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EV Charger / EVSE Permit in Tooele, Utah

Tooele City does not publish a distinct EV-charger/EVSE fee category, and its Fee Schedule's Building section publishes no separate standalone Electrical Permit fee at all. Building Permit Plan Reviews are billed 'at IBC rate' for each structure type, with a catch-all 'All Other Building Fees: Per IBC' line — the same valuation-based approach used for the general Residential/Commercial Building Permit. This was confirmed by a direct read of the Building section (pages 20-21 of the Tooele City Fee Schedule, current as of July 17, 2026), which lists Building Permit Plan Reviews, a $50 Power-To-Panel Agreement fee, Inspections and Bonds, Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, Demolition Permit, and Stop Work Orders — with no separate electrical or EV-specific line item anywhere in that section.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Installation of a Level 2 or DC fast EV charger (EVSE) at a residential or commercial property
  • New dedicated electrical circuit and/or panel capacity to serve the charger
  • Subject to the same IBC-rate valuation-based fee as other building/trade work

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Fee schedule

Permit Fee (IBC rate)Tooele City Fee Schedule (current as of July 17, 2026), Building section, 'Building Permit Plan Reviews' and 'All Other Building Fees: Per IBC.' No separate 'Electrical Permit' or 'EV Charger' line item exists anywhere in the Building section; EV/EVSE work is billed under this general IBC-rate valuation table.
Calculated from project valuation using IBC-established rate tables
Power-To-Panel AgreementTooele City Fee Schedule, Building section. May apply if the EV charger installation involves a new power-to-panel agreement with the utility.
$50
State SurchargeTooele City Building Permit Fees Information Sheet.
1% of the permit fee
Plan Check FeeTooele City Building Permit Fees Information Sheet.
65% of the Permit Fee

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Electrical / Building Inspection

    Inspection of the new EVSE circuit and any panel work by the Tooele City Building Division; General Purpose inspection fee is $50 (Fee Schedule, Building section).

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

Tips

  • Tooele City has no separate EV-charger fee category and no standalone Electrical Permit fee — EV/EVSE installations are billed under the same IBC-rate valuation table used for all other building/trade work.
  • If the installation requires a new power-to-panel agreement with the utility, a separate $50 fee applies.
  • A 1% state surcharge and 65% plan check fee apply on top of the base valuation fee.

Frequently asked questions

A standard Building Permit filed with the Community Development Department. Because Tooele City does not break out a separate electrical fee, the charge is calculated from the same IBC-rate valuation table used for other building work.

No. Tooele City's Fee Schedule does not list a distinct EV-charger or electrical-permit fee category. EV charger/EVSE installations are billed under the city's general IBC-rate valuation-based Building Permit fee.

Tooele does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Tooele City Community Development Department (Building Division) at (435) 843-2132 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application. Depending on your project, Tooele may also ask for: Electrical Plan / Circuit Diagram. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Tooele requires 1 inspection(s) for an ev charger / evse permit, in order: Electrical / Building Inspection. Schedule each through Tooele City Community Development Department (Building Division) ((435) 843-2132).

Apply through Tooele City Community Development Department (Building Division) at 90 North Main Street, Tooele, UT 84074. Phone: (435) 843-2132, email: cd@tooelecity.gov. Office hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, per tooelecity.gov Community Development Department page. Building Official: Brad Alder (brada@tooelecity.gov); Community Development Director: Andrew Aagard, per the same page (fetched 2026-07-04).. Official information: https://www.tooelecity.gov/services/community_development/index.php.

Tooele, Utah has adopted: GOVERNING LAW: Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/15A-2-S103.html), version effective 7/1/2026 (amended by Ch. 47, 2026 General Session), sets the statewide-mandatory construction code suite (Utah Code § 15A-1-204 — binds every municipality; local amendments permitted, a different edition is not). Tooele City's own Building Codes and Design Criteria sheet (08-27-2025) still displays the pre-7/1/2026 edition list; re-fetched live 2026-07-16 from the same URL (files.tooelecity.gov/.../Tooele City Building Codes and Design Criteria (08-27-2025).pdf) and PDF-text-extracted — content is byte-for-byte the same list as the original 2026-07-04 fetch, and it is still the current document linked from the city's Applications & Forms page. State law governs regardless of the page's lag; each line below states current law first, then the city's as-published (stale) text.; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) including Appendices C and J — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), effective 7/1/2026. Tooele City's Building Codes and Design Criteria sheet still lists '2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE (IBC) INCLUDING APPENDICES C AND J' (live re-check 2026-07-16).; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) including Appendices AQ and AE — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b)/(c)/(k); this edition did NOT change in the 7/1/2026 flip (Appendix AE is separately adopted under § 15A-2-103(1)(k), subject to § 15A-2-104(1)). Matches Tooele City's sheet, which lists '2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE (IRC) INCLUDING APPENDICES AQ AND AE' (live re-check 2026-07-16).; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d), effective 7/1/2026. Tooele City's sheet still lists '2021 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE (IPC)' (live re-check 2026-07-16).; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e), effective 7/1/2026. Tooele City's sheet still lists '2021 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE (IMC)' (live re-check 2026-07-16).; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC, labeled 'IFC' on the city's own sheet) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f), effective 7/1/2026. Tooele City's sheet still lists '2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE (IFC)' [sic — the city's own document mislabels the IFGC as 'IFC'; this is NOT a reference to the actual International Fire Code, which § 15A-2-103 does not adopt at all (see IFC note below)] (live re-check 2026-07-16).; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i), effective 7/1/2026. Tooele City's sheet still lists '2021 INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE (IEBC)' (listed twice in the city's own document; live re-check 2026-07-16 confirms both instances unchanged).; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h) — ONE statewide edition, no residential/commercial split. Tooele City's own sheet still splits IECC into '2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE (IECC) USE COMMERCIAL PROVISIONS' and '2015 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE (IECC) USE RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS' (live re-check 2026-07-16, unchanged) — collapsed here to the single current 2024 statewide edition per statute, with the city's split preserved as history: the 2015-residential/2021-commercial split pre-dates the 7/1/2026 flip and was already an unusual, internally inconsistent split under the PRIOR law (2015 residential IECC was already an older cycle than the 2021 commercial IECC in the same document) — a PRE-EXISTING lag, separate from and older than the 2026 transition.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); this edition did NOT change in the 7/1/2026 flip, and Tooele City's own sheet already correctly lists '2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE (NEC)' (live re-check 2026-07-16) — no correction needed here.; Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n), effective 7/1/2026. Not mentioned on Tooele City's Building Codes and Design Criteria sheet or Applications & Forms page as of live re-check 2026-07-16; added here as a statute-sourced omission (applies statewide regardless of city publication), not fabricated.; Modular Building Institute (MBI) Standards 1200 and 1205 — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(o), statewide-mandated for modular units. Not mentioned on Tooele City's Building Codes and Design Criteria sheet as of live re-check 2026-07-16; added as a statute-sourced omission.; No International Fire Code (IFC) entry: § 15A-2-103 does not adopt the actual IFC — it is separately governed under Title 15A Chapter 5, outside the scope of this section. The 'IFC' label on Tooele City's own sheet is a mislabeling of the IFGC (see IFGC line above), not a genuine IFC citation, so there is no separate IFC mis-citation to correct.; ICC/ANSI A117.1-2009 (accessibility standard) — per the same source (live re-check 2026-07-16, unchanged). This accessibility standard is not among the codes enumerated in Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1); reproduced here as Tooele City's own published statement, not itself corrected against that section.; Utah State Amendments per Title 15A State Construction and Fire Codes Act — per the same source.. Local amendments apply — see the Tooele overview page for the full list.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Tooele building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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