Sign Permit (Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit) in Wells, Nevada

Wells requires a sign permit (building, electrical, plumbing & mechanical permit) for: File the universal Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application, selecting Building (for wall/ground/pole/projecting/roof sign structures) and/or Electrical (for illuminated signs, outline lighting, or marquees wired to a branch circuit); Identify the sign type and advertising area (wall sign vs. ground/pole/projecting/roof sign) so the Building Department can apply the correct Table 10 fee tier; Nevada-licensed contractor (general/sign or electrical, as applicable to scope) per statewide Nevada Contractors Board licensing law; Applicable special approvals identified on the universal application (Nevada State Fire Marshal, Engineering, Addressing, Contract Plan Review) should be confirmed with the Building Department for a sign project specifically; No adopted-code edition or review-timeline SLA is published for ANY permit type at the City of Wells (same exhaustive chase documented elsewhere in this file), though the Sign Permit Fee itself IS separately itemized in Resolution 19-04, unlike most other permit types. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Wells Building Department at (775) 752-3355 before starting work.

In Wells, the published Sign Permit Fee -- Wall sign, 0-300 square feet advertising area is: $23.50. Additional published fees: Sign Permit Fee -- Wall sign over 300 square feet, or any Ground, Pole, Projecting, or Roof sign requiring a permit — Per Table 1 (Building Permit Fees Valuation Table), based on valuation; Electrical Unit Fee -- Signs, Outline Lighting and Marquees (per sign/system supplied from one branch circuit) — $22.00 each; $4.25 for each additional branch circuit within the same sign, outline lighting system, or marquee; Electrical Permit Processing Fee — $20.00. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Wells does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Wells Building Department at (775) 752-3355 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through City of Wells Building Department at 525 Sixth Street, P.O. Box 366, Wells, NV 89835. Phone: (775) 752-3355, email: building@cityofwellsnv.com. Office hours: Not published online. Building Department fax: (775) 752-3419. City Manager's office (general city contact) also reachable at (775) 752-3355. Source: City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application form (PDF).. Official information: https://cityofwellsnv.com/.

Wells, Nevada has adopted: Nevada is a home-rule state for building codes: there is no single mandatory statewide building-code edition — each city and county adopts and amends its own code. The only genuine statewide floor is the energy code: NRS 701.220 directs the State to adopt and update energy-efficiency standards for new construction. Always confirm the specific adopted edition for the jurisdiction in question rather than assuming a uniform statewide code. Source: Nevada Legislature NRS Chapter 701 (State Office of Energy).; The City of Wells Municipal Code, Title 4 (Building Regulations), contains the city's building-code adoption chapters, and Title 4/5 include a 'Chapter 3 Uniform Fire Code' provision. The exact edition-year of the IBC/IRC/UBC (or Uniform Building Code) currently adopted by the City of Wells could not be independently verified: American Legal Publishing's amlegal.com code library (which hosts the official City Code of Wells, Nevada) renders its chapter content only via an in-browser JavaScript application; direct fetch and browser-header curl requests both returned only the unrendered page shell (no chapter text), and amlegal blocks the fetch tool outright (HTTP 403) on direct chapter URLs. No cached/indexed rendering of the Title 4 building-code adoption section (chapter number and specific code edition) surfaced through targeted web search either. This field is intentionally left without a specific claimed edition rather than guessing. Source: attempted access to City Code of Wells, Nevada, Title 4, via codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wellsnv/latest/wells_nv/0-0-0-17004 (chapter shell only, no edition text recovered).; The City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application confirms the city independently issues Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Foundation permits for Commercial, Residential, and Manufactured Home projects, with classifications New, Addition, Remodel, and Repair, and calls out 'Special Approvals Required' fields for Nevada State Fire Marshal, Nevada State Health, Fire Sprinklers, Engineering, Addressing, and Contract Plan Review — confirming the city runs its own permitting program rather than deferring to Elko County. Source: City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application (PDF), cityofwellsnv.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Building-Permit-Application.pdf.. Local amendments apply — see the Wells overview page for the full list.

Yes. Signs are filed on the same universal Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application used for all other permit types, but signs are one of the only permit categories at the City of Wells with a dedicated published fee: Resolution No. 19-04, Table 10 'Sign Permit Fee', charges $23.50 for a wall sign up to 300 square feet of advertising area, with larger wall signs and ground/pole/projecting/roof signs billed per the general valuation-based Building Permit Fee table. An illuminated sign also incurs the Electrical Permit Processing Fee plus a $22.00 (per branch circuit) unit fee under Table 5.