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Fire Sprinkler System Permit / Plan Review in Price, Utah

Fire sprinkler system installation on property within Price City limits runs on two separate, non-substituting tracks depending on the building. For ordinary private commercial/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 this dataset's commercial-building-permit entry already lists a distinct 'Fire Sprinkler' inspection (order 3) — 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/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 separate, mandatory Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal filed directly with the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office (Sandy, UT), with its own real, published fee, in ADDITION to (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 (LFA) under Utah Admin. Code R710-9 §8's enforcement framework, with the State Fire Marshal only stepping in if the LFA does not complete the review; Price City's Fire Department page publishes no distinct fire-sprinkler fee schedule.

Reviewed 2026-07-22 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Fire sprinkler system plans submitted as part of Carbon County's Commercial and Industrial Structures checklist for any Price City commercial/industrial building requiring sprinklers, reviewed and inspected within the standard county building-permit process (no distinct county fee published)
  • For buildings under State Fire Prevention Board jurisdiction (Utah Admin. Code R710-4: publicly owned buildings, public/private schools/colleges/universities, institutional occupancies, and assembly occupancies of 50+ persons): a separate Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal filed directly with the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office, in addition to the local building permit
  • A completed Water Supply Analysis (static pressure, residual pressure, flow in gpm, source of information) per Utah Admin. Code R710-4-5, required before a State Fire Marshal submittal can even begin review
  • Engineered hydraulic calculations, sprinkler drawings (number of sheets, dated), material submittals, and — where applicable — seismic calculations
  • For property within Price City limits generally: proof of city zoning approval, per the same city/county split documented on this jurisdiction's other Carbon-County-administered permit types

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Fee schedule

Utah State Fire Marshal — Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan ReviewVerified directly from the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office's own official Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form (firemarshal.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/Automatic-Fire-Sprinkler-Plan-Submittal-Form-2022-R.pdf): 'SQUARE FEET x .022$ = $ ... Note: Minimum fee is $75.' Fees must be paid before the plan review will be released. This fee governs buildings under the State Fire Prevention Board's jurisdiction per Utah Admin. Code R710-4 (publicly owned buildings, schools/colleges/universities, institutional occupancies, and assembly occupancies of 50+ persons) — scope confirmed via the official Utah Office of Administrative Rules bulletin (rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2016/20160701/40485.htm), which quotes R710-4 as applying to 'any publicly owned building, including all public and private schools, colleges, and university buildings, and in any building or structure used or intended for use, as an asylum, hospital, mental hospital, sanitarium, home for the aged, assisted living facility, children's home or day care center, or any similar institutional type occupancy of any capacity; and in any place of assemblage where fifty (50) or more persons may gather.'
$0.022 per square foot of the scope-of-work area; $75.00 minimum fee
Carbon County / Price City local fire-sprinkler fee (ordinary private commercial buildings)Carbon County's Commercial and Industrial Structures checklist lists fire sprinkler system plans as a submittal requirement and a 'Fire Sprinkler' inspection as part of the standard commercial building-permit sequence, with no separate fee line item found on carbon.utah.gov after a direct check of the same pages already exhausted for the commercial-building-permit entry. Price City's own Fire Department publishes no fee schedule for fire-sprinkler plan review on its official webpage (priceutah.gov/fire-department.html, checked 2026-07-22). Re-chased 2026-07-23 (Wayback CDX sweep, Business License page/Ordinance 281 trace, Utah PMN full-text search API) with no new figure found — see this jurisdiction's residential-building-permit localAmendments for the full 2026-07-23 chase log; this is the same county-wide fee-table gap affecting the local (non-SFM) portion of every Carbon-County-administered permit type in this file.
No distinct dollar-amount fee found published — folded into the general Carbon County commercial building permit fee, which itself has no published valuation table (see this dataset's commercial-building-permit entry)

Review timeline

Plan reviewPrice’s published plan-review target
0–21 business days

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Fire Sprinkler Inspection (local)

    Part of Carbon County's standard commercial building-permit inspection sequence for buildings not under State Fire Prevention Board jurisdiction — same inspection documented in this dataset's commercial-building-permit entry.

  2. 2

    State Fire Marshal Review / Acceptance (if applicable)

    For buildings under State Fire Prevention Board jurisdiction (R710-4: public buildings, schools/colleges, institutional occupancies, assembly occupancies of 50+), the SFM or an authorized deputy additionally reviews plans and may be involved in system acceptance.

See the full Price inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Two separate, non-substituting review tracks can apply to the same Price City sprinkler project: Carbon County's ordinary commercial building-permit inspection (no distinct fee) for most private buildings, and a mandatory, separately-fee'd Utah State Fire Marshal plan review ($0.022/sq ft, $75 minimum) if the building is publicly owned, a school/college/university, an institutional occupancy (hospital, assisted living, day care, etc.), or an assembly space for 50 or more people.
  • Submit the State Fire Marshal's Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form directly to their Sandy, UT office (planreviews@utah.gov, 801-256-2390) — not to Price City or Carbon County — and pay the fee before the review will be released.
  • A completed Water Supply Analysis (static/residual pressure and flow) is a hard prerequisite before a State Fire Marshal submittal can even begin review, per R710-4-5.
  • No dollar-amount fee for the local (non-SFM) portion of fire-sprinkler review could be found published by Carbon County or Price City — contact Carbon County Building & Planning (435-636-3260) or Price City Fire Department (435-636-3187) directly for a project-specific quote.

Frequently asked questions

Price requires a fire sprinkler system permit / plan review for: Fire sprinkler system plans submitted as part of Carbon County's Commercial and Industrial Structures checklist for any Price City commercial/industrial building requiring sprinklers, reviewed and inspected within the standard county building-permit process (no distinct county fee published); For buildings under State Fire Prevention Board jurisdiction (Utah Admin. Code R710-4: publicly owned buildings, public/private schools/colleges/universities, institutional occupancies, and assembly occupancies of 50+ persons): a separate Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal filed directly with the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office, in addition to the local building permit; A completed Water Supply Analysis (static pressure, residual pressure, flow in gpm, source of information) per Utah Admin. Code R710-4-5, required before a State Fire Marshal submittal can even begin review; Engineered hydraulic calculations, sprinkler drawings (number of sheets, dated), material submittals, and — where applicable — seismic calculations; For property within Price City limits generally: proof of city zoning approval, per the same city/county split documented on this jurisdiction's other Carbon-County-administered permit types. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Carbon County Building & Planning Department (Building Division) — serves Price City; Price City itself has NO independent building-permit function at (435) 636-3260 (Building Division main line / Administrative Assistant); (435) 636-3261 (Director of Building & Planning) before starting work.

For buildings under the Utah State Fire Marshal's jurisdiction (R710-4), the published fee is $0.022 per square foot of the reviewed scope of work, with a $75.00 minimum, per the SFM's own official Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form. No distinct dollar-amount fee for ordinary private commercial sprinkler review could be found published by Carbon County or Price City — contact the Building Department or Fire Department directly for a quote.

Price's published plan-review target for a fire sprinkler system permit / plan review is 0–21 business days.

You'll need: Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form (Utah State Fire Marshal's Office); Commercial and Industrial Structures Building Permit Information (checklist). Depending on your project, Price may also ask for: Water Supply Analysis. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Price requires 2 inspection(s) for a fire sprinkler system permit / plan review, in order: Fire Sprinkler Inspection (local), State Fire Marshal Review / Acceptance (if applicable). Schedule each through Carbon County Building & Planning Department (Building Division) — serves Price City; Price City itself has NO independent building-permit function ((435) 636-3260 (Building Division main line / Administrative Assistant); (435) 636-3261 (Director of Building & Planning)).

Apply through Carbon County Building & Planning Department (Building Division) — serves Price City; Price City itself has NO independent building-permit function at 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). Official information: https://www.carbon.utah.gov/service/building-permits/.

Price, Utah has adopted: 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; re-checked live 2026-07-16, page text is byte-identical to the 2026-07-08 fetch ('2021 International Building Code, including Appendix J 2021 International Residential Code 2021-Appendix Q of 2021 IRC 2021 IPC, 2021 IMC, 2021 IFGC, 2020 NEC'). 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. 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. 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.. Local amendments apply — see the Price overview page for the full list.

It depends on the building. Ordinary private commercial buildings have their sprinkler plans reviewed and inspected as part of Carbon County's standard commercial building permit, with no distinct fee. Publicly owned buildings, schools/colleges, institutional occupancies (hospitals, assisted living, day care), and assembly spaces for 50+ people additionally require a separate, mandatory plan submittal directly to the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office.

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