Commercial Building Permit (New Construction / Additions / Tenant Improvements) in Fernley, Nevada

Fernley requires a commercial building permit (new construction / additions / tenant improvements) for: Only a properly licensed State of Nevada General Contractor or Nevada Registered Design Professional may apply for a commercial construction permit under Nevada law (NRS 624); owners, tenants, or employees of commercial buildings may NOT apply for permits nor perform construction on the building unless properly licensed, or the work is exempt under NRS 624.031 and IBC 105.2; Any project involving more than 3 trades (e.g., structural, plumbing, electrical) must have a General Contractor in charge; a GC may not self-perform plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, HVAC, or fire protection without the specific NRS 624 license — properly licensed subcontractors are required for those trades; Building Permit Application-Commercial (REV 05/2023) completed with: project type (New Construction / Site Improvements / Remodel-Addition / Demolition / HVAC-Rooftop / Change Of Use / New Tenant), trades in scope (structural/electrical/plumbing/mechanical), APN and address, tenant/business information and hours of operation, property owner, GC's Nevada Contractor's License and City business license, building code year and edition, previous and proposed occupancy, area of work and total building square footage, IBC construction type and occupancy classification per area, and project valuation (cost of construction labor and materials, with cost of site improvements stated separately); Additional Contractor Information page (REV 08/2024) listing architect, engineer, and electrical/mechanical/plumbing/stucco subcontractors with state license and City business license numbers; Two (2) site plans, two (2) complete building sets, and a flash drive with PDF files; plans to scale in blue or black ink on clear unlined paper, minimum sheet size 18 x 24 inches; plans prepared and stamped/signed by a Nevada Licensed Design Professional or Nevada State Contractor; Title sheet with code analysis, IBC occupancy type(s) and construction type, square footage of each occupancy group, plumbing fixture schedule, sheet index, vicinity map, APN, and preparer information; Site plan showing all existing/proposed structures and ground-mounted equipment, utilities (with plan-and-profile sheets for water and wastewater), backflow devices, sewer laterals, domestic water meters and a separate irrigation meter, utility abandonments, easements, setbacks, ADA accessibility (parking, routes of travel, signage, ramps, detectable warnings, slopes), temporary and permanent erosion control, stand-alone retaining walls, and impervious-surface coverage percentage; Grading and drainage plans (existing contours extending 100 feet beyond the property boundary; drainage must not directly impact neighboring sites) plus a Drainage Report prepared and stamped by a Nevada Licensed Professional Engineer per the Public Works Design Standards and Development Code; Fully dimensioned floor plan with detailed code analysis and egress plan; architectural plans; elevations of all four sides; cross sections; electrical plans (one-line diagram, panel schedules, load calculations, emergency lighting photometrics, grounding/bonding); mechanical plans (equipment schedules, duct layout and sizing, kitchen hood details, makeup air and combustion air calculations, Manuals S/D/J); plumbing plans (minimum fixture calculations, fixture schedule with flow rates, waste/vent and water/sewer/gas sizing calculations, grease trap/interceptor plans); Energy conservation compliance per the adopted IECC: a passing DOE COMcheck report signed by the design professional; Structural package: fully dimensioned foundation plan, floor and roof framing plans, structural details/notes, two (2) digitally stamped/signed sets of structural engineering calculations, two (2) wet-stamped truss calculation sets with an Engineer of Record letter of compliance, and two (2) stamped geotechnical report sets where required; Fire Authorization Form; new or modified fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems require separate permits (disclosed as existing/proposed on the application); Special Inspection Agreement form completed and submitted for any special inspections required per IBC 1704; Planning conditions of approval; ERC Application with existing and proposed water and sewer demand calculations; parking calculation (required vs. proposed spaces); landscaping plans; New Connection Forms (one for the building, one for irrigation); and the Engineering Department Review Criteria Form — grading over 50 cubic yards, service connections to City water/sewer infrastructure, or work in City right-of-way each trigger a separate engineering permit; State Health Permit required for food-handling occupancies (Nevada EHS, (775) 684-5280); grease or sand/oil interceptor status and gallons declared on the application; Design must meet the City of Fernley/2024 NNICC climatic and geographic criteria: Seismic Design Category D2, 120 mph basic wind speed (Special Wind Region), 18-inch minimum frost depth, ground snow load per IBC Table 1608.2.1. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Fernley Building Division (Building & Safety Division) at (775) 784-9900 before starting work.

In Fernley, the published Building Permit Fee — commercial/industrial construction is: Based on the current ICC Building Valuation Data (BVD) tables and/or the written contract value (highest value applies), applied to the City of Fernley Building Permit Fee Schedule (BPFS). Additional published fees: Plan Review Fee — Additional 65% of the determined Building Permit Fee; Permit Processing Fee (applies to new construction, additions, repairs & TI's) — $25; Building Permit Plan Check - Planning — 40% of Permit Fee; Commercial Foundation Only Permit Application — $2,500; Tenant Improvement Plan Review (Engineering) — $300; ERC Calculation Sheet Review and Processing Fee — $300; Temporary Certificate of Occupancy — $200; Third Plan Review (2nd revision resubmittal) — $98 per hour or quarter-hour fraction thereof; Hourly Inspection Rate (normal business hours) — $69; Hourly Inspection Rate (outside normal business hours, 2-hour minimum) — $103; Re-Inspection Fee (third or more inspection of same building element, each) — $207; Work Without Permit / Stop Work Order — $300, plus triple the original permit and inspection fees for a first offense (quadruple for a second offense); Hazardous Materials Permit, Storage or Waste Disposal Permit — $1,000. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Fernley does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Fernley Building Division (Building & Safety Division) at (775) 784-9900 for current turnaround.

Apply through City of Fernley Building Division (Building & Safety Division) at 595 Silver Lace Blvd, Fernley, NV 89408. Phone: (775) 784-9900, email: building@cityoffernley.org. Office hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; permit submittal counter closes at 4:00 p.m. daily; closed all observed holidays. Inspection requests must be received by phone (775-784-9829/775-784-9900) by 4:00 p.m. the business day before the requested inspection date.. Official information: https://www.cityoffernley.org/74/Building-Department.

No. Fernley processes tenant improvements on the same Building Permit Application-Commercial — 'New Tenant' is one of the project-type checkboxes — with the same valuation-based fee structure. The only TI-specific published fee is a $300 Engineering Tenant Improvement Plan Review (Resolution 20-009, Exhibit B); the $25 permit processing fee line in Exhibit A explicitly covers TI's.

No. Under NRS 624, only a properly licensed State of Nevada General Contractor or Nevada Registered Design Professional may apply for a commercial construction permit in Fernley, and owners, tenants, or their employees may not perform construction on the building unless properly licensed. The issued permit is released only to a licensed contractor or a verified employee of the General Contractor.

The permit fee is valuation-based: the higher of the current ICC Building Valuation Data (BVD) tables or the written contract value, applied to the City's Building Permit Fee Schedule, plus a plan review fee of an additional 65% of the permit fee (due at application), a 40%-of-permit-fee Planning plan check, and a $25 processing fee, per Resolution 20-009, Exhibits A and B.

No separate track is published. Large industrial projects use the standard commercial building permit, with sitework split into separate Grading and Offsite Public Infrastructure (civil) permits per the City's Commercial, Industrial, and Multifamily Project Permit Submittal Table; new water/sewer main extensions also require Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) review before permit issuance, and review is first-come, first-served regardless of project size.