Certificate of Occupancy / Change of Use in Unincorporated Summit County, Utah

When you need this permit

• A Certificate of Occupancy is required before any structure or premises "erected, changed, converted, moved, altered or enlarged wholly or in part" may be used or occupied -- quoted directly from Snyderville Basin Development Code Section 10-3-20(J)(1)
• If a building permit was required for the work, construction reflected in the approved building permit must be fully completed before a C.O. can issue (Section 10-3-20(J)(1)(a))
• If no building permit was required (e.g., a pure change of use with no construction), the use itself must conform to the Development Code and all other applicable statutes/ordinances, or qualify as a valid legal nonconforming use under Section 10-8-1 (Section 10-3-20(J)(1)(b))
• All applicable impact fees and other regulatory fees and requirements must be paid before a C.O. is issued (Section 10-3-20(J)(1)(c))
• An application for a Certificate of Occupancy must be submitted to the Building Official on the form provided by the County, accompanied by the required processing fee (Section 10-3-20(J)(2)) -- re-chased 2026-07-23, no dollar figure for this processing fee exists as a distinct line item anywhere in either the complete Building Department Fee Schedule (12 items) or the complete Community Development Department Fee Schedule (25 items) of Ordinance 834-P (verified-negative, both schedules read in full); for projects requiring a building permit it is functionally covered by that permit's own Building Permit Fee (0.0075 of construction valuation, $100 minimum)
• Final Building and Engineering inspections are required prior to C.O. issuance for new construction; a final Engineering inspection is not required for a tenant improvement, per the County's own "Items needed to receive a Certificate of Occupancy" checklist
• A Final Fire Inspection report is required for all permits for a dwelling unit, verifying life-safety systems, access methods, and identification; if fire sprinklers were required, a Final Fire Sprinkler Inspection report from the applicable fire district (Park City Fire District, North Summit Fire District, or South Summit Fire District -- see this file's fire-sprinkler-alarm-permit entry) is also required
• Water/sewer final approval requirements depend on the utility source: no final water approval is needed for a well (but the well log must be uploaded with final documents); a final approval letter/authorization to use is required from the applicable water system (e.g., Mountain Regional Water, Gorgoza); a final approval letter from Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District is required for sewer-served projects; and Final Wastewater Approval from the Summit County Health Department is required for septic systems
• Planning Department approval is only required for projects that require a final site plan submitted through Planning (e.g., retail stores, hotels, condos, townhomes, apartments) -- this excludes most single-family dwellings, per the County's C.O. checklist