Price building permits

Building department

Address

751 East 100 North, Suite 2600, Price, UT 84501

Phone

(435) 636-3260 (Building Division main line / Administrative Assistant); (435) 636-3261 (Director of Building & Planning)

Email

planning@carbon.utah.gov

Office hours

Mon–Thu 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Fri 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Building Department-specific hours per the county's own Building Permits FAQ; distinct from general County Administration hours of Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Price's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Price — sequence, scheduling & re-inspection fees.

Codes adopted

Utah adopts construction codes statewide under Utah Code Title 15A (State Construction and Fire Codes Act), enforced by every jurisdiction. Chapter 4 of Title 15A codifies Legislature-enacted amendments for specific named jurisdictions (e.g., Park City, Salt Lake City, Sandy City) as part of the state construction code. Through June 30, 2026, the editions in force under Utah Code § 15A-2-103 are the 2021 IBC (with Appendices C and J), 2021 IRC, 2021 IPC, 2021 IMC, 2021 IFGC, 2021 IECC, 2021 IEBC, and 2021 ISPSC (residential provisions), together with the 2023 NEC. Effective July 1, 2026, § 15A-2-103 adopts the 2024 editions of the IBC, IPC, IMC, IFGC, IECC, IEBC, and ISPSC; the IRC remains the 2021 edition and the NEC remains the 2023 edition. Note: residential energy requirements are modified by statewide amendments, and several Utah jurisdictions document their residential energy provisions at the 2015 IECC level rather than the adopted IECC year — confirm the applicable residential energy code with your local jurisdiction. Always confirm the edition in force with your local jurisdiction.

• GOVERNING LAW: Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/15A-2-S103.html), version effective 7/1/2026 (amended by Ch. Show full textShow less

  GOVERNING LAW: Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/15A-2-S103.html), version effective 7/1/2026 (amended by Ch. 47, 2026 General Session), sets the statewide-mandatory construction code suite — Utah Code § 15A-1-204 binds 'the state and each political subdivision,' which includes Carbon County as the compliance agency serving Price City (Price has no independent building-permit authority; see localAmendments). Carbon County's own Building Permits page ('What codes are enforced?' FAQ) still displays the pre-7/1/2026 edition list; State law governs regardless of the page's lag; each line below states current law first, then the county's as-published (stale or omitted) text.

• 2024 International Building Code (IBC), including Appendix J — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), effective 7/1/2026. Carbon County's Building Permits FAQ still lists '2021 International Building Code, including Appendix J' (live re-check 2026-07-16).
• 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), including Appendix Q — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b)/(c); this edition did NOT change in the 7/1/2026 flip. Matches Carbon County's FAQ, which lists '2021 International Residential Code, 2021-Appendix Q of 2021 IRC' (live re-check 2026-07-16).
• 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d), effective 7/1/2026. Carbon County's FAQ still lists '2021 IPC' (live re-check 2026-07-16).
• 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e), effective 7/1/2026. Carbon County's FAQ still lists '2021 IMC' (live re-check 2026-07-16).
• 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f), effective 7/1/2026. Carbon County's FAQ still lists '2021 IFGC' (live re-check 2026-07-16).
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); this edition did NOT change in the 7/1/2026 flip. Show full textShow less

  2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); this edition did NOT change in the 7/1/2026 flip. Carbon County's FAQ still lists '2020 NEC' (live re-check 2026-07-16) — this is a PRE-EXISTING discrepancy that predates and is unrelated to the 2026-07-01 code-cycle flip (the 2023 NEC has been state law since before this project's original 2026-07-08 review); reported here as-published rather than corrected.

• 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), one statewide edition (no residential/commercial split) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h), effective 7/1/2026. Show full textShow less

  2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), one statewide edition (no residential/commercial split) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h), effective 7/1/2026. Not mentioned anywhere on Carbon County's Building Permits FAQ, Building Department page, or Building Information/Resources page as of live re-check 2026-07-16; added here as a statute-sourced omission (applies statewide regardless of county publication), not fabricated.

• 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i), effective 7/1/2026. Not mentioned on any Carbon County page reviewed as of live re-check 2026-07-16; added as a statute-sourced omission.
• Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n), effective 7/1/2026. Not mentioned on any Carbon County page reviewed as of live re-check 2026-07-16; added as a statute-sourced omission.
• Modular Building Institute (MBI) Standards 1200 and 1205 — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(o), statewide-mandated for modular units. Not mentioned on any Carbon County page reviewed as of live re-check 2026-07-16; added as a statute-sourced omission.
• No International Fire Code (IFC) entry: § 15A-2-103 does not adopt the IFC — it is separately governed under Title 15A Chapter 5, outside the scope of this section. Carbon County's FAQ does not list an IFC edition either, so there is no mis-citation to correct here.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New Home / Cabin)

  Required for new single-family home and cabin construction on property within Price City limits (as well as unincorporated Carbon County and the county's other incorporated cities/towns). Issued exclusively by Carbon County's Building & Planning Department — Price City has no independent building-permit function and instead requires proof of separate city zoning approval as a prerequisite. Reviewed under the state-mandated 2024 IBC (incl. Appendix J) and 2021 IRC (incl. Appendix Q), per Utah Code § 15A-2-103, effective 7/1/2026; plus 2024 IPC/IMC/IFGC and 2023 NEC. Carbon County's own FAQ still lists the pre-flip 2021 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC and 2020 NEC as of live re-check 2026-07-16 — see codesAdopted for the governing-law citations.

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial and industrial construction on property within Price City limits. Issued exclusively by Carbon County's Building & Planning Department — Price City has no independent building-permit function and requires proof of separate city zoning approval as a prerequisite (and, if the site is in an Industrial Zone, a Conditional Use Permit that can take up to 2 months). Carbon County publishes a dedicated 'Commercial and Industrial Structures' checklist distinct from its residential New Home/Cabin packet.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for interior tenant-improvement and tenant-finish work within existing commercial space on property within Price City limits. Carbon County does not publish a fee category or checklist distinct from new commercial construction — the same Commercial and Industrial Structures checklist and unconditional engineered-plan requirement apply, scoped to the actual work performed. Price City zoning approval is still required for the underlying property/use unless the TI is a pure interior scope not implicating zoning.

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• Solar PV Permit

  Required for residential rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system installations on property within Price City limits. Issued exclusively by Carbon County's Building & Planning Department — Price City has no independent building-permit function. Carbon County publishes a dedicated 'PV System Building Permit' packet with its own Residential PV System Checklist, distinct from the county's general New Home/Cabin Checklist, confirming solar is treated as its own permit category rather than folded into the general building permit with no distinct process.

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• Sign Permit

  Required for erecting, reconstructing, or remodeling most signs in Price City, per Chapter 4 (Sign Regulations / Sign Code) of the Price City Land Use Development and Management Code, § 4.9 (Sign Permit and Permit Fee Required). Applications go to the Zoning Administrator, who must issue the permit within 60 days of receipt if the proposed sign complies with the code. PermitBase could not locate the specific dollar fee amount in any Price City fee schedule published online — the code states only that the fee is 'established by resolution of the City Council' and identified in 'the approved fee schedule of Price City'; Price's own online Planning and Zoning Permit Fee Schedule (effective 1-1-2026) covers subdivision, rezoning, and conditional-use fees but does not list a sign line item, and no separate building-permit fee schedule with a sign line item was found on either priceutah.gov or Carbon County's building-permit pages (Price contracts building inspection to Carbon County).

  See fee schedule→

• Conditional Use Permit — Business Occupancy

  Unlike the Carbon County-administered building permit process (which folds a 'change of occupancy' into its generic building-permit definition with no separate fee), Price City's own Planning and Zoning Permit Fee Schedule publishes a genuinely distinct, separately-priced permit category specifically for occupying an existing building with a business use: the 'Conditional Use Permit — Business Occupancy' track, priced separately from the City's 'Conditional Use Permit — Development' track used for new construction/site development. This is the real change-of-use mechanism in Price: when a business (a new tenant, or an existing tenant changing its use) occupies a building, Price City Community Development Services reviews and prices that occupancy separately from any building-permit work, and ties it into the City's Business License process.

  See fee schedule→

• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  EV charger installation for property within Price City limits falls under Carbon County's standard building permit process — the Carbon County Building & Planning Department issues all building permits for Price City, which has no independent building-permit function of its own. Carbon County's Building Permits page (carbon.utah.gov/service/building-permits/) lists 'Altering electrical, gas, or plumbing systems' among the reasons a permit is required, with no EV-charger or electric-vehicle mention anywhere on the county site. No dollar-amount valuation-based fee table could be located on Carbon County's website for building permits generally, let alone for electrical work specifically — the same fee-table gap that affects Price's other county-administered permit types. No fee is listed here and confidence is partial rather than borrowing a figure from a different jurisdiction.

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• Fire Sprinkler System Permit / Plan Review

  Fire sprinkler system installation within Price City limits runs on two separate, non-substituting tracks depending on the building. For ordinary private commercial and industrial buildings, sprinkler plans are reviewed and inspected as part of Carbon County's standard commercial building-permit process — its Commercial and Industrial Structures checklist requires 'Fire sprinkler system plans, if required,' and the commercial building permit here already lists a distinct 'Fire Sprinkler' inspection — with no separate county or city fee published for that item. Separately, any building falling under the State Fire Prevention Board's jurisdiction per Utah Admin. Code R710-4 — publicly owned buildings including all public and private schools, colleges and universities; institutional occupancies such as hospitals, assisted living facilities and day care centers; and any place of assemblage where 50 or more persons may gather — requires a separate, mandatory Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal filed directly with the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office in Sandy, UT, with its own published fee, in addition to and not instead of the local building permit. For other private buildings, Price City's own full-service Fire Department (87 North 200 East, 435-636-3187) is the Local Fire Authority under Utah Admin. Code R710-9 §8, with the State Fire Marshal stepping in only if the local authority does not complete the review; Price City's Fire Department publishes no distinct fire-sprinkler fee schedule.

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• Fire Alarm System Permit / Plan Review

  Fire alarm installation inside Price City limits splits across two tracks. For an ordinary private building, alarm wiring is folded into the general Carbon County building/electrical permit under its 'Altering electrical, gas, or plumbing systems' trigger — Carbon County's Commercial and Industrial Structures checklist does not list 'fire alarm' separately (it calls for a general electrical plan and, separately, fire sprinkler plans), and no distinct city or county fire-alarm fee is published. Separately, any building under the State Fire Prevention Board's jurisdiction per Utah Admin. Code R710-4 — publicly owned buildings (including all public and private schools, colleges and universities), institutional occupancies (hospitals, assisted living facilities, day care centers and similar), and any place of assemblage where 50 or more persons may gather — requires a Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal filed directly with the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office in Sandy, UT, carrying its own published fee, in addition to the local building permit. Price City's own full-service Fire Department (87 North 200 East, 435-636-3187) is the Local Fire Authority for other buildings under Utah Admin. Code R710-9 §8, but publishes no fire-alarm fee schedule — call them for a figure before bidding.

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