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TERC Development Permit (Low-Impact / General Development Environmental Review) in Hualapai Tribe, Arizona

A separate environmental/development review permit that must be in hand before the building permit, administered by the Hualapai Tribal Environmental Review Commission (TERC) Board and Planning Department under the Hualapai Environmental Review Code (H.E.R.C.). 'Development' is defined broadly: building any structure, or making a material change in the use or appearance of a structure, or in the use, appearance, quality, or protection of land, water, or natural or cultural resources. Any development requires either a low-impact development permit (streamlined — a Planning Department determination plus the TERC Chairperson's signature) or a general development permit (full TERC Board review at a public meeting, often followed by Tribal Council approval), unless the activity is listed as exempt under Appendix C of the TERC Rules. The Building Permit Application's own TERC impact-classification checkboxes (LOW / GENERAL / EXEMPT) reflect that this review runs alongside the building permit and is a precondition to it.

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When you need this permit

  • Begin with an initial informal meeting with the Planning Department to introduce the project and determine likely impact classification (low-impact, general development, or exempt)
  • For low-impact development: file an application with the Planning Department including a signed statement that the applicant believes the project qualifies as low-impact and will comply with any conditions in the permit; Planning Department determines qualification, may refer to Tribal Agency Staff for advice on extraordinary circumstances (Appendix B of the Rules), then prepares the permit for TERC Chairperson signature, subject to TERC Board review
  • For general development: Planning Department may convene a meeting of tribal agency staff for review; may refer to the TERC Board for a determination on referral to Tribal Council for conceptual approval; once application is complete and reviewed by tribal agency staff, Planning Department prepares a staff report and schedules TERC Board consideration at a public meeting; a final TERC Board decision to issue a general development permit is normally subject to Tribal Council approval
  • Applicant is responsible for preparing the application, including an environmental assessment if required, and any additional studies/reports the Planning Department or a tribal agency determines necessary
  • Notice of low-impact permit issuance must be posted by the Planning Department in the Tribal Office no later than 2 business days after signature, and no less than 5 business days before the TERC Board meeting at which it may be reviewed; a copy is posted at the activity location and mailed (good faith effort) to adjacent leasehold-interest holders
  • A written objection or TERC Board member request for review of a low-impact permit must be filed within the notice time frame; if filed, it is placed on the agenda for the next Board meeting (or the following meeting if less than 5 business days remain before the next one)

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Fee schedule

TERC development-permit application fee/service chargeSource: Hualapai Tribe, Rules to Implement the Hualapai Environmental Review Code, November 2013, Outline (p. v) and Section 405, https://hualapai-nsn.gov/Documents/Government/Planning/rulesHualapaiEnvironmentalReviewCode.pdf.
None currently codified. TERC Rules Section 405 authorizes the TERC Board to charge application/filing fees and states 'a schedule of application fees and service charges... is set out in Appendix D of these rules,' but the Rules document's own front-matter Table of Contents marks Appendix D 'Fees for Permit Applications' as '[planned, but not yet written]' — and the PDF ends mid-Appendix C without ever including Appendix D. No TERC development-permit fee schedule has ever been codified.

Review timeline

Plan review
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    Tips

    • This TERC development-permit review is legally separate from, and generally precedes or runs alongside, the Building Permit Application itself — the building-permit form's own TERC impact-classification checkboxes (LOW/GENERAL/EXEMPT) exist because the Planning Department needs to know which TERC track a project is on before building-permit sign-off can be completed.
    • Certain activities are exempt from TERC development-permit requirements entirely under Appendix C of the TERC Rules — including minor residential construction items tracking ICC Residential Code Section R105.2 (see building-permit-general entry's exemption list) and other activities determined not to result in a 'material change' as defined in the Hualapai Environmental Review Code.
    • A general development permit decision by the TERC Board is 'normally' subject to further Tribal Council approval — this is an additional governmental-approval layer beyond TERC Board sign-off that applicants for larger/higher-impact projects should budget time for.
    • The Appendix D fee schedule referenced in TERC Rules Section 405 does not exist as a written document — it was never written. The document's own front-matter Outline/Table of Contents (page v) lists the Appendices and states explicitly: 'Appendix A. Low-Impact Development / Appendix B. Extraordinary Circumstances / Appendix C. Exempt Activities / [The following appendices are planned, but not yet written.] / Appendix D. Fees for Permit Applications / Appendix E. Forms and Guidance Documents / Appendix F. Best Management Practices, Pollution Prevention, and Best Available Current Technologies.' The PDF's actual content ends mid-Appendix C (at the document's own 'Page 60' of 60, the final physical page of the file) — Appendices D, E, and F were never appended. So Section 405's promised 'schedule of application fees and service charges... set out in Appendix D' does not exist in any published edition of these Rules (November 2013). No TERC development-permit application fee is currently codified. Source: Hualapai Tribe, Rules to Implement the Hualapai Environmental Review Code, November 2013, pp. v (Outline) and 60 (final page), https://hualapai-nsn.gov/Documents/Government/Planning/rulesHualapaiEnvironmentalReviewCode.pdf.
    • This is the one place in all of the Tribe's published permitting materials where a genuine commercial/industrial-specific procedural distinction exists. TERC Rules Appendix A ('Low-Impact Development'), section B ('Renovation and Replacement of Existing Facilities'), item 3, states verbatim: 'In the case of non-residential structures, including commercial, industrial, and public buildings: (a) The facilities and improvements are in place and will not be changed in size nor capacity by more than 20 percent; and (b) The activity does not involve a change in land use, such as from non-residential to residential, commercial to industrial, or from one industrial use to another.' This means a commercial/industrial renovation or replacement project only qualifies for the streamlined low-impact development-permit track (Planning Department-level determination, TERC Chairperson signature) if it stays within a 20%-of-existing-capacity/size threshold AND does not change land-use category; exceeding either bars low-impact treatment and forces the project onto the full general-development track (TERC Board public-meeting review, normally followed by Tribal Council approval — a materially longer process, see reviewTimelineNote). This 20%/land-use-category test applies only to non-residential (commercial/industrial/public) structures — residential building renovation/replacement has no equivalent numeric threshold in Appendix A; residential building permits are instead governed by the homesite-lease TERC-review status described in Appendix A section A. Separately, TERC Rules Appendix A section H ('Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy') lists building renovations or new structures 'in commercial, residential, agricultural, or industrial sectors' among covered low-impact actions for qualifying energy-conservation work, with no sector-specific carve-out. No other commercial/industrial-specific fee, timeline, or sign-off appears anywhere else in the TERC Rules (Parts 1-7 and Appendices A-C; Appendices D-F remain unwritten, as noted above). Source: Hualapai Tribe, Rules to Implement the Hualapai Environmental Review Code, November 2013, Appendix A, Sections B(3) and H, pp. 50 and 54, https://hualapai-nsn.gov/Documents/Government/Planning/rulesHualapaiEnvironmentalReviewCode.pdf.

    Frequently asked questions

    Hualapai Tribe requires a terc development permit (low-impact / general development environmental review) for: Begin with an initial informal meeting with the Planning Department to introduce the project and determine likely impact classification (low-impact, general development, or exempt); For low-impact development: file an application with the Planning Department including a signed statement that the applicant believes the project qualifies as low-impact and will comply with any conditions in the permit; Planning Department determines qualification, may refer to Tribal Agency Staff for advice on extraordinary circumstances (Appendix B of the Rules), then prepares the permit for TERC Chairperson signature, subject to TERC Board review; For general development: Planning Department may convene a meeting of tribal agency staff for review; may refer to the TERC Board for a determination on referral to Tribal Council for conceptual approval; once application is complete and reviewed by tribal agency staff, Planning Department prepares a staff report and schedules TERC Board consideration at a public meeting; a final TERC Board decision to issue a general development permit is normally subject to Tribal Council approval; Applicant is responsible for preparing the application, including an environmental assessment if required, and any additional studies/reports the Planning Department or a tribal agency determines necessary; Notice of low-impact permit issuance must be posted by the Planning Department in the Tribal Office no later than 2 business days after signature, and no less than 5 business days before the TERC Board meeting at which it may be reviewed; a copy is posted at the activity location and mailed (good faith effort) to adjacent leasehold-interest holders; A written objection or TERC Board member request for review of a low-impact permit must be filed within the notice time frame; if filed, it is placed on the agenda for the next Board meeting (or the following meeting if less than 5 business days remain before the next one). If your project isn't listed, confirm with Hualapai Planning Department (Office of the Tribal Environmental Review Commission / TERC) at 928-769-1310 before starting work.

    In Hualapai Tribe, the published TERC development-permit application fee/service charge is: None currently codified. TERC Rules Section 405 authorizes the TERC Board to charge application/filing fees and states 'a schedule of application fees and service charges... is set out in Appendix D of these rules,' but the Rules document's own front-matter Table of Contents marks Appendix D 'Fees for Permit Applications' as '[planned, but not yet written]' — and the PDF ends mid-Appendix C without ever including Appendix D. No TERC development-permit fee schedule has ever been codified.. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

    Hualapai Tribe does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Hualapai Planning Department (Office of the Tribal Environmental Review Commission / TERC) at 928-769-1310 for current turnaround.

    You'll need: Development permit application (low-impact or general). Depending on your project, Hualapai Tribe may also ask for: Environmental Assessment (EA); Additional studies/reports as determined necessary. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through Hualapai Planning Department (Office of the Tribal Environmental Review Commission / TERC) at 887 W. Highway 66 / P.O. Box 179, Peach Springs, AZ 86434. Phone: 928-769-1310, email: Kevin.Davidson@Hualapai-nsn.gov. Office hours: Not published on the Planning Department page or on the Building Permit Application. Only a general Tribal Administration contact number (928-769-2223) and the Planning Department's own line (928-769-1310, fax 928-769-1377, with a separate Inspection Request line also listed as 928-769-1310) are published. Disclosed as a gap rather than assumed to be standard business hours.. Official information: https://hualapai-nsn.gov/government/planning_department/index.php.

    Hualapai Tribe, Arizona has adopted: ICC family of building codes, as adopted by the Hualapai Tribal Council — the Rules to Implement the Hualapai Environmental Review Code (TERC Rules, November 2013 edition) state directly, in Appendix C(B) (Building Permits): 'A building permit issued by the Planning Department pursuant to the ICC family of building codes as adopted by the Tribal Council, provided that the tribal homesite lease or other transaction authorizing the use of land for the construction has been approved by the TERC Board and a development permit has previously been issued.' The specific individual ICC titles adopted (e.g., IBC, IRC, IECC, IMC, IPC, IFGC) and their edition years are not broken out in this document, nor is a standalone building-code adoption ordinance published online — only this cross-reference within the TERC Rules. Source: Hualapai Tribe, 'Rules to Implement the Hualapai Environmental Review Code,' November 2013, https://hualapai-nsn.gov/Documents/Government/Planning/rulesHualapaiEnvironmentalReviewCode.pdf.; ICC Residential Code, Section R105.2 exemption list — the same TERC Rules document (Appendix C(C)) incorporates by reference the ICC Residential Code's Section R105.2 list of construction work exempt from a residential building permit (e.g., one-story detached accessory structures ≤200 sq ft, fences ≤6 ft, retaining walls ≤4 ft, water tanks ≤5,000 gal, sidewalks/driveways, finish work, prefab pools <24 in deep, playground equipment, window awnings), 'provided that the work is associated with one or more residential buildings.' This confirms the Tribe's building-permit exemption structure tracks the ICC Residential Code specifically, though (as above) the exact adopted ICC edition year is not stated in this document. Source: same TERC Rules document, Appendix C.; Hualapai Environmental Review Code (H.E.R.C.) — the Tribe's environmental/development review ordinance, administered by the Tribal Environmental Review Commission (TERC) Board and Planning Department, governs the development-permit process (low-impact vs. general development vs. exempt) that runs alongside/prior to the building permit itself. The Building Permit Application form itself states building permits are processed by the 'Office of the Tribal Environmental Review Commission' and references 'TERC Regulation Code the permit is approved under' with checkboxes for LOW / GENERAL / EXEMPT impact classification. Source: Hualapai Building Permit Application form (2022-ApplicationPermitForm_01252022.pdf) and TERC Rules document, both hualapai-nsn.gov.; HISTORICAL, superseded-era design codes (NOT current adoptions): the Tribe's pre-CMS-migration Building Permit Application Submittal Requirements packets (old WordPress site, uploads dated 2011 and 2013, archived by the Internet Archive 2015-2017, both since removed from the live site) each contain a 'COMMERCIAL\INDUSTRIAL\PUBLIC PLANS SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS' page with a DESIGN CODES list reading verbatim: '2003 Uniform Building Code / 2003 Uniform Mechanical Code / 2003 Uniform Plumbing Code / 2003 Uniform Fire Code / 2003 National Electric Code / Hualapai Nation Codes & Ordinances / ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines),' with a footnote that all line-voltage conductors be minimum 12awg Cu in approved conduit. The same page publishes design parameters: Seismic Zone 2B, Wind Speed 80 MPH, Exposure C, Snow Load 20 psf (non-reducible), Rainfall 6 inches/hour. Caution: the list is transcribed exactly as printed — '2003 Uniform Building Code' and '2003 National Electric Code' do not correspond to real edition years (the UBC's final edition was 1997; NEC editions are 2002/2005), so the packet's '2003' labels are internally imprecise. This UBC-era list predates and is superseded by the November 2013 TERC Rules' 'ICC family of building codes as adopted by the Tribal Council' language, but it is the only code-edition-level disclosure the Tribe has ever published online, and it explains why the current 2022 application form still carries 'UBC Occupancy Classification' and 'UBC Type of Construction Classification' fields. The current ICC titles/edition years remain unpublished. Sources: web.archive.org/web/20170125104302/http://hualapai-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ResidentialBuildingPermit.pdf and web.archive.org/web/20151220003656/http://hualapai-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ApplicationResBldgPermit.pdf.. Local amendments apply — see the Hualapai Tribe overview page for the full list.

    No. The Hualapai Environmental Review Code (H.E.R.C.) development permit, administered by the TERC Board and Planning Department, is a separate environmental/land-use review required before or alongside the building permit for any 'development' as broadly defined in the Code, unless the activity is exempt. The Building Permit Application form itself contains TERC impact-classification checkboxes (LOW/GENERAL/EXEMPT) confirming both processes are coordinated through the same Planning Department but are legally distinct approvals.

    Yes, in one specific respect: for renovation or replacement of an existing non-residential (commercial, industrial, or public) building, TERC Rules Appendix A, Section B(3) requires that the change in size/capacity not exceed 20% and that the project not change land-use category (e.g., commercial to industrial) in order to qualify for the streamlined low-impact development-permit track; exceeding either bars low-impact treatment and requires full general-development review by the TERC Board (and normally Tribal Council approval). This numeric threshold applies specifically to non-residential structures and has no direct residential equivalent in Appendix A. No other commercial/industrial-specific fee, timeline, or additional sign-off exists in the TERC Rules beyond this.

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