neither county's own EV-charger permit process substitutes for a Town of Winkelman process (see this file's residential-building-permit tips)

Required documents

RequiredNo published EV-charger-specific application formNo downloadable Town of Winkelman EV-charger or general building permit application form was found published on winkelmanaz.gov or via web search as of July 2026; applicants must contact the Town Clerk directly

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
EV Charger Permit Fee (not publicly published)	Not publicly published	No Town of Winkelman fee schedule, valuation table, or resolution of any kind is published, matching the identical gap documented in the residential-building-permit and solar-pv-permit entries. Show full citationHide No Town of Winkelman fee schedule, valuation table, or resolution of any kind is published, matching the identical gap documented in the residential-building-permit and solar-pv-permit entries. Unlike solar (A.R.S. § 9-468), there is no Arizona statute capping municipal EV-charger permit fees at actual cost. The Town's WordPress-rebuilt site carries no Building/Permits/Fees page; no fee-schedule PDF has ever been published in the full archive history of either winkelmanaz.gov (811 captures) or winkelmanaz.com (597 captures); the Town's live FY2026-2027 Official Budget shows only an aggregate 'Licenses and permits' revenue line with no permit-type breakout; and neither the 2026 AZBO Directory nor the CAG 2018 Winkelman Community Development Strategy report contains fee information. The fee is genuinely unpublished.

Commercial Building Permit (No Distinct Commercial Process — Routes Through the Town's Single General Building Permit)

CONFIRMED NEGATIVE FINDING (re-verified live 2026-08-01): the Town of Winkelman has NO distinct commercial building permit process, commercial plan-review track, commercial fee schedule, or tenant-improvement permit category of any kind. Commercial construction is covered by the Town's single, general building permit — this file's residential-building-permit entry is literally titled 'Building Permit (New Construction, Residential and Commercial)' because that one Town Clerk-administered process is all that exists. This is consistent with Winkelman being the smallest incorporated town in Arizona (2020 Census population 296, historically tied to the adjacent Hayden copper smelter, whose 2019 closure removed the area's dominant employer): there is no Building Safety Department, no named Building Official, no online portal, no published fee schedule, and no published application form. Re-verified 2026-08-01: the Town's website (winkelmanaz.gov) was re-fetched live and remains a minimal site (Home, About, Town Council, Town Budget, Meeting Minutes, Contact Us, Municipal Court, Pay Court Fees) with zero building/permits/planning-zoning/fees content; a targeted web search for any Winkelman commercial-permit or tenant-improvement document returned only larger jurisdictions (Phoenix, Tucson, Queen Creek, Pima/Maricopa Counties) and nothing Winkelman-specific; and Gila County's Building Safety page was re-fetched live (browser-header fetch, page 403s plain fetches) and still states the county division 'regulates the construction, demolition, and occupancy of all buildings within the unincorporated areas of Gila County' — no IGA covering Winkelman exists, so the county does NOT run commercial permitting for the town. Commercial applicants deal directly with the Town Clerk at Town Hall.

Reviewed 2026-08-03 · Source

Requirements

Commercial projects go through the Town's single general building permit process, administered by the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock, at Town Hall (206 Giffin Avenue) — call 520-356-7854 or email skerlock@townofwinkelman.com to initiate; no commercial-specific application form, submittal checklist, or plan-review track is published anywhere
No distinct tenant-improvement (TI) permit category exists — a TI/remodel in an existing commercial building would be handled ad hoc through the same Town Clerk process; no TI-specific requirements, fees, or timelines are published (see this entry's FAQ)
Winkelman's most recently documented adopted code cycle is the 2006 International Codes and 2002 NEC (per the 2024 and 2026 AZBO statewide directories, unchanged across both editions) — this would presumably govern commercial plan review, but no Town ordinance confirming the current code cycle could be located, so reconfirm with the Town Clerk before designing to a specific code edition
Do NOT assume Gila County or Pinal County handles Winkelman's commercial permitting: both counties' Building Safety operations serve only their unincorporated areas (Gila County's scope statement re-verified live 2026-08-01), and no intergovernmental agreement delegating building services for Winkelman to either county was found (contrast the confirmed 2022 Pinal County-Town of Kearny IGA)
Contractors owe Winkelman's 3.50% Transaction Privilege Tax on contracting activity (AZ DOR Model City Tax Code, City Code WM, business codes 015/016/037) — a construction-activity tax separate from any permit fee
Manufactured/factory-built commercial structures are separately regulated statewide by the Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing (A.R.S. § 41-4001 et seq.), on top of any Town site/utility-connection permit

Required documents

RequiredBuilding Permit Application (no commercial-specific form; no form published online at all)No downloadable Town of Winkelman permit application form — commercial-specific or otherwise — was found published on winkelmanaz.gov or anywhere else (full-history Wayback CDX scans of both winkelmanaz.gov and legacy winkelmanaz.com found no application or fee PDF ever captured). Applicants must contact the Town Clerk directly to obtain and submit whatever materials the Town requires for a commercial project.

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Commercial Building Permit Fee (fee schedule not published)	Not publicly published	No Town of Winkelman fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution of any kind exists in public sources — for commercial, residential, or any other permit type. Show full citationHide No Town of Winkelman fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution of any kind exists in public sources — for commercial, residential, or any other permit type. This is the same exhaustively documented gap as in this file's other entries (Town website re-inventoried in full after its WordPress rebuild; full-history Wayback CDX scans of winkelmanaz.gov (811 captures) and winkelmanaz.com (597 captures) found no fee document ever published; the Town's own FY2026-2027 Official Budget shows only a single aggregate 'Licenses and permits' revenue line of ~$13,000 covering business licenses, dog licenses, vehicle license tax, and franchise fees, with no building-permit sub-line; the 2026 AZBO Directory entry lists no fees). Re-confirmed unpublished via fresh targeted web search 2026-08-01. Do not confuse the Town's 3.50% TPT contracting tax (a tax, published by AZ DOR) with a permit fee (unpublished). Contact the Town Clerk (520-356-7854) for a quote.

Sources & verification

Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-07.

Town of Winkelman Town Hall (Office of the Town Clerk) — no separate Building Department exists — official building department

Fee schedules

Town of Winkelman — Official FY2026-2027 Town Budget (live PDF, checked 2026-07-23 for a building-permit-specific fee/revenue line; none found)

Applications & forms

Intergovernmental Agreement Between Pinal County and the Town of Kearny for Building Plan Review and Inspection Services (June 15, 2022) — cross-reference showing the form a real AZ county-town building-services IGA takes; no equivalent found for Winkelman

Codes & ordinances

Department & other records

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 Town of Winkelman building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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