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Commercial Building Permit (New Construction, Additions & Remodels / Tenant Improvement) in Mountain Home, Idaho

Required for new commercial construction, commercial additions, and commercial remodels/tenant-improvement work within Mountain Home city limits. Mountain Home has no separate commercial or tenant-improvement permit product distinct from its general Building Permit; commercial work is reviewed under the City-adopted International Building Code track rather than the International Residential Code track, and City Code 5-1-3 layers on an architect-stamped-plans requirement that does not apply to most residential work. Building permit and plan review fees for commercial and industrial structures are set by a fee table adopted as "Exhibit A" to City Code 5-1-4; that table is not published anywhere on the City's current website, but a valuation-based dollar-figure version titled "Exhibit A — Building Permit Table for 2007" survives in a single 2007 Wayback Machine snapshot of a since-removed City page, and no later Council resolution revising it was found in the City's own archived resolution indexes for 2011-2019.

Reviewed 2026-08-25 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Building permit required for new commercial construction, commercial additions, and commercial remodels/tenant-improvement work within Mountain Home city limits, reviewed against the City-adopted ICC codes under the International Building Code track rather than the International Residential Code track used for one- and two-family dwellings, per Mountain Home City Code 5-1-1
  • Plans and specifications prepared and stamped by a licensed architect must be submitted to the building official before construction begins on any building or structure intended for commercial, industrial, public, or semipublic use, on any building or structure more than two (2) stories in height, or on any building or structure for private use built primarily of concrete, masonry, metal, or heavy wood beam design — per City Code 5-1-3; this requirement does not apply to one- or two-family dwellings of conventional wood frame construction two stories or less
  • Building permit and plan review fees for multiple dwellings (more than 4 units), limited office, public/quasi-public, commercial, and industrial structures are set by a building permit fee table adopted as "Exhibit A" to the fee ordinance codified at City Code 5-1-4, and by City Council resolution for certain fixed fees — the value of construction for fee purposes is the figure from the Building Valuation Data table in the current edition of the International Conference of Building Officials' "Building Standards" publication, or the applicant's estimated cost of construction, whichever is greater
  • The City's building official (and any designee enforcing the building codes) must be certified by the International Code Council and hold and maintain current commercial and residential certification, per City Code 5-1-2
  • Contractor registration number required, per City Code 5-1-11 (same requirement as for residential permits) Contractor
  • Electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trade work is not permitted by the City for commercial projects any more than for residential ones — those permits are issued separately by the State of Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL), since Elmore County has not assumed local electrical/plumbing/mechanical inspection jurisdiction
  • Agricultural buildings are exempt from the adopted building codes but remain subject to zoning placement requirements
  • Apply via the OpenGov/ViewPoint Cloud portal (mountainhomeid.viewpointcloud.com) — the same 'Building Department-Applications and Permits' category and the same Building Permit Application used for residential work; no separate commercial or tenant-improvement application product is published

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Fee schedule

Building Permit Fee (commercial, industrial, multiple-dwelling, limited-office, and public/quasi-public structures) — Exhibit A valuation table, 2007 edition
Source: 'Exhibit A — Building Permit Table for 2007,' a City of Mountain Home document archived at… Show full citationSource: 'Exhibit A — Building Permit Table for 2007,' a City of Mountain Home document archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20070422051817/http://www.mountain-home.us:80/Building/BUILDING%20PERMIT%20TABLE%20FOR%202007%20EXHIBIT%20A%20_2_.pdf — this is the only copy of Exhibit A found to have ever been published online by the City; the source page no longer exists on the City's current site, and this single 2007 snapshot is the only Wayback Machine capture of it. Comprehensive review of the City's own archived resolution/ordinance indexes for every year 2011 through 2019 (the years for which the City published such an index) turned up no resolution amending this table, so no later dollar-figure revision could be confirmed either way. City Code 5-1-4 permits Exhibit A to be amended by Council resolution at any time, so these figures may not equal the amount currently charged — call the Building Services Department at 208-580-2091 to confirm.
$24.00 at a $500 valuation, rising through the schedule to $994.00 at $100,000; from $100,000 to $500,000, $994.00 for the first $100,000 plus $5.60 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof; from $500,000 to $1,000,000, $3,234.00 for the first $500,000 plus $4.75 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof; above $1,000,000, $5,609.00 for the first $1,000,000 plus $3.15 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof
Value of Construction (fee-calculation method)City Code 5-1-4.B
The Building Valuation Data table figure from the current edition of the International Conference of Building Officials' "Building Standards" publication, or the applicant's estimated cost of construction, whichever is greater
Fixed FeesCity Code 5-1-4.C — the resolution itself was not found published online
Not published online; set by separate City Council resolution to reflect, as closely as possible, the City's actual hourly costs

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Footing/Foundation

    Prior to concrete pour. The City's Building Services page describes its inspection function as covering "new commercial and residential construction, including additions and detached accessory buildings" as a single process, and no separate commercial-specific inspection sequence or checklist is published, so this is the same footing/foundation step used for residential work.

  2. 2

    Framing

    Structural framing per approved plans; for buildings subject to City Code 5-1-3 (commercial, industrial, public/semipublic use, over two stories, or concrete/masonry/metal/heavy wood beam construction), this means framing per the architect-stamped plans and specifications submitted with the application

  3. 3

    Final / Certificate of Occupancy

    Final building inspection and issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy; electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trade inspections are conducted under the separate state DOPL permitting/inspection process rather than by the City. No fire-district or state fire marshal inspection step tied to new commercial construction was found published by the City or the Idaho State Fire Marshal; the Mountain Home Fire Department's published inspection programs cover only mobile food concessions and daycares.

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Tips

  • Mountain Home has no separate commercial-building-permit or tenant-improvement (TI) permit product — the same Building Permit Application and OpenGov/ViewPoint Cloud portal process used for residential work also covers new commercial construction and commercial remodel/TI work. The paper version of the application (form #159) supports this: it has both a 'Property Owner' block and a separate 'Renter or Lessee' block, and an 'Energy Certification Form (RES or MEC) Submitted' checkbox, where MEC is the commercial energy-code option.
  • City Code 5-1-3 requires architect-stamped plans for commercial, industrial, public, and semipublic buildings (and for buildings over two stories, or built of concrete, masonry, metal, or heavy wood beam) — a requirement that does not apply to conventional wood-frame one- or two-family dwellings of two stories or less.
  • City Code 5-1-4 confirms a dollar-amount fee table ("Exhibit A") governs commercial building permit and plan review fees. That table is not published anywhere on the City's current website, but a 2007-dated copy ("Exhibit A — Building Permit Table for 2007") survives in a single Wayback Machine snapshot of a since-removed City page; no later amending resolution was found in the City's own 2011-2019 resolution indexes, so call the Building Services Department directly to confirm whether these 2007 figures are still current.
  • No source was found describing a fire-district or state fire marshal plan-review step specific to commercial building permits in Mountain Home. The Mountain Home Fire Department's own web page documents only annual fire inspections for mobile food concessions and home daycares, not a general commercial building-plan review process, and the Idaho State Fire Marshal's plan-review program is scoped to state-owned and state-leased buildings rather than privately owned commercial construction.
  • No evidence was found that proximity to Mountain Home Air Force Base adds any additional City building-permit review step beyond the standard IBC-based plan review described here.

Frequently asked questions

Mountain Home requires a commercial building permit (new construction, additions & remodels / tenant improvement) for: Building permit required for new commercial construction, commercial additions, and commercial remodels/tenant-improvement work within Mountain Home city limits, reviewed against the City-adopted ICC codes under the International Building Code track rather than the International Residential Code track used for one- and two-family dwellings, per Mountain Home City Code 5-1-1; Plans and specifications prepared and stamped by a licensed architect must be submitted to the building official before construction begins on any building or structure intended for commercial, industrial, public, or semipublic use, on any building or structure more than two (2) stories in height, or on any building or structure for private use built primarily of concrete, masonry, metal, or heavy wood beam design — per City Code 5-1-3; this requirement does not apply to one- or two-family dwellings of conventional wood frame construction two stories or less; Building permit and plan review fees for multiple dwellings (more than 4 units), limited office, public/quasi-public, commercial, and industrial structures are set by a building permit fee table adopted as "Exhibit A" to the fee ordinance codified at City Code 5-1-4, and by City Council resolution for certain fixed fees — the value of construction for fee purposes is the figure from the Building Valuation Data table in the current edition of the International Conference of Building Officials' "Building Standards" publication, or the applicant's estimated cost of construction, whichever is greater; The City's building official (and any designee enforcing the building codes) must be certified by the International Code Council and hold and maintain current commercial and residential certification, per City Code 5-1-2; Contractor registration number required, per City Code 5-1-11 (same requirement as for residential permits); Electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trade work is not permitted by the City for commercial projects any more than for residential ones — those permits are issued separately by the State of Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL), since Elmore County has not assumed local electrical/plumbing/mechanical inspection jurisdiction; Agricultural buildings are exempt from the adopted building codes but remain subject to zoning placement requirements; Apply via the OpenGov/ViewPoint Cloud portal (mountainhomeid.viewpointcloud.com) — the same 'Building Department-Applications and Permits' category and the same Building Permit Application used for residential work; no separate commercial or tenant-improvement application product is published. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Mountain Home Building Services Department (Building Services and Code Enforcement Services) at 208-580-2091 (fax 208-587-2171) before starting work.

The City does not currently publish the dollar-amount fee table (referenced in City Code 5-1-4 as "Exhibit A") online, but a 2007-dated copy of it survives in a Wayback Machine snapshot of a since-removed City page: at a $500 valuation the fee is $24.00, rising to $994.00 at $100,000, then $994.00 plus $5.60 per additional $1,000 up to $500,000, $3,234.00 plus $4.75 per additional $1,000 up to $1,000,000, and $5,609.00 plus $3.15 per additional $1,000 above that. No later Council resolution revising these figures was found, but the City could have amended them since 2007 without a surviving online record; contact the Building Services Department at 208-580-2091 to confirm current amounts.

Mountain Home does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Mountain Home Building Services Department (Building Services and Code Enforcement Services) at 208-580-2091 (fax 208-587-2171) for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application; Architect-Stamped Plans and Specifications. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Mountain Home requires 3 inspection(s) for a commercial building permit (new construction, additions & remodels / tenant improvement), in order: Footing/Foundation, Framing, Final / Certificate of Occupancy. Schedule each through City of Mountain Home Building Services Department (Building Services and Code Enforcement Services) (208-580-2091 (fax 208-587-2171)).

Apply through City of Mountain Home Building Services Department (Building Services and Code Enforcement Services) at 160 South 3rd East St., Mountain Home, ID 83647 (mailing: P.O. Box 10, Mountain Home, ID 83647), located behind City Hall. Phone: 208-580-2091 (fax 208-587-2171), email: hpatrick@mountain-home.us (Hank Patrick, Building and Zoning Official); treaume@mountain-home.us (Ted Reaume, Assistant Building Official). Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Same-day inspection requests must be called in before 9:00 a.m. (208-580-2091); requests made after 9:00 a.m. are scheduled for the following day. Source: City of Mountain Home Building Services page (mountain-home.us/177/Building-Services).. Official information: https://www.mountain-home.us/177/Building-Services.

No. New commercial construction and commercial remodel/tenant-improvement work both use the same Building Permit Application and OpenGov/ViewPoint Cloud portal process as residential building permits — the City publishes no distinct commercial or TI permit product.

Yes, in most cases. City Code 5-1-3 requires architect-stamped plans and specifications for any building intended for commercial, industrial, public, or semipublic use, for any building over two stories, and for any building built primarily of concrete, masonry, metal, or heavy wood beam design.

Sources & verification

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Fee schedules

Applications & forms

Codes & ordinances

Department & other records

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