Wellton building permits
VerifiedDepartment contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Wellton, Arizona.
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Building department
- Address
- 28634 Oakland Avenue, Wellton, AZ 85356 (mailing: PO Box 67, Wellton, AZ 85356)
- Phone
- 928-785-3348
- Office hours
- Monday - Thursday, 6:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Town Hall operates a 4-day work week; closed Fridays). Building permit applications are processed by the Building Safety Division; contact person for permit application/review questions is Ashley Rivera, Permit Clerk (928-785-3348, arivera@town.wellton.az.us).
- Website
- Official site
Inspection guide
See how inspections work in Wellton — sequence, scheduling & re-inspection fees.
Codes adopted
Arizona has no statewide building code for non-state buildings; codes are adopted locally. According to the International Code Council, codes are adopted locally in Arizona and are predominantly the I-codes, with different cities and counties choosing their own editions and local amendments. The Arizona State Fire Code (adopting the 2018 IFC) applies only to state and county buildings, public and private schools, and non-residential occupancies in areas without a locally adopted fire code — it does not establish a statewide residential or commercial building code floor. Each city and county adopts its own code editions independently, resulting in different I-Code years and amendment sets across jurisdictions. There is no state-mandated minimum edition; enforcement is entirely local. Always confirm the adopted edition and any local amendments with the specific jurisdiction before submitting plans.
- 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 Wellton operates its own Building Safety Division within its Department of Community Development and independently adopts and administers its own construction codes; it does not defer building permitting to Yuma County. Source: Town of Wellton Building Permits page (welltonaz.gov/1226/Building-Permits).
- 2009 International Codes (I-Codes), as published by the International Code Council — the Town of Wellton's own live Building Permits page states verbatim: 'The Town of Wellton is currently following the 2009 International Council Code (ICC).' This is independently corroborated by the 2025 AZBO (Arizona Building Officials) Directory, which lists the Town of Wellton's 'Adopted Codes' as '2009 I Codes' with no separate electrical-code edition listed. Unlike most other AZBO-directory Arizona jurisdictions (which have since moved to 2015, 2018, or 2024-cycle I-Codes and separate NEC editions), Wellton's own published information has not been updated past the 2009 cycle as of this review — this reflects the Town's genuinely small size (approx. 2,600-3,000 population) and correspondingly thin published code-update cadence, not a research gap. Source: Town of Wellton Building Permits page (welltonaz.gov/1226/Building-Permits, live page text); 2025 AZBO Directory (azbo.us), Town of Wellton entry, p. 21.
- The 2009 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Plumbing Code (IPC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Fire Code (IFC), and International Existing Building Code (IEBC) are understood to be adopted as a single 2009 'I-Codes' package per the Town's own code-adoption statement; the Town's Building Permit Application form lists six permit-type categories that align with this code family: Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Sprinkler, and Demolition. Source: Town of Wellton Building Permit Application (PDF, DocumentCenter Doc ID 312).
- Manufactured/mobile homes are regulated via a separate, dedicated Mobile Home Placement Permit process (distinct application form) rather than the standard Building Permit Application, reflecting the Town's substantial manufactured-housing stock. Source: Town of Wellton Mobile Home Placement page (welltonaz.gov/1225/Mobile-Home-Placement) and Mobile Home Placement Permit Application (PDF, DocumentCenter Doc ID 313).
- No dedicated, separately-published Town of Wellton fee schedule, master fee resolution, or ICC valuation table was found on the Town's official website, DocumentCenter, or in its adopted annual budget documents (FY2024-2025, FY2025-2026) as of this review. The Town's own Building Permit Application form leaves 'Valuation' and 'Permit Fees' as blank fields completed by Building Safety Division staff at intake, consistent with fees being calculated per-project from the adopted 2009 I-Codes' own valuation-based fee tables rather than a separately republished municipal fee schedule. This is a genuine gap in the Town's public documentation (typical for a town this size) rather than an omission in this research — confirmed by direct review of the Town's Finance Department, Development Services, and Development Impact Fees pages, none of which publish an itemized building-permit fee table. Source: Town of Wellton Building Permit Application (PDF, DocumentCenter Doc ID 312); Town of Wellton Finance Department page (welltonaz.gov/1221/Finance-Department); Town of Wellton Development Impact Fees page (welltonaz.gov/1229/Development-Impact-Fees).
Permit types & fees
Residential Building Permit (New Construction / Additions)
Required for new construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, demolition, or occupancy change of a building or structure in the Town of Wellton, reviewed against the Town's adopted 2009 I-Codes. Applications are submitted to the Building Safety Division at Town Hall.
Residential Addition / Remodel Permit
Required for room additions, remodels, and alterations to existing one- and two-family dwellings in Wellton, reviewed against the Town's adopted 2009 I-Codes using the same Building Permit Application and plan review process as new construction.
Electrical Permit
Required to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert, or replace an electrical system regulated by the Town of Wellton's adopted 2009 I-Codes. Minor repairs and maintenance (lamp replacement, connecting approved portable equipment to approved permanently-installed receptacles) are exempt.
Plumbing Permit
Required to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert, or replace a plumbing or gas system regulated by the Town of Wellton's adopted 2009 I-Codes. Minor leak-stopping and stoppage-clearing that doesn't require replacing/rearranging pipes, valves, or fixtures is exempt.
Mechanical / HVAC Permit
Required to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert, or replace a mechanical (heating, ventilation, cooling) system regulated by the Town of Wellton's adopted 2009 I-Codes. Portable heating/ventilation/cooling appliances and small self-contained refrigeration systems are exempt.
Demolition Permit
Required to demolish any building or structure in the Town of Wellton, listed as a distinct permit type on the Town's Building Permit Application alongside Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, and Fire Sprinkler.
Solar PV Installation (Building + Electrical Permit)
The Town of Wellton has no dedicated solar-PV application, checklist, or fee line — this file's own prior research explicitly confirmed no re-roofing- or solar-specific procedure exists on the Town's site. A rooftop or ground-mount solar photovoltaic installation is filed on the same standard six-checkbox Building Permit Application used for all other permit types (selecting 'Building' for the racking/structural component and 'Electrical' for the interconnection), reviewed against the Town's adopted 2009 I-Codes, with fees calculated by Building Safety Division staff at intake from project valuation — the same genuine 'no published fee schedule' finding documented throughout this file for every permit type. Arizona's statewide municipal solar-permitting statute, A.R.S. § 9-468, independently constrains what the Town may require on plans and what it may charge.
EV Charger Installation (Building + Electrical Permit)
The Town of Wellton has no dedicated EV-charger/EVSE application, checklist, or fee line — an EV charging station (Level 2 or DC fast charger) is filed on the same standard six-checkbox Building Permit Application used for all other permit types (checking 'Electrical' for the circuit/charger wiring, and 'Building' if a new canopy, carport, or structural mounting is involved), reviewed against the Town's adopted 2009 I-Codes, with fees calculated by Building Safety Division staff at intake from project valuation — the same genuine 'no published fee schedule' finding documented throughout this file for every permit type, including solar-pv-permit. Arizona's statewide municipal solar-permitting statute, A.R.S. § 9-468, does not extend to EV chargers, and no separate Arizona statute mandating expedited or capped-fee EV-charger permitting for towns the size of Wellton was found.
New residential construction activity
New privately-owned residential construction onlyHousing units authorized by building permits for new privately-owned residential construction — this is not total permit volume (no commercial permits or remodels).
- Latest month (2026-05)
- No data reported
- Trailing 12 months
- 5units
5 of 12 months reported · #72 in Arizona coverage by units
- Year to date (2026 YTD through 2026-05)
- 6units
6 buildings · $947,142 valuation
2 month(s) reported to Census
- Full year 2025
- 11units
11 buildings · $1.7M valuation
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS), 2026-05 vintage. Census survey data — separate from the permit-requirements verification above. All Arizona building activity
Tips & gotchas
- Arizona has no statewide mandatory building code — Wellton independently operates its own Building Safety Division (Department of Community Development), distinct from Yuma County.
- The Town's own live Building Permits page states verbatim it is 'currently following the 2009 International Council Code (ICC)' — independently cross-confirmed by the 2025 AZBO Directory.
- No itemized, per-trade building-permit fee schedule is published anywhere on the Town's site, DocumentCenter, or adopted budgets — fees are valuation-based and filled in by staff at intake (confirmed by the blank Valuation/Permit Fees fields on the Town's own application form). Plan review fee is a published, verified flat rate: 65% of the permit fee.
- Review timelines for new residential construction and additions/remodels are sourced from the Town's own Construction Plan Review Requirements Handout, which gives one general 5-30 working-day range for 'proposed projects both residential and commercial' without breaking out per-trade timelines — electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and demolition permits therefore have no distinct verified timeline and direct callers to the Building Safety Division (928-785-3348).
- No published roofing-specific documentation exists for Wellton (no re-roofing checklist was found) — that permit type was honestly omitted rather than padded with an unpublished template. Solar PV is now documented as a permit type (see solar-pv-permit) — it has no dedicated application either, but is genuinely covered by the same standard Building + Electrical Permit Application and A.R.S. § 9-468's statewide solar-fee constraints, so it was added rather than omitted.
- Wellton is a small town (~2,600 population) — this file's 6 permit types reflect the town's actual published documentation depth, not an incomplete build.