Change of Occupancy / Certificate of Occupancy (Change of Use) — Unincorporated Piute County, Utah · Requirements sheet
Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source: https://piute.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Piute-County-Zoning-Ordinance.pdf
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Change of Occupancy / Certificate of Occupancy (Change of Use) in Unincorporated Piute County, Utah
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.
Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source
When you need this permit
- A permit application to the Piute County Building Official is required before changing the occupancy of a building or structure, per Piute County Code § 7-1D-1
- A Certificate of Occupancy must be issued by the Building Official before a nonconforming use may be changed, per Piute County Zoning Ordinance § 9-3.4
- The Certificate of Occupancy verifies the building, proposed use, or use of the land complies with the Zoning Ordinance for the renewing, changing, or extending of that use
- Failure to obtain the required permit for a change of occupancy is a Class B Misdemeanor under Piute County Code, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and/or 6 months in jail (UCA § 76-3-301(1)(d), § 76-3-204(2)), with each day of violation treated as a separate offense
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- This is a distinct legal trigger, not just the routine 'CO issued after final inspection' step documented on this file's building permit entries — Piute County Code § 7-1D-1 explicitly lists 'change the occupancy of a building or structure' alongside construct/enlarge/alter/repair/move/demolish as its own permit-triggering activity, separate from new construction.
- The Piute County Zoning Ordinance additionally requires a Certificate of Occupancy specifically before a nonconforming use may be changed (§ 9-3.4) — the CO in that context certifies zoning-ordinance compliance for the new/changed use, not just building-code compliance for construction.
- No distinct application form or fee schedule specific to a change-of-occupancy/CO-verification scenario was found published — contact the Piute County Building Official, (435) 577-2840, before changing a building's use to confirm the applicable process and any fee.
- Zoning Ordinance § 1-9 confirms fees are set by Commission resolution rather than codified — and the county's own County Ordinances page admits resolutions since 1983 are not kept as separate documents, only embedded in individual meeting minutes with no index, which is why no fee schedule PDF exists to find for this or any other Piute County land-use permit.
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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 Unincorporated Piute County building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.
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