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Commercial Building Permit (New Construction, Additions & Remodels) in Harrison, Idaho

Required for new commercial construction, commercial additions, and commercial remodels/tenant-improvement work within Harrison city limits. Harrison has no dedicated commercial application, review track, or fee schedule: City Code 8-1-3(A) requires a building permit for every structure erected, enlarged, altered, or converted in use, and City Code 9-13-2(A) applies the same requirement to 'any person or business.' Commercial work is submitted on the same one-page City of Harrison Application for Building Permit used for residential and agricultural projects, checking 'Commercial,' 'Industrial,' or 'Church' under Type of Building and/or 'Remodel Existing,' and is reviewed against the 2018 IBC ('Building Code 2018 of Idaho') together with the 2018 International Existing Building Code and 2020 Idaho Energy Conservation Code, all adopted with Idaho amendments under City Code 8-1-2(A)(1). Plan review is performed by the city's own Building Official under Harrison's building-permit program (City Code 9-13-1) rather than through a neighboring city or Kootenai County.

Verified 2026-08-25 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Building permit required for new construction, additions, repair, renovation, alteration, moving, demolition, occupancy, and change of occupancy of every commercial building or structure, the same standard City Code 8-1-3(A) applies to any structure in the city; City Code 9-13-2(A) separately states that 'any person or business' erecting, adding to, or structurally altering a building must obtain the proper permit from the building official
  • Plans must comply with the 2018 IBC (named the Building Code 2018 of Idaho), the 2018 International Existing Building Code, and the 2020 Idaho Energy Conservation Code, all as adopted and amended by the Idaho Building Code Board under City Code 8-1-2(A)(1)
  • Same permit-issuance prerequisites apply as for any other structure under City Code 8-1-3(B): final approval of any required variance, special-use permit, subdivision plat, or zone change; access-approach or encroachment approval from the applicable highway jurisdiction; for pole barns, log homes, steel structures, or other alternate systems not evaluated by a recognized evaluation service, plans stamped by an Idaho-licensed design professional; an elevation certificate if the parcel is in a special flood hazard area; a recorded survey with visible property pins; and a city-maintenance-department-approved site plan
  • The City's Application for Building Permit is a single form for all project types; under 'Type of Building' it offers Commercial, Industrial, and Church checkboxes alongside Single/Two/Multi Family and Accessory Building, and a separate 'Remodel Existing' checkbox (alongside New Construction and Manufactured/Modular Home Set) covers tenant-improvement/remodel work -- there is no distinct commercial application
  • The application form asks for No. of Rooms, No. of Stories, No. of Parking Spaces, and Principal Structure Type (masonry, structural steel, wood, or reinforced concrete), the same fields for every Type of Building checked; it does not include an occupancy-group or occupant-load field
  • Two (2) sets of plans drawn to scale required, showing lot location, elevations, floor plan, cross section, and truss drawings, plus International Energy Conservation Code details if applicable
  • For Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing work, obtain separate permits from Idaho DOPL -- not issued by the City of Harrison

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Fee schedule

Building Permit Fee -- valuation-based
City Code 8-1-4 and the City's FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 2 ('Building Permit -- 1997 Uniform Building Code Fee Schedule'). Show full citationCity Code 8-1-4 and the City's FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 2 ('Building Permit -- 1997 Uniform Building Code Fee Schedule'). Table 2 lists one undifferentiated Building Permit fee line with no residential/commercial split and no separate commercial valuation method, unlike the split residential/commercial rates published for water, sewer, and garbage service in Table 4.
Per Table 1-A of the 1997 Uniform Building Code, applied to project valuation determined from ICBO Building Valuation Data
Building Plan Review Fee
City's FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 2, and stated directly on the Building Permit application form ('Plan Review Fee (65% of Building Permit fee)'). Show full citationCity's FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 2, and stated directly on the Building Permit application form ('Plan Review Fee (65% of Building Permit fee)'). The same 65% rate applies to every project type; Harrison does not publish a higher commercial plan-review percentage the way some other Idaho cities do. Table 2 also notes that if additional inspections or other professional pass-through fees are required during the building process, the applicant is informed and is responsible for any and all additional costs.
65% of the Building Permit Fee
Sewer Tap Fee
City of Harrison FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 4 ('Utility Application And Connection Fees'), Sewer Rates & Fees: Hook-Up Fee (Capitalization) $4,256, Installation Deposit $2,680, Permit for… Show full citationCity of Harrison FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 4 ('Utility Application And Connection Fees'), Sewer Rates & Fees: Hook-Up Fee (Capitalization) $4,256, Installation Deposit $2,680, Permit for Connection $301, Reconnection Fee $301, Monthly Sewer and Water Capitalization Fee $9. Harrison City Code Title 7, Chapter 3 ('Water And Sewer Connection Fees,' Ord. 410, 7-11-2006), 7-3-6(A) requires an installation fee for any connection to the city water or sewer system based on the city's cost of connecting the applicant, with the dollar amount 'set by resolution of the city council' -- the Fee Schedule is that resolution's current published rate, not a separate unpublished per-project figure.
Hook-Up (Capitalization) Fee $4,256, plus Permit for Connection $301; a $2,680 installation deposit is also collected, with actual material, time, and labor costs to install billed after installation (the Fee Schedule's own footnote estimates $4,000 in additional per-site installation cost on top of the deposit)
Water Tap Fee
City of Harrison FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 4 ('Utility Application And Connection Fees'), Water Rates & Fees: Hook-Up (Capitalization Fee) $4,067, Installation Deposit $2,680, Permit for… Show full citationCity of Harrison FY 25/26 Fee Schedule, Table 4 ('Utility Application And Connection Fees'), Water Rates & Fees: Hook-Up (Capitalization Fee) $4,067, Installation Deposit $2,680, Permit for Connection $301, Reconnection Fee $301. Harrison City Code 7-1-6 ('Tapping And Connection Permit') requires an application fee for any tap or connection to a city water main 'in an amount to be set by resolution of the city council,' and City Code 7-3-6(A) (Chapter 3, 'Water And Sewer Connection Fees,' Ord. 410, 7-11-2006) applies the same council-resolution-set installation fee to water connections -- the Fee Schedule is that resolution's current published rate.
Hook-Up (Capitalization) Fee $4,067, plus Permit for Connection $301; a $2,680 installation deposit is also collected, with actual material, time, and labor costs to install billed after installation (the Fee Schedule notes an estimated $2,000 in additional per-site installation cost on top of the deposit)
Violation / Working Without Permit Investigation FeeCity Code 8-1-8(C); applies to any project type, including commercial
100% of the actual permit fee
Fire District Plan Review
Harrison has not adopted a fire code: City Code 8-1-2(A)(1)'s full enumerated list of adopted building codes -- International Building Code 2018, International Existing Building Code 2018,… Show full citationHarrison has not adopted a fire code: City Code 8-1-2(A)(1)'s full enumerated list of adopted building codes -- International Building Code 2018, International Existing Building Code 2018, International Fuel Gas Code 2018, International Mechanical Code 2018, National Electrical Code 2017, Uniform Plumbing Code 2017, and the Uniform Code of Abatement of Dangerous Buildings 1997 -- contains no International Fire Code or equivalent, so no fire-code-based plan-review step is codified into the building-permit process. Idaho's State Fire Marshal plan-review program (Idaho Department of Insurance) is limited to state-owned and state-leased buildings, not private commercial construction, per its own program page. East Side Fire Protection District (208-769-4269), the volunteer district headquartered in Harrison confirmed via the Kootenai County business directory, has no official website of its own and publishes no fee schedule or plan-review process anywhere online; whether it performs any informal review of commercial projects outside the codified permit process was not confirmed and would require contacting the district directly.
No fire-code plan-review fee applies to a commercial building permit in Harrison

Review timeline

Plan review
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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Foundation / Footings

    Before concrete pour -- verify forms, rebar, and 24-inch minimum frost depth per City Code 8-1-2-1(A)(2)

  2. 2

    Framing

    After framing and rough-in trades, before insulation or wall cover

  3. 3

    Final

    All work complete per approved plans; required before Certificate of Occupancy is issued (City Code 8-1-5; 9-13-2(C))

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Tips

  • Harrison has no separate commercial building permit, application, or fee schedule. New commercial construction and commercial remodels/tenant-improvement work go through the same one-page Building Permit application and the same 1997 UBC Table 1-A valuation-based fee formula as a house or an agricultural building.
  • The application form has no occupancy-group or occupant-load field -- it asks for No. of Rooms, No. of Stories, No. of Parking Spaces, and Principal Structure Type regardless of what box is checked under Type of Building.
  • Plan review is performed by Harrison's own Building Official under the city's building-permit program (City Code 9-13-1) rather than being funneled through Kootenai County or a neighboring city's building department.
  • Idaho Code 39-4117 gives the City twenty (20) business days to determine whether a commercial application is complete -- longer than the ten (10) business days for residential -- but that clock covers completeness review only, not the time it takes to complete plan review itself.
  • Harrison has not adopted an International Fire Code or any fire code -- City Code 8-1-2(A)(1)'s enumerated list of adopted building codes has no fire-code entry -- so no fire-code-based plan-review step or fee applies to a commercial building permit; East Side Fire Protection District, the volunteer district serving the area, publishes no plan-review process or fee of its own.
  • A recorded survey with visible property pins and a city-maintenance-department-approved site plan are hard prerequisites for permit issuance, the same as for residential work -- budget time for the survey step before applying.

Frequently asked questions

Harrison requires a commercial building permit (new construction, additions & remodels) for: Building permit required for new construction, additions, repair, renovation, alteration, moving, demolition, occupancy, and change of occupancy of every commercial building or structure, the same standard City Code 8-1-3(A) applies to any structure in the city; City Code 9-13-2(A) separately states that 'any person or business' erecting, adding to, or structurally altering a building must obtain the proper permit from the building official; Plans must comply with the 2018 IBC (named the Building Code 2018 of Idaho), the 2018 International Existing Building Code, and the 2020 Idaho Energy Conservation Code, all as adopted and amended by the Idaho Building Code Board under City Code 8-1-2(A)(1); Same permit-issuance prerequisites apply as for any other structure under City Code 8-1-3(B): final approval of any required variance, special-use permit, subdivision plat, or zone change; access-approach or encroachment approval from the applicable highway jurisdiction; for pole barns, log homes, steel structures, or other alternate systems not evaluated by a recognized evaluation service, plans stamped by an Idaho-licensed design professional; an elevation certificate if the parcel is in a special flood hazard area; a recorded survey with visible property pins; and a city-maintenance-department-approved site plan; The City's Application for Building Permit is a single form for all project types; under 'Type of Building' it offers Commercial, Industrial, and Church checkboxes alongside Single/Two/Multi Family and Accessory Building, and a separate 'Remodel Existing' checkbox (alongside New Construction and Manufactured/Modular Home Set) covers tenant-improvement/remodel work -- there is no distinct commercial application; The application form asks for No. of Rooms, No. of Stories, No. of Parking Spaces, and Principal Structure Type (masonry, structural steel, wood, or reinforced concrete), the same fields for every Type of Building checked; it does not include an occupancy-group or occupant-load field; Two (2) sets of plans drawn to scale required, showing lot location, elevations, floor plan, cross section, and truss drawings, plus International Energy Conservation Code details if applicable; For Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing work, obtain separate permits from Idaho DOPL -- not issued by the City of Harrison. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Harrison Building Department (City Hall) at (208) 689-3212 before starting work.

The City's FY 25/26 Fee Schedule (Table 2) lists one Building Permit fee line, calculated under City Code 8-1-4 per Table 1-A of the 1997 Uniform Building Code applied to project valuation, plus a Plan Review Fee of 65% of the Building Permit Fee -- the same rate and formula used for residential permits. No separate, higher commercial fee or commercial valuation method is published. On top of that, the same Fee Schedule's Table 4 sets a water Hook-Up (Capitalization) Fee of $4,067 and a sewer Hook-Up Fee (Capitalization) of $4,256, each with an additional $301 Permit for Connection and a $2,680 installation deposit against actual material/labor costs billed after installation.

Harrison does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Harrison Building Department (City Hall) at (208) 689-3212 for current turnaround.

You'll need: City of Harrison Application for Building Permit; Construction Drawings (2 sets); Recorded Survey; Site Plan; Contract or Bid Documentation / Owner Valuation Statement. Depending on your project, Harrison may also ask for: Engineered Drawings. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Harrison requires 3 inspection(s) for a commercial building permit (new construction, additions & remodels), in order: Foundation / Footings, Framing, Final. Schedule each through City of Harrison Building Department (City Hall) ((208) 689-3212).

Apply through City of Harrison Building Department (City Hall) at 100 N Frederick Ave, P.O. Box 73, Harrison, ID 83833. Phone: (208) 689-3212, email: CityClerk@CityofHarrison.org. Office hours: Monday–Thursday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM; Friday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (per City Hall Staff page); City's homepage hours widget separately lists Fri as closed — confirm same-day with City Hall at (208) 689-3212 before a Friday visit. Official information: https://cityofharrisonid.com/building-department.

No. City Code 8-1-3(A) requires a building permit for every structure in the city, and City Code 9-13-2(A) applies the same requirement to 'any person or business.' Commercial new construction, additions, and remodels/tenant-improvement work all use the same one-page City of Harrison Application for Building Permit as residential and agricultural projects, checking 'Commercial,' 'Industrial,' or 'Church' under Type of Building and/or 'Remodel Existing.'

No. Harrison has not adopted the International Fire Code or any other fire code -- City Code 8-1-2(A)(1)'s complete list of adopted building codes has no fire-code entry -- so there is no codified fire-code plan-review step for a commercial building permit, and Idaho's State Fire Marshal plan-review program applies only to state-owned and state-leased buildings, not private commercial construction. East Side Fire Protection District serves the Harrison area but has no official website and publishes no plan-review process or fee of its own; confirm directly with the district if a project might need its input outside the codified permit process.

Sources & verification

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