Park City building permits

Building department

Address

445 Marsac Avenue, PO Box 1480, Park City, UT 84060

Phone

(435) 615-5101

Email

Office hours

Monday–Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Park City's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Park City — 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, with Utah amendments — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a); supersedes the 2021 edition previously listed here. Park City's Building Department Forms, Codes & Resources page (live-checked 2026-07-16) states 'All codes to include Utah Amendments' and links to the State of Utah's code list rather than publishing a separate locally-itemized edition, consistent with the statewide adoption model used by other Utah jurisdictions in this corpus (e.g., Murray, Coalville).
• 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) with Utah amendments — REMAINS CURRENT; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 statewide transition.
• Appendix AQ of the 2021 IRC — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(c); not separately itemized on Park City's own Forms, Codes & Resources page, added here per statute.
• 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) with Utah amendments — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); supersedes the 2021 edition previously listed here.
• 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) with Utah amendments — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); supersedes the 2021 edition previously listed here.
• 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); not itemized on Park City's own Forms, Codes & Resources page, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.
• 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), single unsplit statewide edition, with Utah amendments — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); supersedes the 2021 edition previously listed here.
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — REMAINS CURRENT; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 statewide transition.
• 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); not itemized on Park City's own Forms, Codes & Resources page, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.
• Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); not itemized on Park City's own Forms, Codes & Resources page, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.
• International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (IWUIC), 2006 edition with State of Utah amendments, further amended and locally adopted by Park City in June 2020 — codified at Park City Municipal Code Sec. 11-21-1. Genuine local amendment: compliance is a required part of the building permit plan review process for applicable properties, per the city's official Wildland Urban Interface Code FAQ page. NOTE: the IWUIC is adopted under Utah Code § 15A-2-103(2), a distinct provision from the Subsection (1) code list above that allows local compliance agencies to adopt the 2006 IWUIC by local ordinance as a local amendment — it is unaffected by the Subsection (1) edition transition on 7/1/2026 and was not touched by this re-verification.
• 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. Park City's Forms, Codes & Resources page (parkcity.org/services/building/forms/index.php) was live-checked 2026-07-16 and does not itemize specific code edition years at all — it states generically 'All codes to include Utah Amendments' and links to the state code, so no page-vs-statute lag could be detected; the statute is cited directly as governing throughout. Park City's substantial resort-town local amendments (WUI Code, Land Management Code Title 15, Fee Schedule) are unaffected and left untouched.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit

  Required for new single-family and multi-family residential construction and any work regulated by the adopted 2021 IRC / 2024 IBC that is not exempt under IBC/IRC Sec. 105.2 (e.g., carpeting, painting, wallpapering, cabinets, countertops are exempt; drywall work generally requires a permit). Park City's fee is valuation-based (0.61% of total construction valuation) rather than a tiered table, plus a mandatory plan-check deposit and 65% plan-check fee.

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• Electrical Permit

  Required for electrical work in Park City not incidental to a covered building permit. Fee is valuation-based (1.32% of construction valuation) rather than a flat per-Utah-municipality rate. EV charger/EVSE installation is electrical work and falls under this general Electrical Permit; the currently effective Fee Schedule (10/20/2025) excludes only on-site renewable energy systems (solar PV, ground source heat pumps, solar hot water) from the building-permit valuation base, and does not list a separate EV-charger fee exemption. Park City's Environmental Sustainability program has separately advertised (in older, no-longer-live outreach pages) that 'building permit fees for installing EV charging equipment... are waived' — but this is not reflected in the current codified Fee Schedule, so it is noted here for transparency rather than applied as a guaranteed fee waiver.

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• Plumbing Permit

  Required for plumbing installations and alterations in Park City not incidental to a covered building permit. Fee is valuation-based (1.32% of construction valuation).

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• Mechanical / HVAC Permit

  Required for HVAC installations, replacements, and ductwork modifications in Park City not incidental to a covered building permit. Fee is valuation-based (1.32% of construction valuation).

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• Demolition Permit

  Required for demolition of structures in Park City. Fee is valuation-based (1.32% of the value of the demolition work).

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial building construction, commercial shell buildings, and ground-up commercial additions in Park City, regulated by the adopted 2024 IBC. Park City bills the Commercial Permit at the same valuation-based rate as residential construction (0.61% of total valuation) per Fee Schedule § 1.2.2, but requires a larger, $2,000 non-refundable Plan Check Deposit (vs. $500 for residential buildings) given the added complexity of commercial plan review, plus the standard 65% Plan Check Fee. Properties within Park City's Historic District (Old Town / Main Street) additionally require Planning Department Historic Design Review before or alongside building permit issuance.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for interior tenant improvement / tenant finish work in existing commercial buildings in Park City — build-outs, remodels, and finish work for a new or changing tenant space. Park City's official Fee Schedule (effective October 20, 2025) does NOT list 'Tenant Improvement' as a distinct fee category separate from new commercial construction: this was confirmed by direct full-text extraction of the entire 48-page Fee Schedule PDF, which lists exactly three line items under § 1.2.2 'Building Permit' — Single-Family Permit, Multi-Family Permit, and Commercial Permit — with no fourth tenant-improvement or remodel-specific tier (unlike, e.g., Sandy or Murray's fee schedules, which do itemize a separate Tenant Improvement rate). TI work in Park City is therefore billed under the same valuation-based Commercial Permit rate (0.61% of the valuation of the TI scope of work) as ground-up commercial construction, plus the same $2,000 Plan Check Deposit and 65% Plan Check Fee.

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• Sign Permit

  Park City regulates signs through Municipal Code Title 12 (Sign Code) and reviews sign applications under a tiered fee structure published in the city's official Fee Schedule (effective October 20, 2025). Fees range from $115.14 for a Temporary Sign Permit up to $402.00 for a Master Sign Plan, with most individual sign permits carrying a 1% state surcharge on top of the base amount.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Park City has no distinct, codified EV charger/EVSE permit type or fee line item — EV charger installation is electrical work billed under the city's standard Electrical Permit (1.32% of construction valuation, plus 1% state surcharge), per the Park City Fee Schedule effective October 20, 2025. Park City's Environmental Sustainability office has separately advertised (via an archived 'Electric Vehicle Charger Incentives' outreach page) that building permit fees for EV charging equipment are waived, but this waiver is NOT reflected in the currently effective codified Fee Schedule, which only excludes on-site renewable energy systems (solar PV, ground source heat pumps, solar hot water) from the building-permit valuation base — not EV chargers. This is a genuine, unresolved discrepancy between city outreach messaging and the codified fee schedule.

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• Solar PV Permit

  Park City runs a genuinely distinct, streamlined solar photovoltaic (PV) permitting process, separate from the general Residential/Commercial Building Permit workflow — confirmed on the city's official 'Solar PV Permitting Info' page (Sustainability Department). Unlike other permit types, solar PV applications are NOT submitted through the City Inspect (MCI) online portal: a physical application using the Solar ABCs (Expedited Permit Process for PV Systems) template must be submitted in person to the Building Department at City Hall (445 Marsac Avenue). Systems under 15kW with complete, correct documentation qualify for permit issuance within two business days. Renewable energy system value (solar PV, ground source heat pumps, solar hot water) is excluded from the construction valuation used to calculate the Building Permit fee under Fee Schedule § 1.2.2 — the city's own solar page characterizes this as making solar systems 'eligible for a building permit fee waiver.' Solar thermal (as opposed to solar PV/solar electric) projects are handled separately; the city directs applicants to contact the Building Department directly for those.

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• Fire Sprinkler System Permit

  Park City Municipal Corporation's own Building Department Fee Schedule (§1.2.7 'International Fire Code Fee Issuance Fee,' $154.00) covers only operational/temporary fire-code activities (open burning, tents, fireworks, LPG heaters, places of assembly, etc.) — it does NOT include a line item for fire sprinkler (fire suppression) system installation. New fire sprinkler system installations and additions/modifications to existing systems within Park City are instead reviewed and permitted by the Park City Fire Service District (PCFD), a distinct special-district government separate from Park City Municipal Corporation, via PCFD's own 'Project and Permit Review' process, confirmed directly on the district's official permit-product page: a flat $165.00 Plan Review Fee plus $160.00 per Prepaid Inspection, rather than the city's valuation-based building/electrical permit structure.

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• Fire Alarm and Detection System Permit

  As with fire sprinkler systems, Park City Municipal Corporation's own Building Department Fee Schedule has no line item for fire alarm/detection system installation — its §1.2.7 'International Fire Code Fee Issuance Fee' ($154.00) covers only operational/temporary fire-code activities. New fire alarm and detection system installations and additions/modifications to existing systems are instead reviewed and permitted by the Park City Fire Service District (PCFD), a distinct special-district government separate from Park City Municipal Corporation, via the same 'Project and Permit Review' process used for fire sprinkler systems: a flat $165.00 Plan Review Fee plus $160.00 per Prepaid Inspection, confirmed directly on PCFD's official permit-product page, which lists fire alarm systems among the systems it covers alongside fire sprinkler, hood, PV/generator/battery, and gas detection systems.

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• Change of Use / Change of Occupancy Permit

  Park City has no distinct standalone 'change of use' or 'change of occupancy' application or fee — confirmed by direct review of the Building Department's official Permits page, its Forms, Codes & Resources page (which lists every official Building form and includes no such document), and the full-text Fee Schedule (effective October 20, 2025), none of which itemize a change-of-use product. Park City has adopted the 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i), whose Chapter 10 'Change of Occupancy' provisions govern any building or space changing use or occupancy classification, and the adopted IBC Sec. 111 requires that no building or portion be used, occupied, or have its occupancy changed until the Building Official issues a Certificate of Occupancy. A change of use is therefore processed as an application under the existing Commercial Building Permit or Commercial Tenant Improvement Permit (whichever matches the scope of work), billed at that permit's standard valuation-based fee, with no separate line item — consistent with this file's own Commercial Tenant Improvement Permit entry, which already notes that 'a change of occupancy classification (e.g., retail to restaurant) may trigger additional code requirements under the adopted 2024 IEBC.'

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