Grantsville building permits

Building department

Address

336 West Main Street, Grantsville, UT 84029

Phone

(435) 884-1691

Email

ajensen@grantsvilleut.gov

Office hours

Mon–Fri 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Grantsville's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Grantsville — 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. Grantsville's Building Department page links directly to the 'Utah Building Code' as its adopted code and does not itemize a specific edition year (no local IBC edition override found; live-checked 2026-07-16).
• 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. Utah's amendment removes the mandatory residential fire-sprinkler requirement (Utah Code § 15A-3-103).
• Appendix AQ of the 2021 IRC — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(c); not separately itemized on Grantsville's own Building Department 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 Grantsville's own Building Department page or FAQ, 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. Referenced generically (without an edition year) in Grantsville's own New Residential Building Submittal Checklist ('Information showing compliance from the International Energy Conservation Code as amended by the State of Utah').
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — CORRECTED: this file previously listed '2020 NEC,' which was already stale before the 7/1/2026 statewide transition (Utah has required the 2023 NEC statewide since well before this file's original verification date). Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g) confirms 2023 NEC as the current and unchanged edition; no Grantsville-specific electrical code edition was found published on the city's own pages to source the earlier '2020' figure.
• 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); not itemized on Grantsville's own Building Department 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 Grantsville's own Building Department page, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.
• Grantsville City Code Title 5, 'Building Regulations' — local building-permit administration ordinance, viewable at grantsville.municipalcodeonline.com (linked directly from the city's own Building Department page as 'City Building Code').
• 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, corrected from an erroneous '2020' figure above) did NOT change. Grantsville's Building Department page (grantsvilleut.gov/departments/building/index.php) was live-checked 2026-07-16 and does not itemize specific code edition years at all — it links generically to 'Utah Building Code,' so no page-vs-statute lag could be detected; the statute is cited directly as governing throughout.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (Single Family Dwelling)

  Required for new single-family residential construction in Grantsville and any work regulated by the adopted 2021 IRC / 2024 IBC with Utah amendments. Grantsville's Single Family Dwelling fee schedule uses its own valuation-based Building Permit Fee (0.0068 × total permit value) and Plan Check Fee (0.0040 × total permit value), most recently set by City Ordinance 2024-30 (approved 11/6/2024), plus a package of water/sewer/park/public-safety impact fees distinct from other Tooele County jurisdictions. Rooftop solar panel installations fall under this same Building Permit — the city's official 'When Do I Need a Building Permit?' handout lists 'Solar panels' as one of the outdoor project types requiring this permit, with no separate solar-specific application, checklist, or fee published on grantsvilleut.gov or in the Consolidated Fee Schedule as of 2026-07-19 (cms9files.revize.com/grantsvilleut/Document_Center/Department/Building%20Department/What-needs-a-permit1.pdf). Grantsville's building permit fee ordinances (Utah PMN public-notice filings for the city's fee schedule amendments) price the Building Permit Fee as a percentage of total permit valuation (e.g., .0068x or a flat $150 minimum under $15,000, per the most recent amendment on file), plus a 1% state surcharge; no distinct EV charger/EVSE fee line item was found in these ordinances as of 2026-07-19, so EV charger installation would be handled as standard electrical work under this same valuation-based fee.

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• Accessory Structure Permit

  Required for residential and commercial accessory structures (sheds, detached garages, shops) in Grantsville above the size/utility thresholds in the city's published Accessory Structure Requirements. Uses the same valuation-based Building Permit Fee and Plan Check Fee as the Single Family Dwelling schedule.

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial and industrial construction in Grantsville, regulated by the state-adopted 2024 IBC with Utah amendments (Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), effective 7/1/2026). Grantsville's Consolidated Fee Schedule publishes a distinct 'Commercial/Industrial Building Permit Fees' table, separate from its Single Family Dwelling and Multi-Family tables, most recently amended by Ordinance 2024-30 (approved 11/6/2024) for the Building Permit Fee rate and Ordinance 2024-37 (adopted 12/4/2024) for the Plan Check Fee rate.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for tenant improvement and remodel work inside an existing commercial or industrial building in Grantsville. Grantsville's Consolidated Fee Schedule does not publish a separate tenant-improvement fee table distinct from new commercial construction — tenant improvement work is assessed under the same 'Commercial/Industrial Building Permit Fees' table (Building Permit Fee 0.0068 x valuation, Plan Check Fee 0.0049 x valuation), scaled to the tenant improvement scope's own ICC valuation rather than the full building's value.

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• Sign Permit

  Required to erect or maintain nearly any sign or outdoor advertising structure in Grantsville under City Code Chapter 20 (Sign Regulations), § 20.4. Approval is evidenced by a permit issued by the Community Development Director, Zoning Administrator, or their designee. The Zoning Fees schedule sets a Sign Permit fee of $200.00 for permanent signs and $25.00 for temporary signs.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Grantsville City does not publish a separate EV-charger/EVSE permit or fee. Per Grantsville Ordinance 2024-04 (Building Fees Update), which amends the Grantsville City Consolidated Fee Schedule, building permit fees are calculated as a percentage of total permit value (e.g., 0.0065-0.0075 x total permit value depending on structure type), using ICC Building Valuation Data updated annually, with no distinct Electrical, Mechanical, or Plumbing sub-fee and no EV-specific line item. EV charger installation is therefore handled as standard electrical work under this same valuation-based Building Permit; no EV-specific dollar figure is asserted here.

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• Solar / Solar PV Installation Permit

  Grantsville City does not publish a separate solar/solar-PV permit application, checklist, or fee. The city's official 'When Do I Need a Building Permit?' handout explicitly lists 'Solar panels' under 'Requires Permits — Outside' alongside decks, garages, and room additions, with no distinct solar-specific line item anywhere in the Grantsville City Consolidated Fee Schedule (confirmed by direct review of the General, Single Family Dwelling, Multi-Family, and Commercial/Industrial Building Permit Fees tables in Ordinance 2024-37's Exhibit A print-preview). Solar PV installations are therefore processed as a standard Building Permit (with associated electrical work) using the same valuation-based Building Permit Fee and Plan Check Fee — or the flat General Building Fees rate for permits valued under $15,000 — as any other building/electrical permit, governed by the state-adopted 2024 IBC / 2021 IRC and 2023 NEC (which includes NEC Article 690, Solar Photovoltaic Systems) with Utah amendments.

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• Fire Sprinkler System Permit

  Grantsville City does not publish a separate fire sprinkler system permit or fee. Grantsville's own Public Safety Fees table -- the section of the city's fee schedule that does itemize Fire Department charges -- was fetched and reviewed directly (grantsville.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=fees&name=Public_Safety_Fees, live-checked 2026-07-21) and contains only a 'Fire Department Equipment Rental' line item (Brush Truck $52.00/hr, Ladder/Tower Truck and Pumper Truck $57.00/hr plus crew, for apparatus rental) with no sprinkler-system permit, plan-review, or inspection fee. The Building Fees and Zoning Fees tables were likewise checked directly and contain no sprinkler-specific line item. Fire protection systems in Grantsville are regulated by the state-adopted International Fire Code -- now the 2024 edition per Utah Code SS 15A-5-103, effective 7/1/2026 (the statute's own published text is marked 'Effective 7/1/2024, Superseded 7/1/2026' for the prior 2021-edition version; H.B. 45, 'Fire Code Amendments 2026,' amends SS 15A-5-103 to update the incorporated IFC edition from 2021 to 2024) -- and are reviewed in-house by the Grantsville City Fire Department, a self-operated, 100%-volunteer department founded in 1927 (not a joint fire district like neighboring North Tooele Fire District), as part of the standard valuation-based Building Permit review rather than under a distinct fire-permit fee schedule.

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• Fire Alarm System Permit

  Grantsville City does not publish a separate fire alarm system permit or fee. As with fire sprinkler systems, the city's Public Safety Fees table (the section itemizing Fire Department charges) was fetched and reviewed directly (grantsville.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=fees&name=Public_Safety_Fees, live-checked 2026-07-21) and contains only a 'Fire Department Equipment Rental' line item, with no fire-alarm permit, plan-review, or inspection fee; the Building Fees and Zoning Fees tables likewise contain no alarm-specific line item. Fire alarm systems are regulated by the state-adopted International Fire Code -- now the 2024 edition per Utah Code SS 15A-5-103, effective 7/1/2026 (superseding the 2021 edition per H.B. 45, 'Fire Code Amendments 2026') -- and are reviewed in-house by the Grantsville City Fire Department, a self-operated, 100%-volunteer department, as part of the standard valuation-based Building Permit review.

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• Change of Use / Commercial-Industrial Tenant Change

  Grantsville City has no permit literally titled 'Change of Use,' 'Change of Occupancy,' or 'Certificate of Occupancy' for an existing building, but its current Zoning Fees schedule publishes a distinct fee for exactly this scenario -- 'Commercial/Industrial Tenant Change Application,' $300.00 per application (grantsville.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=fees&name=Zoning_Fees, live-checked 2026-07-21; up from $100.00 per application in the version of the table shown in the Ordinance 2024-39 Record of Ordinance Adoption, adopted 12/4/2024, utah.gov/pmn/files/1205653.pdf) -- processed through the same Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application and review workflow the city uses for all conditional land uses. Per Grantsville's own Community & Economic Development Department page on Conditional Use Permits, an applicant must first check the Land Use and Management Code table for the property's zoning district; if the new use is 'Conditional' (rather than 'Permitted') for that zone, the CUP application is reviewed across Public Works, Building, Fire, and Police departments over a minimum 3-week timeline, with public notice letters sent to owners within 500 feet (15-day response window), before the Zoning Administrator approves, denies, or refers the request to the Planning Commission.

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