Building Permit (New / Addition / Alteration / Repair / Roof / Move / Remove) in Burley, Idaho

Burley requires a building permit (new / addition / alteration / repair / roof / move / remove) for: Building permit required for new construction, additions, alterations, repairs, re-roofing, moving a structure, or removing/demolishing a structure, per the City's single Building Permit Application work-type checkboxes; Application must include property address of construction, owner information, contractor name and Idaho contractor license number, description of work, and declared valuation of work; Building Permit Fee field is calculated and filled in by City Building Department staff based on declared valuation; no printed valuation-tier fee table was located on the application form or elsewhere on the City's published materials; Permit fees are non-refundable and non-transferable; Applications may be submitted on paper to the Building Department (2020 Park Avenue) or online via the City's iWorQ citizen portal; Do not commence construction without first consulting the Chief Building Official, per the City's Building Department page; No separate Commercial Building Permit or Tenant Improvement Permit exists -- commercial new construction and commercial tenant-improvement/remodel work use this same Building Permit Application; the online iWorQ form distinguishes project type only via a 'Type of Use' selector (Commercial / Industrial / Other / Residential); All commercial projects must have exiting clearly indicated in submitted plans; required submittals vary by project, per the iWorQ portal's Building Permit Application description; A certificate-of-occupancy application must be submitted coincident with the building permit application for any building to be erected, altered, extended, or changed in use, per Municipal Code 5-14-3 -- most relevant in practice to commercial tenant-improvement / change-of-occupancy work; the certificate is issued within 7 days after the work is approved, and no excavation/erection/alteration/repair permit is issued until the certificate-of-occupancy application has been made. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Burley Building Department at (208) 647-7086 before starting work.

In Burley, the published Building Permit Fee — Residential valuation method is: $200.00 plus $150.00 per square foot. Additional published fees: Building Permit Fee — Garage and basement valuation method — $50.00 per square foot; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $1.00 to $500.00 — $23.50; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $501.00 to $2,000.00 — $23.50 for the first $500.00 plus $3.05 for each additional $100.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000.00; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $2,001.00 to $25,000.00 — $69.25 for the first $2,000.00 plus $14.00 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000.00; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $25,001.00 to $50,000.00 — $391.75 for the first $25,000.00 plus $10.10 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $50,001.00 to $100,000.00 — $643.75 for the first $50,000.00 plus $7.00 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $100,001.00 to $500,000.00 — $993.75 for the first $100,000.00 plus $5.60 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00 — $3,233.75 for the first $500,000.00 plus $4.75 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000.00; Building Permit Fee — Valuation Fee Table, $1,000,001.00 and up — $5,608.75 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $3.65 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof; Inspections outside of normal business hours — $50.00 per hour (two-hour minimum); Re-inspection fees assessed under provision 305.8 — $50.00 per hour (two-hour minimum); Inspections for which no fee is specifically indicated — $50.00 per hour (half-hour minimum); Additional plan review required by changes or additions to plans — $50.00 per hour (half-hour minimum); Use of outside consultants for plan checking, inspections, or both — $50.00 per hour, actual cost, or the total hourly cost to the jurisdiction, whichever is the greatest. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Burley does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Burley Building Department at (208) 647-7086 for current turnaround.

You'll need: City of Burley Building Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through City of Burley Building Department at 2020 Park Avenue, Burley, ID 83318. Phone: (208) 647-7086. Office hours: Not published on the City of Burley Building Department page. Contact by phone at (208) 647-7086. Direct inspector lines: Building Inspector Gary (208) 431-5425, Plumbing Inspector Mark (208) 650-1258, Electrical Inspector Floyd (208) 650-1098, HVAC Inspector Gary (208) 431-5425 (per City of Burley Building Permit / Electrical Permit / Plumbing Permit / HVAC Permit application headers). Chief Building Official: Gary Pawson; Department Secretary: Melissa Lee.. Official information: https://burleyidaho.org/157/Building-Department-Planning-Zoning.

Burley, Idaho has adopted: Idaho Building Code Act (Idaho Code Title 39, Chapter 41) makes building code standards a matter of statewide concern; local governments that issue building permits and perform code enforcement must adopt the International Building Code and Idaho Residential Code (Parts I-III and IX) and the Idaho Energy Conservation Code as amended by the Idaho Building Code Board through negotiated rulemaking, and may not adopt subsequent IRC/IECC residential provisions not yet adopted by the Board. Source: Idaho Legislature, Idaho Code Title 39 Chapter 41 (39-4116, Local Government Adoption and Enforcement of Building Codes), https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title39/t39ch41/; IMPORTANT DISCREPANCY -- as codified in AMLegal, City of Burley Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 1 (Building Code) has NOT been updated to reflect Idaho's current statewide-mandated IBC/IRC/IECC edition cycle: Section 4-1-1 'Adoption of Uniform Building Code' still adopts the Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition (published by the International Conference of Building Officials), per Ordinance 1106, passed 8-3-1998 -- this predates the 2019 Idaho Building Code Act's IBC/IRC mandate. Section 4-1-2 'Adoption of Northwest Energy Code' adopts the Northwest Energy Code, 1987 Edition (Model Conservation Standards, published by the Bonneville Power Administration), per Ordinance 1017, passed 1-18-1988. Chapter 1 of Title 4 contains only these two sections (verified: orig_doc_toc_ct = 3 total items including the chapter header, i.e. only 2 substantive sections) -- no separately codified IRC, IECC, or updated IBC adoption ordinance was found in Chapter 1 as currently published (code current through Ord. 1432, passed 9-2-2025). Source: City of Burley Municipal Code 4-1-1 and 4-1-2, https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-1981 and https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-1987; Because Idaho Code Title 39 Chapter 41 legally supersedes any conflicting local ordinance for jurisdictions that administer their own permitting (as Burley does), the City of Burley Building Department is legally required to enforce the statewide-mandated 2018 IBC, 2018 IRC (Parts I-III and IX), and Idaho Energy Conservation Code with Idaho Building Code Board amendments in practice, notwithstanding the outdated municipal code text -- however, this record does NOT assert specific IBC/IRC/IECC edition-year local amendments (wind speed, snow load, seismic design category, frost depth, soil bearing) for Burley because no Burley-specific design-criteria page or ordinance stating those values was found (unlike Twin Falls' published Design Criteria pages). Confirm current enforced edition and any local design-criteria amendments directly with the Chief Building Official at (208) 647-7086 before relying on this field for design work.; City of Burley Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 5 (Electrical Code; Electrical Installations) requires an electrical permit for all wiring/apparatus/fixture installation, alteration, or addition, issued by the Superintendent of Light and Power (now administered via the Building Department's Electrical Inspector); Section 4-5-7 states electrical inspection fees are established by resolution of the Burley City Council (not fixed in the ordinance text itself) -- current fees are published on the City's Electrical Permit Worksheet (Fee Schedule) form. Source: City of Burley Municipal Code 4-5-5 (Permit Required; Application, Issuance) and 4-5-7 (Electrical Inspection Fees), https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-2234 and https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-2242; The City of Burley Building Department (not the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, DOPL) issues and inspects electrical, plumbing, and HVAC/mechanical permits directly within city limits -- confirmed by the City's own dedicated Electrical Permit, Plumbing Permit, and HVAC Permit application/fee-worksheet forms (each listing a named City inspector and City-set fee schedule) and by Idaho DOPL's own Permits and Inspections page noting that 'the legislature has authorized several cities and counties to assume jurisdiction' for these trades, with jurisdiction 'varying widely' by locality. This is the same self-administered model as the City of Twin Falls, and differs from the City of Jerome model where DOPL administers those three trades. Source: City of Burley Electrical/Plumbing/HVAC Permit Worksheets (Fee Schedules), https://burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/506/Electrical-Permit-, https://burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/548/Plumbing-Permit-, https://burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/507/HVAC-Permit-; cross-checked against DOPL Permits and Inspections page, https://dopl.idaho.gov/plb/plb-permits-and-inspections/; The City of Burley Building Department (this record, serving property within Burley city limits) is a distinct permitting authority from the Cassia County Building & Zoning Department, which serves unincorporated Cassia County -- confirmed as physically co-located in Burley (Cassia County Courthouse, 1459 Overland Ave., Room 210, Burley, ID 83318; phone 208-878-7302; email bldgdept@cassia.gov) but operating a separate permit application, fee schedule, and jurisdiction from the City. Source: Cassia County Zoning and Building Contact page, https://www.cassia.gov/building-zoning-contact, cross-checked against City of Burley Building Department page, https://burleyidaho.org/157/Building-Department-Planning-Zoning. Local amendments apply — see the Burley overview page for the full list.

No. Confirmed via the City's paper Building Permit Application (a single work-type checkbox row with no commercial/residential branching), the City's iWorQ online Citizen Portal (only four permit categories: Building, Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing), and the iWorQ online Building Permit Application itself (a 'Type of Use' dropdown -- Commercial / Industrial / Other / Residential -- within the same form, not a separate product). Commercial new construction and commercial tenant-improvement/remodel work both use this same Building Permit Application. The only commercial-specific requirement found is that submitted plans must clearly indicate exiting; a certificate-of-occupancy application (Municipal Code 5-14-3) is also required alongside the permit for any building used or changed in use.