Richfield building permits

Building department

Address

75 East Center Street (basement level), Richfield, UT 84701

Phone

(435) 896-6439

Email

Office hours

Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Richfield's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Richfield — 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 code as of 7/1/2026 under the Utah Uniform Building Standard Act (Utah Code Title 15A); Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a). Richfield, as a Utah municipality, is bound to the statewide State Construction Code per Utah Code § 15A-2-103 and does not separately codify its own edition (its own FAQ/Forms pages, live-checked 2026-07-16, do not state any code edition at all)
• 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — REMAINS CURRENT statewide code; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment (consistent with the same statewide code confirmed on Murray City's official Building Division page, though Murray's own page has separately been found to contradict itself elsewhere — not relied on here beyond the general statewide-cycle confirmation)
• Appendix AQ of the 2021 IRC — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(c); Richfield does not separately itemize this, added here per statute
• 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d)
• 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e)
• 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); not itemized in Richfield's own materials (which cite only the statewide statute generally), added here per statute since this file had previously omitted it entirely
• 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i)
• 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) with Utah amendments, single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h)
• Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); not itemized in Richfield's own materials, added here per statute since this file had previously omitted it entirely
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — current statewide electrical code; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g) did NOT change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment
• NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 version effective 7/1/2026 (superseded 1/1/2027) took effect 15 days before this re-verification. This entry previously described the 2024-cycle codes in future tense ('takes effect July 1, 2026'); that date has now passed, so IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC/residential ISPSC are now stated as CURRENT (2024/2024/2024/2024/2024/2024/2024), while IRC (2021) and NEC (2023) remain unchanged and were already correctly stated. Richfield publishes no city-specific code-edition page (its FAQ and Forms & Applications pages, live-checked 2026-07-16, do not mention code editions at all), so this file continues to rely solely on the statewide statute rather than a lagging city page — there is no city-page conflict to record for Richfield.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit

  Required for new single-family and two-family residential construction and any structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical work regulated by the statewide 2024 IBC / 2021 IRC (2024 IBC current per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a) effective 7/1/2026; IRC remains 2021 per § 15A-2-103(1)(b)). Richfield calls this the 'Large Building Permit Application' (house, garage, commercial, etc.), submitted online via the utah.cityinspect.com portal per the city's official Forms & Applications page.

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial building construction in Richfield, filed as part of the city's 'Large Building Permit Application' (house, garage, commercial, etc.) online via the utah.cityinspect.com portal, per the city's official Forms & Applications page. Richfield's own 2021 Request for Proposal for Plan Review and Building Inspection Services — a city procurement document still published on richfieldut.gov — commits its contracted plan reviewer to complete commercial plan reviews within 10 business days, and separately documents that Richfield issues very few commercial permits (1 in 2019, 1 in 2020, versus 69 and 125 residential permits those same years).

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for tenant improvement / tenant finish work inside an existing commercial building in Richfield. The city's permitting materials do not distinguish tenant improvement from new commercial construction as a separate application track — both fall under the 'Large Building Permit Application' (house, garage, commercial, etc.) filed via the utah.cityinspect.com portal, and both are covered by the same 10-business-day commercial plan-review commitment in the city's 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP.

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• Change of Use (Conditional C-1/C-2 Use Application)

  Richfield City's Zoning Ordinance (Title 17) explicitly codifies 'Change of Use' as its own named category in the City's Table of Uses (Table 31-1 for Residential Districts, Table 31-2 for Non-Residential Districts) -- distinct from new construction. Six specific Change of Use entries are listed (C-1 Use and C-2 Use, each split into 'no site plan changes or no new construction' vs. 'site plan changes or new construction', plus a parallel pair for Permitted (P) Uses), each triggering the same Conditional (C-1 or C-2) Use Application process used for other conditional uses. Notably, the City's own official Conditional Use Application form (Revised 11/2024) states directly under 'Required Fees': 'Note: Fee is not required' -- Richfield does not charge a fee for the C-1/C-2 process that a change of use runs through. Re-chased 2026-07-20: a Wayback Machine capture of the identical form from 2025-10-29 confirms this $0.00 status is stable (not a stale form), and it does not actually conflict with the Zoning Ordinance's separate statement that fees are 'established by the Council in the City's Consolidated Fee Schedule' -- that language only names the fee-setting authority, which has evidently set this application type's fee at zero.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Richfield City has not published a fee schedule, distinct EV charger line item, or general electrical permit fee amount anywhere on its official website, forms/applications page, FAQ page, or its 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP. Electrical work, including EV charger installation, still requires a permit from the Richfield City Building Department, but the applicable fee could not be located from a primary source after a real search — it is not on the Forms & Applications page, the FAQ page, or in any publicly posted fee resolution.

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• Solar / Solar PV Installation Permit

  Richfield City does not publish a distinct solar or solar-PV installation permit, application form, checklist, or fee line item. A rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installation involves electrical (and often structural/roof-load) work, so it is governed by the same general Building Permit process as any other structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical change, per the city's official FAQ page ('A Building permit is generally needed if any structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical changes or additions will be made'). Re-checked live on 2026-07-21: neither richfieldut.gov's Frequently Asked Questions page nor its Forms & Applications page contains any mention of 'solar,' 'photovoltaic,' 'PV,' or 'solar panel' anywhere in their text.

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• Sign Permit

  Richfield City Code Chapter 17.17 (Signs) — live-read via the city's civiclinQ code-hosting platform on 2026-07-22 — establishes a 'Sign Application' as its own distinct land-use application, separate from a Building Permit. Per 17.17.070, the type of Sign Application required (Temporary (T), Seasonal (S), Permitted (P), or Conditional (C-1 or C-2)) depends on the associated use and is decided by the Zoning Administrator (T/S/P) or the Planning Commission/City Council (C-1/C-2), per 17.17.080. Separately, 17.17.040 (Building Permit Required) states that 'no sign shall be erected, moved, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered unless and until a valid Building Permit Application has been reviewed and approved by the City's Building Official' whenever the Building Code applies (e.g., wall-mounted, footed/foundationed, or electrically-connected signs) — so most substantive signs require BOTH a Sign Application (the zoning/use-approval track) and a Building Permit (the construction track), filed via the same 'Large/Small Building Permit' and CityInspect system documented elsewhere in this file.

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• Fire Sprinkler System Permit

  Richfield City does not publish its own fire-sprinkler-specific permit application, checklist, or fee: no mention of 'sprinkler,' 'fire suppression,' 'fire marshal,' or 'fire alarm' appears on richfieldut.gov's Forms & Applications or Frequently Asked Questions pages, and the city's own 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP (already cited elsewhere in this file for building/commercial review timelines) does not mention fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, or the State Fire Marshal anywhere in its scope of work (checked live 2026-07-22). Richfield's Contacts page lists a Fire Chief (Dustin Anderson, 435-201-0593) but no separate Fire Marshal position. Installation or modification of an automatic fire sprinkler system in Richfield therefore requires two things that ARE independently verifiable from primary sources: (1) a Building Permit from Richfield City's Building Department, under the same general trigger for structural/electrical/mechanical work documented in the residential-building-permit entry of this file; and (2) direct plan-review submittal to the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO), which publishes its own statewide 'Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form' addressed generically to any project location in Utah (not just cities with their own fire marshal). Under Utah Code § 15A-5-102(2), the 'Authority Having Jurisdiction' (AHJ) for the State Fire Code is defined as the State Fire Marshal, an authorized deputy, OR the local fire enforcement authority — since Richfield does not publish evidence of its own fire-marshal-level sprinkler plan-review function, the State Fire Marshal's direct-submittal process is the governing, verifiable path for this permit type.

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• Fire Alarm System Permit

  Richfield City does not publish its own fire-alarm-specific permit application, checklist, or fee: no mention of 'fire alarm,' 'fire suppression,' or 'fire marshal' appears on richfieldut.gov's Forms & Applications or Frequently Asked Questions pages, and the city's 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP does not mention fire alarm systems or the State Fire Marshal anywhere in its scope of work (checked live 2026-07-22). As with fire sprinkler systems, installation or modification of a fire alarm system in Richfield requires (1) a Building Permit from Richfield City's Building Department under the general trigger for electrical/mechanical work documented in the residential-building-permit entry of this file, and (2) direct plan-review submittal to the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO), which publishes its own statewide 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form.' Under Utah Code § 15A-5-102(2), the AHJ for the State Fire Code is the State Fire Marshal, an authorized deputy, or the local fire enforcement authority; Richfield does not publish evidence of its own fire-marshal-level alarm plan-review function, so the SFMO's direct-submittal process is the governing, verifiable path documented here.

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