Commercial Tenant Improvement Permit in Queen Creek, Arizona

Only if you're adding or relocating more than 3 sprinkler heads — the Town's Fire Sprinkler Submittal Requirements explicitly waive the submittal requirement for tenant improvements at or below that threshold. Above it, fire sprinklers/alarms still require a separate Fire permit, not part of the Building Permit fee.

In Queen Creek, the published Tenant Improvement — Building Permit Fee is: Based on the valuation of the tenant-improvement work performed. The Town's Commercial Tenant Improvements page states: 'Final Plan Review and Building Permit Fees: Fees are calculated after the plan review is finished' — this phrasing does not repeat the explicit ICC square-footage Valuation Data reference used on the new-construction Commercial Requirements page ('...using the square footage valuation of construction published annually by the International Code Council'), a genuine textual difference reproduced here rather than silently resolved. Both are billed under the same underlying Town-wide valuation-based Fee Table documented elsewhere in this file.. Additional published fees: Tenant Improvement Plan Review Fee — Collected at the 1st review submittal based on the declared construction valuation; additional plan review fees required for the 3rd and subsequent submittals; Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm Plan Review (separate Fire permit — not included in this Building Permit's fee) — Calculated by the square footage of the building/suite; WAIVED entirely for tenant-improvement projects adding or relocating 3 sprinkler heads or fewer. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

As of August 2026, the Town does not publish a tenant-improvement-specific review timeline. The Building Safety division's division-wide target (covering commercial, industrial, and residential permits together) is 99-100% processed within 5 days from plan review completion to applicant notification, per the FY2025/26 Adopted Budget Book. Contact Development Services (480-358-3003) or a Permit Technician (480-358-3050) for a project-specific estimate.

You'll need: Permit Application; Tenant Space Floor Plan; Contractor Declaration Form. Depending on your project, Queen Creek may also ask for: Special Inspection Certificate. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Queen Creek requires 2 inspection(s) for a commercial tenant improvement permit, in order: Rough-In (Interior Partition Framing / MEP), Final / Certificate of Occupancy. Schedule each through Town of Queen Creek Development Services Department — Building Safety Division (480-358-3003).

Apply through Town of Queen Creek Development Services Department — Building Safety Division at Municipal Services Building, 22358 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142. Phone: 480-358-3003, email: development@QueenCreekAZ.gov. Office hours: Monday - Thursday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Fridays (Town offices closed Friday-Sunday). Applications are submitted electronically through the Development Nexus / Accela Citizen Access online portal (aca-prod.accela.com/QC). Building inspections are scheduled through Development Nexus or by phone/text; the cutoff for next-business-day inspection requests is 6:00 p.m. Inspection hours are 6 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Mon-Thu and 6-10 a.m. Fri (September-May), and 5:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Mon-Thu and 5:30-10 a.m. Fri (June-August). Building Official: Michael Williams, CBO, Building Safety Manager, Michael.Williams@QueenCreekAZ.gov, 480-358-3009.. Official information: https://www.queencreekaz.gov/government/development-services/building-safety.

Queen Creek, Arizona has adopted: Arizona has NO statewide mandatory building code floor for general construction — code adoption is a per-jurisdiction authority under state enabling statutes (A.R.S. Title 9 for municipalities). The Town of Queen Creek is an independently incorporated town (not administered by Maricopa or Pinal County for permitting purposes) that adopts and administers its own construction codes through its Development Services Department / Building Safety Division. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Safety page (queencreekaz.gov/government/development-services/building-safety) and Building Codes page.; 2021 International Building Code (IBC), as published by the International Code Council, adopted by the Town of Queen Creek with an effective date of January 1, 2023; applications submitted on or after April 1, 2023 must be designed to the 2021 edition. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page (queencreekaz.gov/government/development-services/building-safety/building-codes).; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023 (mandatory for submittals from April 1, 2023). Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC), as published by the National Fire Protection Association, adopted by the Town of Queen Creek — one edition behind the 2021 ICC family (the Town has not moved to the 2023 NEC as of this review). Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023, governing energy-efficiency requirements. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Urban-Wildland Interface Code, adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Pool and Spa Code, adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023, governing swimming pool and spa construction and barrier requirements. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page.; 2021 International Fire Code (IFC), adopted by the Town of Queen Creek effective January 1, 2023 as the Town's uniform fire code, administered by Fire Prevention within Development Services (see the Fire Prevention section of the Development Services Fee Schedule for operational/construction permit fees). Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page; Town of Queen Creek Development Services Fee Schedule (Valuation Data, effective 4/1/2026), Fire Prevention section.; 2021 code adoption included Town-specific amendments; the Town's official '2021 Amendments' document and the original 2012 adopting Ordinance 539-13 / Resolution 969-13 / Exhibit A are both published on the Building Codes page for reference. Source: Town of Queen Creek Building Codes page (2021 Amendments PDF, and 2012 Ordinance/Resolution/Exhibit A PDFs).. Local amendments apply — see the Queen Creek overview page for the full list.

Yes. The Town of Queen Creek publishes two separately named submittal-requirements pages — 'Commercial Tenant Improvements' and 'Commercial/Industrial Project Submittal Requirements' — with genuinely different requirements (a tenant-space floor plan, neighboring-occupancy disclosure, and a licensed-commercial-contractor restriction apply only to tenant improvements), even though both use the same generic Permit Application form.