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Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit — Cottonwood Heights, Utah · Requirements sheet
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source: https://www.cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/doing-business/fee-schedule
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Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit in Cottonwood Heights, Utah
Required for commercial remodel and tenant-improvement work in Cottonwood Heights per the city's Commercial TI Checklist, which is lighter-weight than new commercial construction (no geotechnical, foundation, or site-plan mylar requirement). The building permit fee is 100% of the IBC building valuation data table; the non-residential plan review fee is 65% of the base building permit fee, the same rate as new construction.
Verified 2026-07-19 · Source
When you need this permit
- Commercial remodel or tenant-improvement scope
- Plans must indicate shell construction vs. tenant finish, per the Commercial TI Checklist
- Design-professional (architect) stamp required for spaces 3,000 sq ft or larger, per state law
- Fees based on the valuation of the project; plan review fee due at time of submittal
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Fee schedule
Building Permit FeeCottonwood Heights official Fee Schedule page, 'Community and economic development > Building fees (code title 15)': 'Building permit fee — 100% of the building valuation data table from the most current version of the international building code (IBC) adopted in Utah.'
100% of the building valuation data table from the most current IBC edition adopted in Utah
Plan Review Fee (Non-Residential)Cottonwood Heights official Fee Schedule page: 'Plan review fee (non-residential) — 65% of base building permit.' Same rate as the residential plan review fee.
65% of base building permit fee
Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing FeesCottonwood Heights official Fee Schedule page: 'Electrical, mechanical and plumbing fees — Each is 5% of base building permit fee when applying with the building permit. If you apply separately, fee follows the IBC schedule.'
5% each of the base building permit fee when applied with the building permit
Review timeline
Plan reviewCottonwood Heights’s published plan-review target
Up to 7 business days
Inspection process
- 1
Scheduled Field Inspections
Requested online via the city's 'Inspection Requests/Details' portal (permit number entered without dashes). Next-day inspections must be requested by 3 p.m. the prior business day; no same-day or weekend inspections.
Tips
- Cottonwood Heights' Commercial TI Checklist is lighter-weight than the New Commercial Checklist — no geotechnical report, structural foundation plan, or signed site-plan mylar is required.
- The Commercial TI Checklist requires plans to explicitly indicate 'shell construction vs. tenant finish.'
- Unlike new commercial construction, no second-review-specific turnaround is published for tenant-improvement submittals — only the general 7-business-day first-review target applies.
- Cottonwood Heights has no single permit literally named 'Change of Use Permit' or 'Certificate of Occupancy Permit,' but two distinct, sourced mechanisms exist for occupancy/use changes: (1) Per the city's official Fee Schedule (cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/doing-business/fee-schedule), a 'Zoning Verification Letter' costs $150, listed under 'Zoning review: Signs and building permits' -- this is the closest Cottonwood Heights product to a CO-verification for an existing building (confirming a property's current zoning/use status for a lender, buyer, or tenant), though it is a zoning-compliance letter, not a construction-code Certificate of Occupancy. (2) Separately, City Code Section 19.88.090 ('Change Of Use,' within Chapter 19.88 Noncomplying Buildings and Nonconforming Uses) requires that 'any change of a nonconforming use to another nonconforming use shall be a conditional use' subject to Planning Commission review -- this only applies when the existing use is legally nonconforming under current zoning, and would be filed and fee'd as a standard Conditional Use Permit (per the Fee Schedule: $350 base fee for 'Conditional uses not requiring site plan approval'), not as a separate change-of-use product. A same-use or code-conforming occupancy-classification change without new construction is otherwise processed as this Commercial/Tenant Improvement Building Permit.
Frequently asked questions
Cottonwood Heights requires a commercial tenant improvement / tenant finish permit for: Commercial remodel or tenant-improvement scope; Plans must indicate shell construction vs. tenant finish, per the Commercial TI Checklist; Design-professional (architect) stamp required for spaces 3,000 sq ft or larger, per state law; Fees based on the valuation of the project; plan review fee due at time of submittal. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Cottonwood Heights Community and Economic Development (CED) — Building Permit Division, staffed by a contracted Building Official (James Short, Sunrise Engineering) at 801-944-7062 before starting work.
In Cottonwood Heights, the published Building Permit Fee is: 100% of the building valuation data table from the most current IBC edition adopted in Utah. Additional published fees: Plan Review Fee (Non-Residential) — 65% of base building permit fee; Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing Fees — 5% each of the base building permit fee when applied with the building permit. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.
Cottonwood Heights's published plan-review target for a commercial tenant improvement / tenant finish permit is Up to 7 business days.
You'll need: Code Analysis Table; Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing Plan Details; ADA-Dimensioned Plans; Wall Sections and Fire-Rated Assembly Details; Shell vs. Tenant Finish Designation. Depending on your project, Cottonwood Heights may also ask for: Design Professional Stamp (Architect). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.
Cottonwood Heights requires 1 inspection(s) for a commercial tenant improvement / tenant finish permit, in order: Scheduled Field Inspections. Schedule each through Cottonwood Heights Community and Economic Development (CED) — Building Permit Division, staffed by a contracted Building Official (James Short, Sunrise Engineering) (801-944-7062).
Apply through Cottonwood Heights Community and Economic Development (CED) — Building Permit Division, staffed by a contracted Building Official (James Short, Sunrise Engineering) at 2277 E Bengal Blvd, Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121. Phone: 801-944-7062. Office hours: City Hall regular business hours (specific daily hours not published on the Building Permits or Codes and Standards pages as of the dates verified below); contact 801-944-7060 (codes/standards) or 801-944-7062 (permits) to confirm.. Official information: https://www.cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/city-services/building-permits/.
Cottonwood Heights, 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), superseding the 2021 IBC. Cottonwood Heights' own Building Codes and Standards page, live-checked 2026-07-16, still lists '2021 International Building Code' verbatim — the city's page has NOT been updated to reflect the 7/1/2026 statewide flip. The statute controls regardless of the city page's lag.; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — REMAINS CURRENT; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did NOT change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment. Matches the city's Building Codes and Standards page (live-checked 2026-07-16: '2021 International Residential Code').; Appendix AQ of the 2021 IRC — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(c); not separately itemized on the city's own Building Codes and Standards page, added here per statute.; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e), superseding the 2021 IMC. The city's Building Codes and Standards page still lists '2021 International Mechanical Code' — live-checked 2026-07-16, confirming lag. The statute controls.; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f), superseding the 2021 IFGC. The city's Building Codes and Standards page still lists '2021 International Fuel Gas Code' — live-checked 2026-07-16, confirming lag. The statute controls.; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d), superseding the 2021 IPC. The city's Building Codes and Standards page still lists '2021 International Plumbing Code' — live-checked 2026-07-16, confirming lag. The statute controls.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — statewide-mandatory edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); UNCHANGED by the 7/1/2026 amendment (the 2023 NEC baseline predates this code cycle). The city's Building Codes and Standards page lists '2020 National Electric Code' — one edition behind the statewide-mandatory floor, confirmed still unchanged via live-check 2026-07-16. Per Utah Code § 15A-1-204 (statewide-mandatory construction code), the 2023 NEC governs regardless of the city's own page.; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h) (no residential/commercial split under current law), superseding the 2018 IECC. The city's Building Codes and Standards page still lists '2018 international energy conservation code' — live-checked 2026-07-16, confirming lag (this was already one edition behind the pre-7/1/2026 2021 IECC baseline other Salt Lake County cities used, and is now two editions behind current). The statute controls.; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); not listed on the city's own Building Codes and Standards page (live-checked 2026-07-16), added here per statute since the city's own materials omit it entirely.; Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); not listed on the city's own Building Codes and Standards page (live-checked 2026-07-16), added here per statute since the city's own materials omit it entirely.; Modular Building Institute (MBI) Standards 1200 and 1205 — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(o); not listed on the city's own Building Codes and Standards page, added here per statute.; 2018 International Fire Code (IFC), with Utah state amendments — per the city's official Building Codes and Standards page (live-checked 2026-07-16, unchanged). NOTE: the IFC is NOT among the codes adopted by Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (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.; 2017 ANSI ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (referenced on the codes page as '2017 ANSI ADA CODE') — per the city's official Building Codes and Standards page, live-checked 2026-07-16, unchanged.; 2009 ANSI A117.1 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities — also separately listed on the same official codes page (both 2017 and 2009 editions appear on the city's current list; reproduced verbatim rather than reconciled, since only the city's own text is authoritative here). Live-checked 2026-07-16, unchanged.; 2015 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings — per the city's official Building Codes and Standards page, live-checked 2026-07-16, unchanged.; Cottonwood Heights Code of Ordinances (local amendments to the above, referenced but not separately itemized on the Codes and Standards page) — see localAmendments below.; NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): 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. The city's Building Codes and Standards page (cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/city-services/building/codes-and-standards) was live-checked 2026-07-16 via real-browser navigation and confirmed still lagging — it verbatim lists 2021 IBC/IMC/IFGC/IPC/IRC, 2020 National Electric Code, and 2018 IECC, and omits IEBC and ISPSC entirely. The statewide statute controls over the city's un-updated page; the prior version of this array presented the city's stale figures as simply 'the city's own page controls' without flagging that the statute itself had moved past them — this entry corrects that.. Local amendments apply — see the Cottonwood Heights overview page for the full list.
The Commercial TI Checklist skips the geotechnical report, structural footing/foundation plan, and signed site-plan mylar that the New Commercial Checklist requires, and it requires plans to indicate shell construction vs. tenant finish. Both use the same 100%-of-valuation building permit fee and 65% non-residential plan review fee.
Sources & verification
Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-19.
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