Solar / Electrical / Gas / Cell Tower Permit in Pima, Arizona

Pima requires a solar / electrical / gas / cell tower permit for: Permit required for solar, electrical, cell tower, and gas work within Town of Pima limits; Applicant is responsible for obtaining separate approval with Graham County Electric (the rural electric cooperative) for utility interconnection where applicable; Submitted via the Town of Pima iWorq Citizen Portal; A completed Building & Sub-Contractors Information form and Plot Plan may be required depending on project scope. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Pima Planning & Zoning Department — Building Division at 928-485-2611 before starting work.

Per the Town's own live Schedule of Fees and Charges: Solar Permit $225.00 (plus $50.00 more for a Solar Electrical Panel Upgrade), general Electrical Upgrade $50.00, and Communication Towers $150.00 per modification — each plus the $100.00 Administrative Fee added to nearly all permit types. No separate dollar figure is itemized specifically for gas-line work under this combined category; confirm with the Planning & Zoning Administrator (928-322-4860, building@pimatown.az.gov).

Pima does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Pima Planning & Zoning Department — Building Division at 928-485-2611 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Solar/Electrical/Gas/Cell Tower Permit Application. Depending on your project, Pima may also ask for: Graham County Electric Approval. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Pima requires 2 inspection(s) for a solar / electrical / gas / cell tower permit, in order: Rough-In, Final. Schedule each through Town of Pima Planning & Zoning Department — Building Division (928-485-2611).

Apply through Town of Pima Planning & Zoning Department — Building Division at 110 W. Center St. / PO Box 426, Pima, AZ 85543. Phone: 928-485-2611, email: building@pimatown.az.gov. Office hours: Planning & Zoning Administrator: Joe Carpenter, 928-322-4860, building@pimatown.az.gov. The Planning & Zoning Board meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Building, Addition/Remodel, and Solar/Electrical/Gas/Cell-Tower permit applications (plans required as uploads) plus Sign/Fence permits are submitted through the Town's online iWorq Citizen Portal (pimaaz23.portal.iworq.net/portalhome/pimaaz23); a paper Mobile/Manufactured Home Installation Permit application and a Building & Sub-Contractors Information form are also available directly from the Town.. Official information: https://www.pimatown.az.gov/departments/planning_and_zoning.php.

Pima, 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). The Town of Pima independently operates its own Planning & Zoning Department / Building Division with its own Planning & Zoning Board, building inspector, building official, permit intake (iWorq portal), and Certificate of Occupancy process — it is NOT administered by Graham County. Source: Town of Pima Planning and Zoning page (pimatown.az.gov/departments/planning_and_zoning.php); Town of Pima Building & Sub-Contractors Information form (references 'the building department,' 'building inspector,' 'ordinances of the Town of Pima,' and a Certificate-of-Occupancy requirement 'obtained from the building inspector').; CODE EDITION CONFIRMED, AND RE-VERIFIED 2026-07-23 WITH A CHAPTER-NUMBERING CORRECTION: the Town's own 'Town Code' PDF, linked live from the Town Code page (current filename 'Town Code 2024_edited_3-23-2026.pdf' as of both the 2026-07-16 and 2026-07-23 passes), directly fetched and text-extracted again on 2026-07-23, confirms Chapter 7 (Building) is organized as: Article 7-1 Building Code, 7-2 Electrical Code, 7-3 Mechanical Code, 7-4 Plumbing Code, 7-5 Building Officials, 7-6 Utility Hookups, 7-7 Building Inspections, 7-8 Residential Code, 7-9 Uniform Fire Code, 7-10 Fuel Gas Code, 7-11 Existing Building Code, 7-12 Sewer Service Taps, 7-13 Certificate of Occupancy Requirements. This CORRECTS the prior pass's claim that Article 7-6 is the Residential Code — Article 7-6 is actually 'Utility Hookups' (a short unlawful-hookup-without-a-permit provision); the Residential Code is Article 7-8. Exact adoption language confirmed by direct quote: Article 7-1 Sec. 7-1-1, 'That certain code entitled International Building Code, 2009 edition is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the Town of Pima'; Article 7-8, 'That certain code entitled International Residential Code, 2009 Edition ... is hereby adopted as Residential Code of the Town of Pima'; and Article 7-11, 'That certain code entitled International Existing Building Code, 2009 Edition ... is hereby adopted as the Existing Building Code of the Town of Pima.' NEWLY CONFIRMED on this pass (previously missing from this file): Article 7-2 adopts 'International Electrical Code (70), 2011 Edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association' (i.e. NFPA 70 / National Electrical Code, 2011 Edition — NOT a 2009-family ICC code, and a different, newer edition than the rest of Chapter 7); Article 7-3 adopts the International Mechanical Code, 2009 Edition; Article 7-4 adopts the International Plumbing Code, 2009 Edition; Article 7-9 adopts the International Fire Code, 2009 Edition (the code text attributes publication to NFPA, quoted as written); Article 7-10 adopts the International Fuel Gas Code, 2009 Edition. No Municode/American Legal Publishing/CivicPlus code library exists for the Town of Pima — the Town's own compiled PDF Code of Ordinances is the sole publication. PENDING CHANGE FLAGGED, NOT YET LAW: the Town of Pima Planning & Zoning Commission, at its regular meeting July 21, 2026 (Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission, Tuesday, July 21, 2026), voted unanimously to recommend that the Town Council adopt a new building code under attached Ordinance 2026-05, with P&Z Administrator Joe Carpenter stating that Graham County, the Town of Thatcher, and the City of Safford are all adopting the same new code and that Pima had not yet done so; the specific proposed code edition was not stated in the minutes text and the attached ordinance exhibit is a scanned/image-only PDF not machine-readable in this pass. As of 2026-07-23 this is only a Commission recommendation — the Town Council's own posted agendas/minutes run through July 14, 2026 (before the July 21 P&Z recommendation) with no August 2026 meeting yet posted, so Ordinance 2026-05 has NOT yet been voted on by Council and the 2009 IBC/IRC/IEBC + 2011 NEC editions quoted above remain the currently codified, live law. Recheck this file after a Town Council vote on Ordinance 2026-05 is posted.; Manufactured/mobile home installation is separately regulated: units are subject to the Arizona Mobile and Manufactured Housing Standards Board's statewide rules (1980 Revision cited on the Town's own application form) for the unit itself, with the Town issuing a separate local installation permit (siting, utility connections, accessory structures, plot plan, and pressure testing per Uniform Plumbing Code 1979 Edition Sec. 1206-2, per the Town's own application form). Source: Town of Pima Application for Mobile/Manufactured Home Installation Permit.. Local amendments apply — see the Pima overview page for the full list.

No. Graham County Electric is the local rural electric cooperative and only handles utility interconnection approval. The Town of Pima's own Planning & Zoning Department / Building Division issues the actual permit through its iWorq Citizen Portal.