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Change of Use / Change of Occupancy Permit in Cedar City, Utah

Cedar City does not publish a standalone Change of Use, Change of Occupancy, or existing-building Certificate of Occupancy re-issuance permit type. The city's own Permit Document List (cedarcityut.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14648) enumerates all 16 named permit types and none is a Change of Use category; a use-classification change in an existing commercial building is instead processed through the Tenant Improvement (or, if it involves new construction/major alteration, Commercial) Permit. Per cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning: 'New Commercial buildings, pole signs, monument signs and tenant improvement permits for change of building use classification require PROJECT REVIEW MEETING attendance before a permit may be issued.' The city's own Tenant Improvement of Commercial Buildings Building Permit Guide (cedarcityut.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10126) requires a complete code analysis of the space as part of the Tenant Improvement plan submittal, explicitly including 'Occupancy classification' and 'Provide the adjacent use or uses to determine occupancy separation as required by the IBC' — confirming that occupancy/use verification is performed within the Tenant Improvement permit's plan review, not as a separate permit or fee.

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When you need this permit

  • Change of use/occupancy classification for an existing building or tenant space, per IBC Chapter 3 occupancy classifications as adopted by Cedar City
  • No standalone 'Change of Use' or 'Change of Occupancy' permit type exists among Cedar City's 16 named online permit categories — submit under the Tenant Improvement Permit (interior alterations to an existing building) or the Commercial Permit (new construction) depending on scope
  • A Project Review Meeting is required before permit issuance when a tenant improvement permit involves a change of building use classification, per cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning
  • A complete code analysis of the existing shell building and tenant space is required as part of the plan submittal, including occupancy classification, allowable-area analysis, occupant load analysis, and occupancy separation/adjacent-use analysis, per the Tenant Improvement of Commercial Buildings Building Permit Guide

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Change of Use / Change of Occupancy FeeCedar City's Consolidated Fee Schedule (LAST UPDATED 24-Jun-26) has no 'Change of Use,' 'Change of Occupancy,' or standalone Certificate of Occupancy re-issuance fee. A use-classification change is processed through the Tenant Improvement Permit fee mechanism: Building Valuation of $50.00 per sq ft, run through the city's Building Permit Calculation Table, plus a 30%-of-Building-Permit Plan Review fee and a 1% Utah State Fee (same fees documented on this file's commercial-tenant-improvement-permit entry) — or, where a full Commercial Permit governs, that permit's ICC-valuation-based fee structure. No incremental fee specific to the change-of-use aspect was found.
Not separately published — no distinct line item exists

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

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    Building Final (Occupancy Verification)

    The Building Official records the Occupancy Group and Use (per IBC Chapter 3) as part of the Tenant Improvement Departmental Sign-off process; the Certificate of Completion/Occupancy is generated upon passing this Final Inspection within the same Tenant Improvement permit workflow — not a separately named Change of Use inspection.

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

Tips

  • Cedar City has no standalone Change of Use, Change of Occupancy, or existing-building Certificate of Occupancy re-issuance permit or fee — it is folded into the Tenant Improvement Permit (or Commercial Permit, for new construction) process, per the city's own 16-permit-type Permit Document List.
  • A Project Review Meeting is only required for tenant improvements/changes of use that involve a use-classification change, per cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning — the committee meets in person on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.
  • The city's Tenant Improvement of Commercial Buildings Building Permit Guide requires a full IBC Chapter 3 code analysis (occupancy classification, allowable area, occupant load, occupancy separation) as part of the plan submittal — this is where occupancy/use changes are technically reviewed, not through a separate application or fee.

Frequently asked questions

Cedar City requires a change of use / change of occupancy permit for: Change of use/occupancy classification for an existing building or tenant space, per IBC Chapter 3 occupancy classifications as adopted by Cedar City; No standalone 'Change of Use' or 'Change of Occupancy' permit type exists among Cedar City's 16 named online permit categories — submit under the Tenant Improvement Permit (interior alterations to an existing building) or the Commercial Permit (new construction) depending on scope; A Project Review Meeting is required before permit issuance when a tenant improvement permit involves a change of building use classification, per cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning; A complete code analysis of the existing shell building and tenant space is required as part of the plan submittal, including occupancy classification, allowable-area analysis, occupant load analysis, and occupancy separation/adjacent-use analysis, per the Tenant Improvement of Commercial Buildings Building Permit Guide. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Cedar City Building & Zoning Department at (435) 865-4519 before starting work.

In Cedar City, the published Change of Use / Change of Occupancy Fee is: Not separately published — no distinct line item exists. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Cedar City does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Cedar City Building & Zoning Department at (435) 865-4519 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Project Review Application/Checklist; Code Analysis (Occupancy Classification, Allowable Area, Occupant Load, Occupancy Separation); Architectural Plan Pages. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Cedar City requires 1 inspection(s) for a change of use / change of occupancy permit, in order: Building Final (Occupancy Verification). Schedule each through Cedar City Building & Zoning Department ((435) 865-4519).

Apply through Cedar City Building & Zoning Department at 10 N Main Street, Cedar City, UT 84720. Phone: (435) 865-4519, email: lhope@cedarcityut.gov. Office hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, per cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning.. Official information: https://www.cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning.

Cedar City, Utah has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC), including Appendices C and J — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a); supersedes the 2021 edition cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes still listed as of live-check 2026-07-16 ('2021 International Building Code').; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), including Appendix Q (Tiny Houses) — REMAINS CURRENT, Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b)/(c) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment; cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes is correct on this point.; 2021 International Fire Code (IFC) — per cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes. NOTE: the IFC is NOT among the codes adopted by Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (which governs Title 15A Chapter 2, State Construction Code) — Utah's Fire Code is separately adopted under Title 15A Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act; left as published by the City, no statutory edition change applies via § 15A-2-103.; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); supersedes the 2021 edition cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes still listed as of live-check 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); supersedes the 2021 edition cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes still listed as of live-check 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); supersedes the 2021 edition cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes still listed as of live-check 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); supersedes BOTH of the split editions cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes still listed as of live-check 2026-07-16 (2015 IECC residential provisions and 2021 IECC commercial provisions). Cedar City's pre-7/1/2026 split (2015 residential / 2021 commercial) is preserved here as history: the residential figure was already an older edition than the city's own 2021 commercial IECC adoption, a live split-edition discrepancy in the city's own page predating this code-cycle transition.; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); supersedes the 2021 edition cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes still listed as of live-check 2026-07-16.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — REMAINS CURRENT, Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment; cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes is correct on this point.; Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); not itemized on cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes, added here per statute since the City's own page omits it.; 2017 ICC/ANSI A117.1 (Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities) — per cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes; not a code listed in § 15A-2-103, unaffected by the 7/1/2026 amendment.; NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 version effective 7/1/2026 (superseded 1/1/2027) took effect 15 days before this re-verification. IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC/residential ISPSC are now 2024 statewide; IRC (2021) and NEC (2023) did NOT change. Cedar City's Current Adopted Codes page (cedarcityut.gov/130/Current-Adopted-Codes) was live re-fetched 2026-07-16 and IS STILL LAGGING — it verbatim lists '2023 National Electrical Code, 2021 International Residential Code, Appendix Q of 2021 IRC, 2021 International Building Code, 2021 International Fire Code, 2021 International Plumbing Code, 2021 International Mechanical Code, 2021 International Fuel Gas Code, 2015 International Energy Conservation Code, residential provisions, 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, commercial provisions, 2021 International Existing Building Code, 2017 ICC/ANSI A117.1' with no update reflecting the 2024 code-cycle transition. IRC and NEC entries on that page remain accurate (unchanged by statute); IFC is correctly outside § 15A-2-103's scope. The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 citation has been added to the sources array below, pointing to the current in-force version link.. Local amendments apply — see the Cedar City overview page for the full list.

No. Cedar City's own Permit Document List enumerates all 16 of the city's permit types by name and none is a standalone Change of Use or Change of Occupancy permit. A use-classification change is processed through the Tenant Improvement Permit (or the Commercial Permit, for new construction), which requires a full code analysis (including occupancy classification) as part of the plan submittal, and a Project Review Meeting before permit issuance if the use classification is changing, per cedarcityut.gov/129/Building-Zoning. No fee specific to the change-of-use aspect exists separate from the governing permit's standard fees.

Sources & verification

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Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Cedar City building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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