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Richfield building permits
Richfield, Utah — as published 2026-07-21.
Reviewed 2026-07-08 · Source
Codes adopted
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.
Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source
Requirements
- New single-family or two-family residential construction
- Any structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical change or addition, per Richfield's official FAQ ('A Building permit is generally needed if any structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical changes or additions will be made')
- Basement finish work (confirmed permit-required per Richfield's official FAQ: 'Is a Permit required to finish my basement? Yes')
- Retaining walls over 4 feet high require a permit and engineered plans, per Richfield's official FAQ
- Repairs or replacement of existing elements (e.g., drywall refinishing, floor coverings, paint) are generally exempt, per Richfield's official FAQ
Required documents
- RequiredLarge Building Permit Application (CityInspect online portal)Submitted online at utah.cityinspect.com (Richfield's registration link, per the city's official Forms & Applications page) for house, garage, commercial, and other large-scope projects.
- OptionalBuilding Permit Application (paper form, alternate)May also be picked up in person at the Building and Zoning Department, City Offices, 75 East Center (basement level), per Richfield's official FAQ page.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
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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).
Reviewed 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- New commercial construction, filed under the 'Large Building Permit Application' track
- Any structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical work, per Richfield's official FAQ general permit-trigger language
- Utah law requires commercial building plans to be designed, drawn, and stamped by a Utah Licensed Architect or Engineer (Utah Code §§ 58-22-305 and 58-3a-304 — the exemption from stamped plans applies only to one- and two-family dwellings, not commercial structures)
- Site Plan Review Application Packet, for new commercial development requiring site-plan approval, per the city's Forms & Applications page
Required documents
- RequiredLarge Building Permit Application (CityInspect online portal)Submitted online at utah.cityinspect.com (Richfield's registration link, per the city's official Forms & Applications page) for house, garage, commercial, and other large-scope projects.
- OptionalSite Plan Review Application PacketCity-published packet (PDF, updated 2025/08; fillable version available) for new commercial site development, linked from richfieldut.gov/forms-applications.
- OptionalBuilding Permit Application (paper form, alternate)May also be picked up in person at the Building and Zoning Department, City Offices, 75 East Center (basement level).
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
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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.
Reviewed 2026-07-19 · Source
Requirements
- Tenant improvement, tenant finish, or remodel work inside an existing commercial building, filed under the 'Large Building Permit Application' track
- Any structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical change, per Richfield's official FAQ general permit-trigger language
- Utah law requires commercial building plans to be designed, drawn, and stamped by a Utah Licensed Architect or Engineer (Utah Code §§ 58-22-305 and 58-3a-304 — the exemption from stamped plans applies only to one- and two-family dwellings, not commercial structures)
Required documents
- RequiredLarge Building Permit Application (CityInspect online portal)Submitted online at utah.cityinspect.com; Richfield does not publish a separate tenant-improvement-specific application form.
- OptionalBuilding Permit Application (paper form, alternate)May also be picked up in person at the Building and Zoning Department, City Offices, 75 East Center (basement level).
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
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Change of Use (Conditional C-1/C-2 Use Application)
VerifiedRichfield 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.
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source
Requirements
- A change from an existing approved use to a new use within the same C-1, C-2, or P use category, per Richfield City Code Table 31-1 (Residential) / Table 31-2 (Non-Residential), Chapter 17.12
- Determination of whether the change of use proposes 'no site plan changes or no new construction' or 'site plan changes or new construction' -- the Table of Uses lists these as two separate line items for each use type, though both route through the same C-1/C-2 application per the City's Conditional Use Application packet
- A complete Conditional (C-1 or C-2) Use Application, including a detailed site plan (or a determination by the Zoning Administrator that one is not required for a no-construction change), submitted to the Zoning Administrator at 75 E Center Street, Richfield, UT 84701
- Owner consent if the applicant is not the fee title owner of the subject property
Required documents
- RequiredConditional (C-1/C-2) Use Application PacketOfficial Richfield City packet (richfieldut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CONDITIONAL-USE-APPLICATION.pdf, Revised 11/24), citing Zoning Ordinance references 17.12, 17.12.040, 17.12.070, 17.12.080, 17.12.090. States directly under 'Required Fees': 'Note: Fee is not required.'
- RequiredSite Plan (36" x 24" paper copy plus two 11" x 17" copies)Required for most C-1/C-2 applications per 17.12.070; scope of required detail depends on whether the change of use proposes site plan changes/new construction or not.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Conditional (C-1/C-2) Use Application Fee | 0.00 dollars (fee not required) | Richfield City's official Conditional (C-1/C-2) Use Application Packet (richfieldut.gov, Revised 11/24), 'IMPORTANT INFORMATION' box on the application page itself: 'REQUIRED FEES -- Note: Fee is not… Show full citationHideRichfield City's official Conditional (C-1/C-2) Use Application Packet (richfieldut.gov, Revised 11/24), 'IMPORTANT INFORMATION' box on the application page itself: 'REQUIRED FEES -- Note: Fee is not required.' Re-chased 2026-07-20 to resolve the apparent conflict with the Zoning Ordinance's general delegation language (17.09.140, and repeated in the C-1/C-2 use section) that fees for C-1/C-2 Use Applications are 'established by the Council in the City's Consolidated Fee Schedule': (1) confirmed via the Wayback Machine that an archived capture of this exact same application packet from 2025-10-29 (web.archive.org/web/20251029035525/https://richfieldut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CONDITIONAL-USE-APPLICATION.pdf, text independently extracted via pdftotext) contains the identical 'REQUIRED FEES ... Note: Fee is not required' statement -- this is not a one-off typo but a stable, Council-published position holding for at least 9 months; (2) an exhaustive renewed search for Richfield's Consolidated Fee Schedule itself (WebSearch, direct richfieldut.gov and richfieldcity.com site search, Utah Public Notice Website utah.gov/pmn filings under Richfield City's public body, and the Richfield City Forms & Applications page) still turned up no standalone, dollar-itemized Consolidated Fee Schedule document publicly posted online -- only an unrelated Impact Fees PDF and non-fee ordinances/resolutions. Because the ordinance's delegation language does not itself state a nonzero figure (it only names the fee schedule as the fee-setting authority), and the City's own current, dated, and now twice-confirmed-stable application form is the most specific and directly-quotable statement of that schedule's actual content for this permit type, the $0.00 figure from the form is treated as the correct, current, governing fee rather than an unresolved conflict -- Council is free to set a $0 line item in its own fee schedule, and the ordinance text does not contradict that. |
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.
Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source
Requirements
- Installation of a Level 2 or DC fast EV charger (EVSE) at a residential or commercial property within Richfield City
- Contact the Richfield City Building and Zoning Department directly to confirm permit requirements and the applicable fee, as no fee schedule is published online
Required documents
- RequiredBuilding/Electrical Permit ApplicationRichfield City's building permit applications ('Small Building Permit' / 'Large Building Permit') are administered via the city's CityInspect portal referenced on the Forms & Applications page; no separate EVSE-specific form was found.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical/Building Permit fee | Not published | No fee schedule, resolution, or ordinance publishing electrical or EV charger permit fee amounts could be located on richfieldut.gov (Forms & Applications, Frequently Asked Questions, Contacts pages)… Show full citationHideNo fee schedule, resolution, or ordinance publishing electrical or EV charger permit fee amounts could be located on richfieldut.gov (Forms & Applications, Frequently Asked Questions, Contacts pages) or in the city's 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP. Richfield City's own residential-building-permit entry in this dataset likewise has no published fee figure. Applicants should contact the Building and Zoning Department at 435-896-6439 for the current fee. |
Solar / Solar PV Installation Permit
VerifiedRichfield 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.
Verified 2026-07-21 · Source
Requirements
- Installation of a rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system at a residential or commercial property within Richfield City
- Filed as a 'Large Building Permit Application' (for new/substantial installs) or 'Small Building Permit' (for minor scope), per Richfield's two-track intake system described on its official Forms & Applications page — Richfield does not publish a separate solar-specific application track
- Electrical work triggers the same general permit requirement described in the city's official FAQ ('A Building permit is generally needed if any structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical changes or additions will be made')
- Roof-mounted systems on an existing one- or two-family dwelling would fall under the Residential Building Permit's statutory plan-review floor (Utah Code § 10-20-909); a distinct commercial solar installation would instead fall under the 10-business-day commercial plan-review commitment in the city's 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP
- Contact the Richfield City Building and Zoning Department directly (435-896-6439) to confirm the applicable fee and intake track before applying, since no solar-specific fee schedule is published online
Required documents
- RequiredLarge Building Permit Application (CityInspect online portal)Submitted online at utah.cityinspect.com per the city's official Forms & Applications page; no separate solar/PV-specific form was found.
- OptionalBuilding Permit Application (paper form, alternate)May also be picked up in person at the Building and Zoning Department, City Offices, 75 East Center (basement level), per Richfield's official FAQ page.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Building/Electrical Permit fee (no distinct solar-PV line item) | Not published | No fee schedule, resolution, or ordinance publishing a distinct solar/solar-PV permit fee, or a general electrical/building permit fee amount, could be located on richfieldut.gov (Forms &… Show full citationHideNo fee schedule, resolution, or ordinance publishing a distinct solar/solar-PV permit fee, or a general electrical/building permit fee amount, could be located on richfieldut.gov (Forms & Applications, Frequently Asked Questions, Contacts pages, checked live 2026-07-21) or in the city's 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP. Richfield's fee-bearing documents ('Small Building Permit' and 'Impact Fees' PDFs, both linked from richfieldut.gov/forms-applications) are hosted on DocHub, whose client-rendered viewer blocks unauthenticated automated PDF extraction (confirmed: a direct fetch returns only a JSON application shell, not document text) — the same gap already documented for the residential-building-permit and ev-charger-permit entries in this file. What IS verified from a primary source is that solar PV installations are governed by this same general Building Permit process, with no separate solar fee line item existing at all (confirmed absent from both the FAQ and Forms & Applications pages). Applicants should contact the Building and Zoning Department at 435-896-6439 for the current fee amount that applies to their specific project scope. |
Sources & verification
Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-08.
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