Solar Panel Installation Permit in Osburn, Idaho

Yes, a City building permit is required for the structural mounting, valued at $100/sq ft per Resolution No. 2025-11, Exhibit A. Electrical wiring and interconnection requires a separate permit through Idaho DOPL, not the City of Osburn.

In Osburn, the published Solar Panels is: $100.00 per sq. ft. (valuation input). Additional published fees: Plan Check Fee — 45% of the building permit fee, added to all permits issued. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Osburn does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Osburn Planning and Zoning / Building Department at (208) 752-0001 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building/Development Permit Pre-Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Osburn requires 1 inspection(s) for a solar panel installation permit, in order: Final — Building/Structural. Schedule each through City of Osburn Planning and Zoning / Building Department ((208) 752-0001).

Apply through City of Osburn Planning and Zoning / Building Department at 921 E Mullan Ave (PO Box 865), Osburn, ID 83849. Phone: (208) 752-0001, email: j.arthun@cityofosburn.org. Office hours: Mon–Thu 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM; Fri 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Official information: https://www.cityofosburn.org/planning-and-zoning.

Osburn, Idaho has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC) — cited directly by permit number/section on the City of Osburn Building Permit Extension Request form (IBC 2018 §105.5, permit expiration/extension rule); International Residential Code (IRC) — Osburn Municipal Code §8-22 amends IBC §108.3 and IRC §R108.3 (building permit valuation set by the building official per the city's current fee resolution), per Resolution No. 2025-11; Osburn Municipal Code Chapter 8 — Buildings and Building Regulations, Article II (Building Codes); Osburn Municipal Code Chapter 14 — Floods (floodplain development permitting); Osburn Municipal Code Chapter 36 — Zoning; Note: Idaho Code §39-4116 requires all Idaho local governments that enforce building codes to adopt, by ordinance, the ICC codes designated by the Idaho Building Code Board on the state's standard adoption cycle; the full text of OMC Chapter 8 is hosted on Municode's JavaScript-rendered library (library.municode.com/id/osburn) and could not be independently retrieved as static text, so specific local amendments beyond the valuation-schedule provision (§8-22) and the confirmed 2018 IBC citation could not be verified beyond what the city's own resolutions and permit-application PDFs state. Local amendments apply — see the Osburn overview page for the full list.