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Residential Building Permit in Richfield, Utah

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

When you need this permit

  • 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

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Fee schedule

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Review timeline

Plan reviewRichfield’s published plan-review target
14–14 business days

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Inspection process

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    Building, Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing

    Inspections administered by the Richfield City Building and Zoning Department; contact the Building Inspector at (435) 896-6439 to schedule, per Richfield's official Contacts page and FAQ. A Building Permit Number must be provided when scheduling any inspection, per the FAQ ('Do I have to have a Building Permit for City inspections? Yes. And you must provide the Building Permit Number when scheduling an inspection').

See the full Richfield inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Richfield's Building and Zoning Department office is in the basement of City Hall, 75 East Center Street, open Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, per the city's official FAQ page.
  • No bond is required at the time of a Building Permit, per Richfield's official FAQ.
  • Richfield does not publish a distinct solar/photovoltaic permit, checklist, or fee — a rooftop or ground-mounted solar PV installation involves electrical work and therefore falls under this general Building Permit per the city's official FAQ ('A Building permit is generally needed if any structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical changes or additions will be made'). No solar-specific mention was found on richfieldut.gov's Forms & Applications or FAQ pages after a direct check (2026-07-19).
  • Large-scope projects (house, garage, commercial) are filed online through the utah.cityinspect.com portal; small-scope projects (fence, shed) use a separate DocHub-hosted paper-style form — check richfieldut.gov/forms-applications for the current link before applying, since Richfield operates a two-track intake system rather than a single unified application.
  • Richfield publishes no independently verifiable building-permit fee amount. The city's fee-bearing documents — the 'Small Building Permit' PDF and the 'Impact Fees' PDF, both linked from richfieldut.gov/forms-applications — are hosted on DocHub, a viewer that offers no public download or export of the underlying PDF content, and no city fee-schedule or budget PDF is published anywhere on richfieldut.gov. The Wayback Machine's full capture history for the domain (71 unique PDFs, all years) contains no fee-schedule or building-permit-fee PDF; the city's own site search across all indexed pages and council/planning-commission minutes back to 2020 surfaces no dedicated fee-schedule document for 'fee schedule,' 'building permit fee,' or 'consolidated fee' (only unrelated minutes using the word 'consolidated' in a zoning-density context); and the Utah Public Notice Website (utah.gov/pmn) carries no Richfield-specific 'Consolidated Fee Schedule' notice or PDF (only other Utah municipalities' fee schedules, e.g. Clearfield, South Salt Lake). The fees field is intentionally left empty rather than estimated, and confidence remains partial.
  • EV charger/EVSE installation involves electrical work and therefore falls under this general Building Permit, the same as solar above ('A Building permit is generally needed if any structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical changes or additions will be made,' per the city's official FAQ). No EV-charger-specific or electric-vehicle mention was found on richfieldut.gov's Forms & Applications or FAQ pages after a direct check on 2026-07-20.

Frequently asked questions

Richfield requires a residential building permit for: 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. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at (435) 896-6439 before starting work.

Richfield has not published its own plan-review timeline. Under Utah Code § 10-20-909, which binds all Utah municipalities, plan review of a one- or two-family dwelling or townhome must be completed within 14 business days after a 3-business-day application-completeness screening period.

You'll need: Large Building Permit Application (CityInspect online portal). Depending on your project, Richfield may also ask for: Building Permit Application (paper form, alternate). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Richfield requires 1 inspection(s) for a residential building permit, in order: Building, Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing. Schedule each through Richfield City Building and Zoning Department ((435) 896-6439).

Apply through Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at 75 East Center Street (basement level), Richfield, UT 84701. Phone: (435) 896-6439. Office hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Official information: https://richfieldut.gov/forms-applications/.

Richfield, Utah has adopted: 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 record 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 record 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 record continues to rely solely on the statewide statute rather than a lagging city page — there is no city-page conflict to record for Richfield.. Local amendments apply — see the Richfield overview page for the full list.

Yes, if the remodel affects structural, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical elements. Per Richfield's official FAQ, repairs or replacement of existing elements are generally exempt, and re-finishing work such as drywall, floor coverings, and paint does not need a permit.

No. Per Richfield's official FAQ page, no bond is required at the time of a building permit.

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