Midvale building permits

Building department

Address

7505 S Holden Street, 2nd Floor, Midvale, UT 84047

Phone

(801) 567-7200 ext. 1016

Email

buildingpermit@midvaleut.gov

Office hours

Mon–Thu 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM; closed Friday–Sunday

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Midvale's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Midvale — 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 edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), effective July 1, 2026.
• 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b); unchanged by the July 1, 2026 statewide update.
• 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d), effective July 1, 2026.
• 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e), effective July 1, 2026.
• 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f), effective July 1, 2026.
• 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), covering both commercial and residential provisions in a single edition — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h), effective July 1, 2026.
• 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i), effective July 1, 2026.
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); unchanged by the July 1, 2026 statewide update.
• Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — current statewide edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n), effective July 1, 2026.
• Modular Building Institute Standards 1200 and 1205 — adopted statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(o); not separately itemized on Midvale's own published sources, but applies statewide.
• Midvale City is a compliance agency under Utah Code § 15A-1-202 and enforces these statewide codes through its own Building & Safety Division, per the Midvale Building & Safety FAQ (midvale.utah.gov), which references ICC standards, DOPL requirements, and Statewide Amendments to the State Construction Code.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit

  Required for new residential construction, additions, and structural alterations regulated by the adopted 2021 IRC or 2024 IBC. Midvale uses 'a single, universal building permit application that encompasses all building projects' per its Building & Safety FAQ, and requires online submission for all permits and inspections.

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• Residential Addition / Remodel Permit

  Required for remodels, additions, and alterations to existing residential structures in Midvale. Charged as a valuation-based building permit under the same fee structure as new construction; the FY2026 Fee Schedule provides a dedicated Remodel Construction Completion Checklist.

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• Electrical Permit

  Required for standalone electrical work in Midvale not covered under a residential building permit, including electrical service charges and panel work billed as an over-the-counter permit. EV charger/EVSE installation is electrical work and falls under this general Electrical Permit; the Midvale FY2026 Fee Schedule does not publish an EV-specific line item, so a charger install is billed under the standard Service Charge (over-the-counter) or Electrical Fee category depending on scope.

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• Plumbing Permit

  Required for plumbing work in Midvale, including standalone water heater replacement billed as an over-the-counter permit.

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• Mechanical / HVAC Permit

  Required for furnace, air conditioning, and combined HVAC installation/replacement in Midvale. The FY2026 Fee Schedule lists dedicated over-the-counter rates for Furnace, A/C, and Furnace-and-A/C permits.

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• Roofing / Reroof Permit

  Required for reroofing in Midvale. Billed as an over-the-counter building permit fee, distinct from the valuation-based building permit used for full construction.

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• Solar PV Permit

  Required for rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations, including battery storage, in Midvale. Midvale does not maintain its own municipal electric utility — Rocky Mountain Power is the electric provider serving Midvale (confirmed via the Midvale city website's power-outage reporting link, which routes to rockymountainpower.net). On 2026-07-19 re-verification, the dedicated Solar/KWA/Battery-Storage line items previously cited from the FY2026 Fee Schedule could not be re-located in that same document (fetched and text-extracted directly, 7 pages, zero matches for 'solar', 'KWA', 'photovoltaic', or 'battery'); the schedule's Last-Modified header (Jan 6, 2026) predates the original 2026-07-04 verification, so the figures were not removed after the fact — they could not be substantiated in the source at all. Fees below have been corrected to the schedule's actual valuation-based Building Permit Fee table, which is what a solar installation's building-permit valuation would be charged under absent a distinct solar line item.

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• Demolition Permit

  Required for structure demolition in Midvale. Requires coordination across multiple departments and agencies: Midvale Utility Billing (utility 'kill letter'), Engineering (SWPPP checklist and Demolition Permit Stormwater Requirements approval), Building & Safety application, Salt Lake County Health Department pre-demolition inspection, Utah DEQ Division of Air Quality asbestos inspection/notification, and Utah DEQ Division of Water Quality UPDES general permit NOI if applicable.

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial building construction in Midvale, valuation-based per the FY2026 Approved Fee Schedule (Ordinance 2026-O-14, adopted May 20, 2026), using the same Building Permit Fees table applied to all building permits. A pre-construction meeting is required on all new commercial buildings, per the city's Building & Safety page.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for commercial remodel and tenant-improvement work in Midvale, billed under the same valuation-based Building Permit Fees table as new commercial construction (Ordinance 2026-O-14). The city's Building & Safety page references a separate 'Remodel Construction Completion Checklist (Certificate of Occupancy)' for tenant-improvement/remodel closeout, but the linked PDF returned HTTP 404 on 2026-07-19 — the general Commercial Construction Completion Checklist requirements are used here as the closest verified equivalent. Confidence is 'partial' because that specific TI closeout checklist could not be directly verified.

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• Sign Permit

  Required in Midvale prior to installation or modification of any new signage. Submitted as a building permit application per the city's Sign Permit Procedure; fees are based on the valuation of the proposed sign, per Resolution 2/26/02C, applying the city's own Building Permit Fees valuation table published in the Municipal Fee Schedule.

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• Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm System Peer Review and Permit

  Fire code enforcement for Midvale City runs through Unified Fire Authority (UFA), not Midvale's own Building & Safety Division — UFA's FY26/27 Adopted Budget organizational chart lists a Prevention Specialist assigned to 'Midvale City' fire and life-safety system plan review. UFA requires a mandatory third-party 'peer review' (technical opinion and report) of automatic fire sprinkler and fire alarm/detection system plans under IFC Section 104.7.2, submitted to a UFA-approved private review firm before UFA itself will process the permit. UFA itself charges no fee for this: its Fire Prevention division's Appendix A Fee Schedule (p.294-296) has no sprinkler/alarm line item, and its Revenue Summary (p.288) itemizes the division's ENTIRE fee revenue as only Hazardous Materials & Tank Permits, Firewatch Reimbursements, and Fireworks Permits — confirming, not just failing to find, that no UFA fee exists for these permits. The only real-world cost is the third-party review firm's own privately-set rate.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Midvale does not publish a distinct EV-charger fee line item. Per the Midvale City FY2026 Approved Fee Schedule, installing an EV charger (EVSE) is electrical work billed under the city's general Electrical Permit — as a standalone Service Charge (over-the-counter permit) or, if tied to a new building permit, at 5% of the Building Permit Fee.

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• Fire Alarm System Permit

  Midvale is served by the Unified Fire Authority (UFA), not an in-house city fire department — UFA's FY26/27 Adopted Budget organizational chart lists a dedicated Prevention Specialist assigned to 'Midvale City.' Per International Fire Code Section 104.7.2 as enforced by UFA, installation or modification of a fire alarm and detection system requires a mandatory third-party 'peer review' (technical opinion and report), submitted to a UFA-approved private review firm, before UFA itself will process the permit — a distinct process from Midvale's own Building & Safety permitting. UFA charges no separate dollar fee for this permit itself: its Fire Prevention division's Appendix A Fee Schedule (FY26/27 Adopted Budget, p.294-296) has no fire alarm line item, and its Revenue Summary (p.288) itemizes the division's entire fee revenue as only Hazardous Materials & Tank Permits, Firewatch Reimbursements, and Fireworks Permits — confirming no UFA fee exists for fire alarm permits, rather than one merely not being found. The only real-world cost is the third-party review firm's own privately-set rate.

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• Change of Use / Nonconforming Use Permit

  Midvale has no single permit literally named 'Change of Use Permit.' A change of use is instead processed through whichever of several distinct, separately fee'd mechanisms applies: (1) since Midvale business licenses are non-transferable between owners or locations, any new tenant, new use, or new ownership at an existing commercial space requires closing the old Commercial Business License and filing a new Commercial Business License Application (Base Fee $137, plus a variable fee set by business category); (2) if the Planning Department determines the new use requires zoning approval, a Conditional Use Permit or Administrative Conditional Use Permit ($250 each, per the FY2026 Approved Fee Schedule's Community Development Fees section) must be obtained as part of that same business-license workflow before the license is issued; (3) if the use change is accompanied by construction or a change in IBC/IEBC occupancy classification, it is processed as the Commercial Building Permit or Commercial Tenant Improvement Permit (see those permit types in this file) rather than as a standalone change-of-use product; and (4) within Midvale's Main Street Form-Based Code (MS-FBC) district specifically, nonconforming lots, uses, structures, or signs are governed by MS-FBC administration provisions at Midvale Municipal Code Section 17-7-11.11, under which nonconformity rights run with the property and are unaffected by a change in tenancy or ownership, and the Community Development Director determines whether a use qualifies as a legal nonconformity. The full text of Section 17-7-11.11 and Title 17's citywide Chapter 17-6 (Supplementary Regulations) could not be independently fetched — midvale.municipal.codes returns a Cloudflare bot-challenge (HTTP 403) on every direct-fetch attempt, the same block already documented elsewhere in this record for Title 15; the MS-FBC nonconformity language above is drawn from indexed excerpts of that same official code site, not a directly retrieved full page.

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