Unincorporated Piute County building permits

Building department

Address

550 N Main, Junction, UT 84740

Phone

(435) 577-2840

Email

Office hours

Website

Official site

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.

• 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 IBC
• 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b); unchanged by the July 1, 2026 statewide update, remains in force
• 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 IPC
• 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 IMC
• 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 IFGC
• 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 IECC. The statute adopts a single IECC edition with no residential/commercial split.
• 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 IEBC
• 2024 residential provisions of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); effective since July 1, 2026, superseding the 2021 ISPSC
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); statewide in force, unchanged by the July 1, 2026 update
• NOTE (updated 2026-07-16): These are the statewide-mandated codes under Utah Code § 15A-2-103; Piute County has not published any county-specific code amendments online (live-checked again 2026-07-16 — the county's 'Obtaining a Building Permit' page still cites no code editions at all, consistent with the prior 2026-07-08 finding). The July 1, 2026 statewide code-edition transition (2024 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC/ISPSC replacing 2021 editions, per Utah Code § 15A-2-103 version effective 7/1/2026, superseded 1/1/2027) took effect 15 days ago; the next statute version's editions were diffed and confirmed identical. 2021 IRC and 2023 NEC are unchanged. The International Fire Code is NOT adopted by § 15A-2-103 (it lives in Title 15A Chapter 5) and is not referenced elsewhere in this file.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit

  Required for new residential construction, additions, alterations, and any structural modification in unincorporated Piute County. The Piute County Building Inspector's office administers building permits under Piute County Code Title 7, Chapter 7-1D (Ord. 10-286, adopted January 31, 2011), which requires 'any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure ... shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit.'

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial construction in unincorporated Piute County under the same general permit requirement documented on this file's Residential Building Permit entry — Piute County Code Title 7, Chapter 7-1D (Ord. 10-286, adopted January 31, 2011) requires 'any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure' to obtain a permit, with no separate commercial-specific ordinance, application, checklist, or fee schedule published anywhere on piute.gov. This is Utah's least-populous county (~1,400-1,870 residents), and its online presence for the Building Inspector department is limited to the same unpopulated template pages already documented for the residential entry.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for tenant improvement and tenant finish work in existing commercial buildings in unincorporated Piute County. No tenant-improvement-specific (or even general commercial-specific) permit type, application, checklist, or fee is published anywhere on piute.gov as of 2026-07-19 — tenant improvement work falls under the same general permit requirement of Piute County Code Title 7, Chapter 7-1D (Ord. 10-286), which covers 'alter, repair ... or change the occupancy of a building or structure' without distinguishing project type or scale.

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• Change of Occupancy / Certificate of Occupancy (Change of Use)

  Piute County requires a permit specifically when a building's occupancy or use is changed, even without new construction, and separately requires a Certificate of Occupancy before a nonconforming use may be changed. Piute County Code § 7-1D-1 (Buildings and Construction) states: 'Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure... shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit.' The Piute County Zoning Ordinance § 9-3.4 separately provides: 'No building hereafter structurally altered or erected shall be used or changed in use for a nonconforming use until a Certificate of Occupancy has been issued by the Building Official, stating that the building or proposed use thereof or the use of the land, complies with the provisions of this Ordinance for the renewing, changing, or extending thereof.' No distinct application form, checklist, or fee schedule separate from the general Building Permit process was found published — this appears to be administered through the same Building Official/general building permit application referenced in this file's Residential and Commercial Building Permit entries, consistent with the general fee-schedule gap already documented for this county. Re-chased 2026-07-20: traced the root cause of the missing fee to Zoning Ordinance § 1-9, which defers all fees to a Commission resolution rather than codifying them, combined with the county's own admission that resolutions since 1983 are not archived separately from meeting minutes — see feesNote for the full citation chain.

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• Sign Permit

  Governed by the countywide Piute County Sign Ordinance, which — unlike most jurisdictions in this corpus — does NOT require a permit for every sign by default. Per Ordinance § 7.1, a permit is only required when 'specifically required by the Building Official or Zoning Administrator.' Where a permit is required, construction documents and (where applicable) sealed engineering calculations must be filed before it is granted, and the fee is set administratively by the Building Official rather than published in the ordinance itself.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Piute County does not publish a distinct EV charger, EVSE, or electric vehicle charging station permit or fee, and does not publish any dollar-figure fee schedule for its building permits at all. Piute County Code § 7-1D-1 (Ord. 10-286) expressly requires a permit for anyone who intends to "erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system" — meaning a new dedicated EV charger circuit is covered as electrical-system work under this same general Building Permit process administered by the Piute County Building Inspector. No separate Electrical Permit type or fee table exists.

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• Solar PV / Solar Panel Installation Permit

  Piute County does not publish a distinct solar, solar PV, or photovoltaic installation permit or fee, and does not publish any dollar-figure fee schedule for its building permits at all. Piute County Code § 7-1D-1 (Ord. 10-286) expressly requires a permit for anyone who intends to "erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system" — meaning a rooftop or ground-mount solar PV installation is covered as electrical-system (and, where roof-mounted, structural) work under this same general Building Permit process administered by the Piute County Building Inspector. No separate Solar/Renewable Energy Permit type, application, checklist, or fee table exists. The Piute County Zoning Ordinance was also checked directly and contains no solar, photovoltaic, renewable-energy, or alternative-energy provisions of any kind.

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• Fire Sprinkler System & Fire Alarm System Permit

  Piute County does not publish a distinct fire sprinkler, fire suppression, or fire alarm permit, application, or fee — the county's Building Inspector website and department directory contain no fire-protection-system-specific content of any kind, consistent with the general thinness already documented for every other permit type in this file. Piute County also has no county-level Fire Marshal or dedicated fire-code-enforcement office; fire service within the county is instead provided by separate town-based volunteer fire departments (Circleville, Junction, Kingston, and Marysvale), and a countywide 'Piute County Special Service District #1' exists but is documented by the Utah Division of Environmental Quality as administering the county's solid-waste/landfill operation (Marysvale Class IVb Landfill) — it is not confirmed to be 'organized for fire protection purposes' in the sense used by Utah Code § 53-7-104. Under § 53-7-104(3)(a), the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) 'may' enforce the state fire code (the 2021 International Fire Code, adopted statewide by Utah Code § 15A-5-103) in 'areas outside of corporate cities, fire protection districts, and other special districts or special service districts organized for fire protection purposes' — a description that would fit unincorporated Piute County if no qualifying local fire protection entity covers it, but this authority is discretionary ('may,' not 'shall') and was not found confirmed as actively exercised for Piute County specifically. The SFMO does publish standing, statewide direct-submittal forms and a fee structure for both fire sprinkler and fire alarm plan review, which is the only concrete, verifiable process located for this scenario; it is presented here as the documented statewide fallback, not as a confirmed Piute-County-specific procedure.

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