Kimberly building permits

Tips & gotchas

• Kimberly's Building - Planning and Zoning Department uses ONE general Residential-Commercial Building Permit Application for new construction, additions, remodels, repairs, demolition, re-roofing, signs, fences, and tenant improvements — the applicant checks the applicable 'Class of Work' box rather than filing separate permit-type applications for most of these categories. A separate application exists only for Manufactured Home placements.
• Effective 02-09-2026 (Ordinance No. 689), applicants must e-mail a digital copy of the full building permit plan set to BOTH the Planning & Zoning Administrator (ceckles@cityofkimberly.org) and the Planner I (jtaylor@cityofkimberly.org), in addition to delivering two hard copy sets to City Hall — incomplete submittals will not be processed.
• The City of Kimberly does NOT perform electrical, plumbing, or HVAC/mechanical trade inspections — those are handled directly by the State of Idaho. The City's own final building inspection cannot be scheduled until the State inspectors have signed off.
• All inspection requests require 24-hour advance notice, Monday through Thursday; inspections requested on Friday are normally performed the following Monday.
• Non-refundable building permit deposits are $150.00 (single- and two-family dwellings / manufactured homes on permanent foundation) or $100.00 (additions, alterations, repairs, accessory structures) / $50.00 (additions to manufactured homes) — these are applied toward the total permit fee, which is separately calculated using a per-square-foot valuation table: R-3 (residential) $45.75/sf, U-1 (utility/accessory) $36.00/sf, and covered porch/carport $31.00/sf.
• Development Impact Fees (Police, Police Vehicles, Admin, Parks, Street, Library) apply per dwelling unit or square foot to new development under Kimberly City Code Title 17, Chapter 17.18 (Ordinance No. 671, effective March 28, 2022), and automatically escalate each January 1 for inflation using a municipal cost index unless the City Council elects to waive the adjustment. The Street impact fee for the Hwy 30-3400 Intersection service area was raised to $3,689.00 per dwelling unit effective 02-09-2026 (Ordinance No. 689).
• Sewer Connection Fee is $2,000.00 and 1-inch Water Connection Fee is $2,800.00 — separate from the Development Impact Fees and from the base building permit fee.
• A $238.80 Construction Water Deposit is required for construction water service and is refunded after the final Certificate of Occupancy inspection; only the City may turn water service on or off — unauthorized connection by a contractor/plumber/builder can trigger a $300.00 fine.
• Idaho Code 39-4117 (effective 2025, statewide) requires the City to determine whether a submitted building permit application is complete within 10 business days (residential) or 20 business days (commercial) of receipt — this is a completeness-review clock, not a guarantee of full plan approval within that window. Kimberly has not published a separate full review-to-issuance turnaround time of its own.
• Some subdivisions in Kimberly require compliance with CC&Rs and Homeowners' Association architectural design review — check with the HOA before submitting to avoid permit-issuance delays.
• Land use information requests submitted to the Planning and Zoning Department may take up to 10 working days depending on the research required; requests must be submitted by e-mail to ceckles@cityofkimberly.org to create a trackable record.