Commercial Building Permit in Eloy, Arizona

Eloy requires a commercial building permit for: Building permit required for new commercial/industrial construction, building shells, additions, alterations, and tenant improvements to non-residential occupancies within Eloy city limits; Selected via the 'COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL' project-type checkbox on the City's standard Building Permit Application (rev. 07/14/2025, agent-authorization portion rev. 08/05/2025) — the same application form used for residential, solar, and all other project types, with fields for Occupancy Type, Construction Type/Classification, square footage, Fire District Permit #, and estimated construction value; Plans must comply with the 2018 IBC/IFC/IECC and City of Eloy amendments; construction documents must be submitted as flattened PDFs (50 MB max per file) through the City's iworq electronic permit portal per the City's Electronic File Submittal Requirements; Building Shell Permits are valued at 80% of the ICC Building Valuation Table (or signed construction contract cost, whichever is less); foundation-only permits are valued at 25% of the ICC table (or contract cost, whichever is less); A Fire District Permit is a required field/attachment on the Building Permit Application, and fire/life-safety systems (fire alarms, sprinklers, exit signage, exit hardware, fire extinguishers where required) must be installed and operative before occupancy; Outdoor Lighting Compliance Worksheet required for multi-family and non-residential land uses (fully shielded fixtures per City Code § 21-4-5); Tenant improvement work to an existing non-residential building is not a distinct permit type in the City's published checklists or fee schedule — it is processed as a Commercial/Industrial building permit using the same valuation-based fee table; the only tenant-improvement-specific fee found is the Certificate of Occupancy line (see fees); A Certificate of Occupancy (separate permit-type entry in this dataset) requires sign-off from the City Engineer, Planning/Zoning, the Eloy Fire District, Water/Sewer, and the Water Department before the Building Inspector and Chief Building Official can issue it; occupancy or use of the structure prior to issuance is prohibited. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Eloy Community Development Department — Building Safety Division at 520-466-2578 before starting work.

Fees are calculated from the same valuation-based table used for residential permits (e.g., $60.00 minimum for a $1-$500 valuation, scaling up through $27,614.41 plus $4.00 per additional $1,000.00 above $5,000,000), plus a Plan Review Fee equal to 65% of the building permit fee. Building Shell Permits use 80% of the ICC Building Valuation Table for the base valuation. A separate Certificate of Occupancy fee ($60.00 per building, or $30.00 per tenant improvement) applies at project completion.

Per the City's A.R.S. § 9-835 review timeframe table, Non-Residential/Subdivision permits carry a 35-staff-review-day Administrative (Completeness) Review plus a 95-staff-review-day Substantive Review, for an overall timeframe of 130 staff review days — longer than the 90-day Residential track.

You'll need: City of Eloy Building Permit Application; Construction Documents (site plan, floor plan, structural/MEP plans, elevations); Outdoor Lighting Compliance Worksheet — Multiple-family and Non-residential Land Uses; Certificate of Occupancy Application. Depending on your project, Eloy may also ask for: Property Owner Authorization Form. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Eloy requires 5 inspection(s) for a commercial building permit, in order: Foundation/Footing, Framing, Rough Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing, Fire/Life-Safety, Final / Certificate of Occupancy. Schedule each through City of Eloy Community Development Department — Building Safety Division (520-466-2578).

Apply through City of Eloy Community Development Department — Building Safety Division at 595 N. C Street, Suite 102, Eloy, AZ 85131. Phone: 520-466-2578, email: Inspections@EloyAZ.gov. Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Building/electrical/mechanical/plumbing permit applications and Right-of-Way/On-Site Civil Permit applications are submitted electronically through the City's iworq permit portal (eloypermits.portal.iworq.net); plan submittals must be PDF format, layers flattened, 50 MB maximum file size. Inspection Line: 520-464-3179. Permit Technicians: Chris Encisco (cencisco@eloyaz.gov), Nadine Diaz (ndiaz@eloyaz.gov).. Official information: https://eloyaz.gov/138/Building-Safety.

Eloy, 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 (A.R.S. § 9-802, adoption of public records/technical codes by reference). The City of Eloy independently adopts and administers its own construction codes through its Community Development Department / Building Safety Division under Chapter 5 (Building Regulations) of the Eloy City Code; it does not defer permitting to Pinal County. Source: City of Eloy Ordinance No. 20-900 (adopted December 14, 2020), adopting the City of Eloy Building Code pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-802; Eloy City Code § 5-3, Adoption of Codes.; 2018 International Building Code (IBC), as published by the International Code Council, adopted by reference with City of Eloy amendments (Eloy City Code § 5-3 and § 5-8, Amendments to the 2018 International Building Code). Source: City of Eloy Ordinance No. 20-900; City of Eloy 2018 International Residential Code Minimum Submittal Checklist (rev. 01/22/2025-01/27/2025), Part II.; 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), as published by the International Code Council, adopted by reference with City of Eloy amendments (Eloy City Code § 5-9, Amendments to the 2018 International Residential Code). Governs one- and two-family dwelling construction. Source: City of Eloy Ordinance No. 20-900; City of Eloy 2018 International Residential Code Minimum Submittal Checklist (rev. 01/22/2025-01/27/2025).; 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), adopted by reference with City of Eloy amendments; governs residential energy compliance (prescriptive, UA trade-off/RES-check, or performance path). Minimum HVAC efficiencies published by the Building Safety Division: 16 SEER minimum for air conditioning equipment (R403.3.1.2.1 amended, stricter than the unamended IECC baseline), 78% AFUE minimum for weatherized gas heating equipment and 80% AFUE for non-weatherized equipment. Source: City of Eloy 2018 International Residential Code Minimum Submittal Checklist (rev. 01/27/2025), Part II §§ X.g-X.h and XV.a.; 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), adopted and amended by the Mayor and Council of the City of Eloy; applies to reconstruction, alteration, relocation, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use/occupancy, and demolition of existing buildings or structures. Source: City of Eloy Ordinance No. 20-900.; 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), adopted by reference; swimming pool/spa barrier and enclosure/safety-device requirements administered consistent with Arizona Revised Statutes § 36-1681, as amended. Source: City of Eloy Ordinance No. 20-900; City of Eloy 2018 IRC Minimum Submittal Checklist, Part II § I.y.; 2018 International Fire Code (IFC), enforced by the Eloy Fire District for fire sprinkler and life-safety requirements; a copy of the approved Eloy Fire District Permit is a required submittal item for residential building permits. Source: City of Eloy 2018 International Residential Code Minimum Submittal Checklist (rev. 01/27/2025), Part III item 23.; 2017 National Electrical Code (NEC), as published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 70), adopted by reference with City of Eloy amendments (note: electrical code cycle is one edition behind the 2018 ICC set). Source: City of Eloy Building Safety Division page (eloyaz.gov/138/Building-Safety); City of Eloy Ordinance No. 20-900.; City of Eloy Code, Chapter 5 (Building Regulations), including § 5-3 (Adoption of Codes), § 5-5 (Building Code Administration), § 5-8 (Amendments to the 2018 International Building Code), and § 5-9 (Amendments to the 2018 International Residential Code) — the operative local amendment layer over the adopted ICC model codes. Copies of all amendments are kept on file with the City Clerk and the Community Development Department. Source: Eloy, AZ Code of Ordinances (codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/eloyaz).; Manufactured/factory-built homes and park models are regulated by the State of Arizona Department of Housing for construction/installation standards and licensing (permit fees for mobile homes are adopted from and updated annually by the State of Arizona Department of Housing); the City of Eloy separately charges local hook-up fees (sewer, water, electrical connections) for site placement. Source: City of Eloy Amended 2025-2026 Consolidated Rate and Fee Schedule (effective February 16, 2026), Mobile Home Licensing Fees and Mobile Home hook-up sections.. Local amendments apply — see the Eloy overview page for the full list.

No. As of July 2026, the City of Eloy does not publish a distinct tenant-improvement permit type, application, or checklist. TI work to an existing non-residential building is processed as a Commercial/Industrial building permit through the same application and the same valuation-based fee table as new commercial construction. The only tenant-improvement-specific fee found is a $30.00 Certificate of Occupancy charge per tenant improvement, compared to $60.00 per building for a new non-residential structure.