Tenant Improvement Permit — Kimberly, Idaho · Requirements sheet
Reviewed 2026-08-02 · Source: https://cityofkimberly.org/DocumentCenter/View/2509/BUILDING-PERMIT-APPLICATION-03-27-2022
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Tenant Improvement Permit in Kimberly, Idaho
Interior improvements to existing commercial/leased space in the City of Kimberly are submitted as a 'Tenant Improvement' Class of Work on the same 'Residential-Commercial Application for Building Permit' (Ord. No. 671 eff. 03-28-2022, amended 02-09-2026 per Ord. No. 689) used for every other building permit category. 'Tenant Improvement' is confirmed as one of ten Class of Work checkboxes printed directly on the current application form (alongside New Development, Accessory Structure, Alteration/Remodel, Addition, Repair, Demolish, Re-Roof, Sign, and Fence) — there is no separate freestanding Tenant Improvement application currently linked from the City's website.
Reviewed 2026-08-02 · Source
When you need this permit
- Submitted on the City's combined Residential-Commercial Application for Building Permit with the 'Tenant Improvement' Class of Work box checked — confirmed as a printed checkbox option on the current (amended 02-09-2026) application form
- Commercial plan-set requirement applies: 3 complete hard copy sets of plans sized 24" x 36" (vs. 2 sets at 11"x17" for residential work), per the same application's submittal checklist
- Digital copy of plans emailed to both ceckles@cityofkimberly.org and jtaylor@cityofkimberly.org, effective 02-09-2026, in addition to the hard copy sets delivered to City Hall — incomplete permits will not be processed
- An older (2014, Resolution #318) standalone Commercial Building Permit Application — no longer linked from the City's current Applications/Permits or Building-Planning-Zoning pages, but still hosted in the City's DocumentCenter — lists 'Tenant Improvement' as one of its own Description-of-Work examples and states its Site Plan requirement is 'not required for interior remodel.' Whether this specific waiver still applies under the current combined form (which does not repeat it in writing) was not confirmed and should be verified with City Hall before assembling a submittal
- Copy of Deed with legal description; a Construction Water Deposit form is required only 'for development not connected to city water system,' per the current form's own checklist — not typically applicable to interior TI work in an already-served building
- State Contractor Registration number (or Idaho Registration Exempt status) for the contractor Contractor
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Fee schedule
The current combined application form states 'Commercial deposit fees shall be collected at issuance time' rather than printing a specific commercial or TI deposit dollar figure. Show full citationHide
The current combined application form states 'Commercial deposit fees shall be collected at issuance time' rather than printing a specific commercial or TI deposit dollar figure. (For comparison, the residential-track deposits are $150.00 for single-/two-family dwellings or $100.00 for additions/alterations/repairs/accessory structures, collected at application submittal — but no equivalent flat dollar figure for a commercial/TI deposit is printed anywhere in the current form.)No source located specifies how a TI/interior-remodel project's base building permit fee is calculated — whether via the per-square-foot valuation table (which lists only R-3 residential, U-1… Show full citationHide
No source located specifies how a TI/interior-remodel project's base building permit fee is calculated — whether via the per-square-foot valuation table (which lists only R-3 residential, U-1 utility/accessory, and covered-porch/carport rates, none a commercial occupancy class) or a percentage of contractor-estimated value (as in the older, no-longer-linked 2014 Commercial Building Permit Application's 30%-of-estimated-value plan review fee). Left blank rather than inferred.Ordinance No. 671/689's per-square-foot nonresidential DIF rates (Police, Police Vehicles, Admin, Street) are keyed to new development square footage. Show full citationHide
Ordinance No. 671/689's per-square-foot nonresidential DIF rates (Police, Police Vehicles, Admin, Street) are keyed to new development square footage. Whether interior-only tenant improvement work that adds no new gross floor area is exempt from DIF assessment is not addressed in the ordinance's fee table, and the full 17.18.040 Definitions and 17.18.020 Authority and Applicability sections are not published online. Confirm DIF applicability for a specific TI project with City Hall.Review timeline
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Tips
- There is no freestanding Tenant Improvement application — check the 'Tenant Improvement' Class of Work box on the same combined Residential-Commercial Application for Building Permit used for every other project type.
- Per an older (2014) standalone Commercial Building Permit Application no longer linked from the City's current site, a site plan is 'not required for interior remodel' — call City Hall to confirm this waiver still applies before assembling a submittal, since the current combined form does not repeat this exception in writing.
- As with all other City of Kimberly building permits, the City's own final inspection cannot be scheduled until the State of Idaho's electrical, plumbing, and HVAC/mechanical inspectors have signed off, since Kimberly does not perform those trade inspections itself.
- No dollar figure for a commercial/TI-specific permit deposit, base building-fee valuation rate, or plan-review percentage is printed on the current (amended 02-09-2026) combined application — confirm the fee calculation method directly with City Hall (208-423-4151 Ext. 17) before budgeting a tenant improvement project.
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