Residential Building Permit (New Construction — Custom) in Boulder City, Nevada

Boulder City requires a residential building permit (new construction — custom) for: Building permit required for new single-family home and townhome construction; Plans must comply with the 2018 IRC and 2018 IECC with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments; Design criteria: 115 mph wind load (site-specific exposure per ASCE 7), Seismic Zone D0, zero design snow load, zero frost depth; Appropriate zoning must be in place and a permanent address assigned before the application can be accepted for processing; A plan review deposit equal to the full plan review fee is required before staff will review any plans/documents; Checklists must be filled out prior to submittal — a blank checklist is treated as an incomplete submittal and will not be reviewed; All submittal documents must be digitally stamped/signed and emailed to buildingpermits@bcnv.org (20MB per-email limit; use Dropbox/OneDrive for larger packages); Detached structures (garage, fence/wall, pool) each require a separate permit application. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Boulder City Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division at (702) 293-9282 before starting work.

In Boulder City, the published Building Permit Fee — Table A, valuation $1 to $500 is: $27.00. Additional published fees: Building Permit Fee — Table A, valuation $2,001 to $25,000 — $36.00; Building Permit Fee — Table A, valuation $25,001 to $50,000 — $45.00; Building Permit Fee — Table A, valuation $50,001 to $100,000 — $45.00 for the first $2,000 plus $9.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000, continuing to $252.00 for the first $25,000 plus $6.50 per additional $1,000 to $50,000; Building Permit Fee — Table A, valuation $100,001 and up — $414.50 for the first $50,000 plus $4.50 for each additional $1,000 to $100,000; then $639.50 for the first $100,000 plus $3.50 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof; Permit Issuance Fee (all permits) — $40.00; Building Plan Review Fee — 65% of the building permit fee; Non-Refundable Plan Review Deposit — Equal to the full plan review fee for the specific project type, due at submittal; Square Foot Construction Cost — Dwelling, Wood-Framed with A/C (R-3, VB), for owner-declared valuation reference — $112.65 per square foot. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

The first-review plan review timeframe for Residential — New Construction (Custom) is 3-4 weeks. Total permit issuance time depends on how quickly the applicant responds to any corrections, and may be extended if Historic Preservation Committee or Planning Commission review applies. Source: City of Boulder City Residential — New Construction (Custom) Permit Submittal Checklist (02/16/2021 V1).

You'll need: Application for Building Permit; Residential — New Construction (Custom) Permit Submittal Checklist; Structural/Truss Calculations, Geotechnical Investigation Report, Energy Compliance Report, Electrical Load Calculations. Depending on your project, Boulder City may also ask for: Owner Builder Affidavit of Exemption. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Boulder City requires 4 inspection(s) for a residential building permit (new construction — custom), in order: Foundation/Footing, Framing, Mechanical/Plumbing/Electrical Rough-In, Final. Schedule each through City of Boulder City Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division ((702) 293-9282).

Apply through City of Boulder City Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division at 401 California Avenue, Boulder City, NV 89005. Phone: (702) 293-9282, email: buildingpermits@bcnv.org. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (excluding holidays); applications submitted after office hours are processed the next available work day. Inspection scheduling hotline: (702) 293-9327 or buildinginspections@bcnv.org; inspection requests must be received by 3:30 p.m. for next-business-day scheduling (no Friday/weekend/holiday inspections).. Official information: https://www.bcnv.org/163/Building-Permits.

Boulder City, Nevada has adopted: Nevada has no mandatory statewide building code; NRS 701.220 requires the Nevada Governor's Office of Energy (GOE) to adopt, on a triennial basis, the most recently published International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as a statewide ENERGY floor only — local governments may not adopt an energy code less stringent than the GOE-adopted IECC edition, but building-code editions for structural/life-safety codes vary city-by-city under home rule. The 2024 IECC was adopted by the GOE effective August 18, 2024, as the current statewide energy floor. Source: NRS 701.220 (Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 701 — Energy Policy), https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-701.html; Nevada Governor's Office of Energy, Building Energy Codes / State Adoption Status, https://www.energy.nv.gov/programs/building-energy-codes/state-adoption-status/. Confirm your city's specific adopted energy-code edition — Boulder City's own adopted edition is documented separately below and is older than the current statewide floor edition (a home-rule city choice, not a floor violation, since IECC 2018 was the floor at the time of Boulder City's last code-cycle adoption).; Boulder City runs its own independent building-permit program (Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division) — it is NOT administered by Clark County. Verified via the City's official Building and Safety Division page and the City's own Administrative Code, fee schedule, and permit-submittal-checklist library, all published on bcnv.org. Source: City of Boulder City Building and Safety Division, https://www.bcnv.org/163/Building-Permits; 2018 International Building Code (IBC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments — applies to buildings other than single-family residential homes and townhomes (2026 Administrative Code Section 101.5.1). Source: City of Boulder City Permit Fee Schedule and Valuation Table (eff. 8/3/2020) 'Currently Adopted Codes/Standards' list, and Residential New Construction (Custom) Permit Submittal Checklist (02/16/2021 V1) 'Applicable Codes' section; 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — governs additions/modifications to existing buildings (2026 Administrative Code Section 101.5.2); 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments — applies to single-family homes and townhomes (2026 Administrative Code Section 101.5.3); 2018 Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments — Nevada's Southern Nevada jurisdictions use the Uniform Mechanical Code, not the International Mechanical Code; 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments — not the International Plumbing Code; 2017 National Electrical Code (NEC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments; 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments; 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), with Southern Nevada Building Code Amendments — this is Boulder City's own locally adopted energy-code edition (older than the current 2024 IECC statewide floor under NRS 701.220; confirm current status with Building and Safety before relying on this edition for new submittals); 2012 International Fire Code (IFC) per the 2020 Fee Schedule flyer; the 2026 Administrative Code Section 101.5.9 separately lists 'the currently adopted International Fire Code' generically without repeating the edition year — the 2012 edition is the last edition year found published by the City; Southern Nevada Amendments apply to all the above codes per 2026 Administrative Code Section 101.5.10 ('the provisions of the currently adopted Southern Nevada Amendments shall apply to all matters of all of the above mentioned codes'); City of Boulder City Building and Safety Division Administrative Code, 2026 edition — the local administrative/procedural code (permit application, fees, inspections, exemptions); contains substantial copyrighted material from the 2012 IBC per its title page. Source: https://www.bcnv.org/DocumentCenter/View/16731/2026-Building-and-Safety-Division-Administrative-Codepdf; All of the above code editions and amendment references are confirmed current via the City's Permit Submittal Checklists (each dated 02/16/2021 V1, and independently re-served live from bcnv.org as of this review) for Residential New Construction (Custom), Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Demolition, Fence and Retaining Wall, Renewable Energy System Residential PV, and Residential Accessory Building — all list the identical 2018/2018/2018/2017/2018 code-edition set with Southern Nevada Amendments, corroborating the 2020 Fee Schedule flyer. Local amendments apply — see the Boulder City overview page for the full list.