Holladay building permits

Building department

Address

4580 South 2300 East, Holladay, UT 84117 (permanent address per the city's official Building Permit application form; the city's main website separately lists a temporary City Hall location at 3330 S 1300 E, Millcreek, UT 84106 during a facilities transition — verify current in-person location before visiting)

Phone

801-527-3890 (Building Division permit/fee inquiries); 801-272-9450 (City Hall main line)

Email

permits@holladayut.gov

Office hours

Weekdays 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; in-person counter consultation with the Building Official and a planner is by appointment only, Monday & Wednesday 3:30 pm - 5 pm, per the city's official Building Division page.

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Holladay's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Holladay — sequence, scheduling & re-inspection fees.

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), including Appendices C and J — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), superseding the 2021 IBC. Holladay's own Inspection Guidelines & Codes 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 Inspection Guidelines & Codes 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 itemized on the city's own Inspection Guidelines & Codes page (live-checked 2026-07-16), 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 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 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 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 Inspection Guidelines & Codes 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 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 Inspection Guidelines & Codes 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 Inspection Guidelines & Codes 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 Inspection Guidelines & Codes page, added here per statute.
• 2021 International Fire Code (IFC) — per the city's official Inspection Guidelines & Codes 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.
• 2009 ANSI A117.1 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities — per the city's official Inspection Guidelines & Codes page, live-checked 2026-07-16, unchanged.
• 2015 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings — per the city's official Inspection Guidelines & Codes page, live-checked 2026-07-16, unchanged.
• Holladay City Code Title 3 (Consolidated Fee Schedule) and Title 13 (Building Permit / Zoning Compliance Review) — local amendments to the above; 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. Holladay's Inspection Guidelines & Codes page (holladayut.gov/departments/community_development/building_division/inspection_guidelines___codes.php) was live-checked 2026-07-16 via real-browser navigation and confirmed still lagging — it verbatim lists 2021 IBC/IMC/IFGC/IPC/IRC/IFC, 2020 National Electric Code, and 2018 IECC, and omits IEBC and ISPSC entirely. The statewide statute controls over the city's un-updated page.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New Dwelling / Remodel)

  Required for new single-family residential construction and residential remodels regulated by the 2021 IRC and the 2024 IBC (current statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103, effective 7/1/2026; Holladay's own Inspection Guidelines & Codes page still lists the 2021 IBC as of live-check 2026-07-16, but the statute controls). Holladay uses a valuation-based (Based on Valuation / BOV) fee model tied to the 1997 Uniform Administrative Code Table 3-A, administered case-by-case by an in-house city Building Official (Rob Sears) rather than a published flat-dollar fee table.

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• Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing Permit

  Covers standalone or combined electrical, mechanical, and plumbing work in Holladay. The city's official Building Permit application form lists these as separate itemized fee lines assessed alongside the Building B.O.V. Fee, but no public flat-dollar or percentage figure is published for these trade fees. EV charger/EVSE installation is electrical work and falls under this general Electrical fee line; the city has not published a distinct EV-specific permit, fee, or process. Rooftop solar panel installation is likewise not a distinct permit type in Holladay: the city's official Building FAQs page lists 'Electrical (service upgrade, meter change, new branch circuits, backup power; generator, solar, all new exterior lighting etc.)' and, separately, 'Alternative energy/heating (Solar panels, battery backup, ground source heat/cooling, etc.)' among the work categories requiring a permit, with no separate solar fee line or process published anywhere on the Building Division, FAQs, or Construction Submittal Requirements pages — solar installs are budgeted using the same Electrical Fee line as other electrical work.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Holladay does not publish a distinct EV charger/EVSE permit, fee, or process. The city's official Building Permit application form lists 'Electrical' as a distinct fee line in its office-use fee breakdown, and EV charger/EVSE installation is electrical work that falls under this general Electrical fee line, per the city's own Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing Permit entry.

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• Solar PV / Solar Panel Installation Permit

  Holladay does not publish a distinct solar/solar-PV permit, application, checklist, or fee. The city's official Building FAQs page lists 'Alternative energy/heating (Solar panels, battery backup, ground source heat/cooling, etc.)' as its own itemized category under 'What Work Requires A Permit?', confirming a permit is required for solar installations, but the Building Division's Construction Submittal Requirements page publishes no solar-specific plan-submittal category or checklist PDF (only residential single-family, supplemental residential, and commercial/multi-family categories are listed), and neither the Consolidated Fee Schedule ordinance nor the Building Permit application form itemize a solar-specific fee line. As with EV chargers, a solar installation is instead billed using the general fee architecture already on the office-use fee breakdown: the Building Permit Fee (Based on Valuation, for any structural roof-mounting/racking work) and/or the Electrical Fee (for PV wiring and grid interconnection), per project. No evidence was found that Holladay participates in SolarAPP+ (the national automated instant-permitting platform for residential solar) — SolarAPP+'s own public materials list no Utah jurisdictions as participants as of this verification.

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• Commercial Building Permit (New Commercial or Multi-Family Building)

  Required for new commercial or multi-family building construction in Holladay, regulated by the 2024 IBC (current statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), effective 7/1/2026; Holladay's own Inspection Guidelines & Codes page still lists the 2021 IBC as of live-check 2026-07-16, but the statute controls). Holladay's Construction Submittal Requirements page explicitly lists 'New commercial or multi-family building' as its own plan-submittal category, distinct from residential single-family plans. As with the Residential Building Permit, Holladay uses a valuation-based (Based on Valuation / BOV) fee model tied to the 1997 Uniform Administrative Code Table 3-A rather than a published flat-dollar fee table — no separate commercial-only dollar figures are published.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement Permit

  Required for commercial tenant improvement work in Holladay. The city's own Construction Submittal Requirements page lists 'Commercial tenant improvement' as its own plan-submittal category, alongside 'New commercial or multi-family building,' under a 'Commercial and multi-family plans' heading. As with the Commercial Building Permit, fees are assessed using the same Based-on-Valuation (BOV) formula (1997 Uniform Administrative Code Table 3-A) rather than a published flat-dollar table — no tenant-improvement-specific dollar figures are published.

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• Fire Sprinkler System Permit

  Fire protection system permitting in Holladay is handled by Unified Fire Authority (UFA), a special fire district separate from the Holladay Building Division. Holladay City is listed among UFA's member communities. UFA requires a permit for installation or modification of any automatic fire sprinkler system, plus mandatory third-party peer review of the design (except for minor work below specific device-count thresholds). UFA itself charges no permit fee for this — confirmed against UFA's own FY26/27 Adopted Budget, which itemizes the Fire Prevention division's entire fee revenue as Hazardous Materials & Tank Permits, Firewatch Reimbursements, and Fireworks Permits only. The applicant instead pays a privately-set fee directly to one of UFA's approved third-party peer-review firms.

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• Sign Permit

  Holladay does not publish a distinct sign permit application, checklist, or fee. The city's official Building FAQs page lists 'Signs (wall, monument, pole and billboard)' as its own itemized category under 'What Work Requires A Permit?', confirming a permit is required, but the Building Division's Construction Submittal Requirements page publishes no sign-specific plan-submittal category (only residential single-family, supplemental residential, and commercial/multi-family categories are listed), and neither the Consolidated Fee Schedule ordinance nor the Building Permit application form itemize a sign-specific fee line. Sign design, placement, size, and quantity standards are separately governed by Holladay City Code Chapter 13.82 (Signs), referenced via the city's official code index at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/holladayut — full ordinance text could not be rendered directly (codelibrary.amlegal.com returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, consistent with the same block already noted for § 13.08.100 elsewhere in this file), so only the chapter's existence and title are asserted here, not its full text. Sign work is instead billed using the same general fee architecture already on the office-use fee breakdown: the Building Permit Fee (Based on Valuation, per the 1997 Uniform Administrative Code Table 3-A) for structural sign work (e.g., monument/pole sign foundations), and/or the Electrical Fee for illuminated signs, per project.

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• Change of Use Permit (Conditional Use Application) / Change of Occupancy

  Unlike EV chargers, solar, and standalone signage, Holladay DOES publish a distinct, governing dollar figure for a change of use: the city's Consolidated Fee Schedule (Holladay City Code § 3.35.070, 'Conditional Use Permit Application') itemizes 'Change of use ... $100.00' as its own line item, separate from Residential use, Commercial/industrial, Home occupation, Conditional use amendment, and Mobile store line items in the same section — confirmed directly against the fee schedule PDF (cms3.revize.com/revize/cityofholladay/fee%20schedule.pdf), Section 3.35.070. This $100 fee applies where a proposed change of use requires Planning Commission conditional-use review and approval under Holladay City Code Title 13 (Land Use and Development), administered by the Planning and Zoning Division — a distinct process and department from the Building Division's building-permit review. Separately, the city's official Business Licensing page states that 'if you have a change of location to a new building or change of occupancy at a building, the proper building permits must be obtained and approved before the application for a business license may be obtained and granted' — meaning a change of occupancy independently triggers the standard Building Division commercial-building or tenant-improvement permit review (see those entries in this file) before a business license can issue. A further, separate $35 business-license fee ('New location transfer' per the fee schedule's General Business License Fee Schedule, § 3.35.110; called the 'Change of Location Form' fee on the Business Licensing page) applies to updating the business license record itself and is paid to Economic Development, not the Building or Planning Division.

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• Fire Alarm and Detection System Permit

  Fire alarm system permitting in Holladay is handled by Unified Fire Authority (UFA), separate from the Holladay Building Division. UFA requires a plan submittal and permit for all new commercial fire alarm installations and for additions or modifications to existing systems, with mandatory third-party peer review for systems where more than five horns/strobes are added or relocated. UFA itself charges no permit fee for this — confirmed against UFA's own FY26/27 Adopted Budget, which itemizes the Fire Prevention division's entire fee revenue as Hazardous Materials & Tank Permits, Firewatch Reimbursements, and Fireworks Permits only. The applicant instead pays a privately-set fee directly to one of UFA's approved third-party peer-review firms.

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