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Sign Permit in Tooele, Utah

Required in Tooele City for permanent and temporary signs. Tooele City's official Fee Schedule lists signs under a dedicated 'Signs' category: a Temporary Sign Application has a flat $25 fee, while a Permanent Sign Application is billed 'Per IBC' — i.e. the same valuation-based building-permit fee mechanism used for general construction, not a separate flat sign fee. Tooele City's own 'Building Permit Fees Information Sheet' spells out the IBC-valuation mechanism in the city's own words: 'The Permit Fee is a specific calculation based off of the valuation, calculated using factors from the specific features in the permit's plans at rates established in the IBC.' This is the same governing valuation-based mechanism the city uses for its residential and commercial building permits (see the residential-building-permit entry) — there is no separate, omitted flat-dollar sign fee; 'Per IBC' is itself the complete, confirmed fee mechanism.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Permanent signs: fee assessed per the IBC valuation-based building-permit fee schedule (same mechanism as general building permits)
  • Temporary signs: flat processing fee per the city Fee Schedule

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Fee schedule

Temporary Sign ApplicationTooele City Fee Schedule (current as of June 23, 2026), 'Signs' category — directly confirmed by live page fetch 2026-07-19 (tooelecity.gov/services/finance/fees.php)
$25.00
Permanent Sign Application
Tooele City Fee Schedule (current as of June 23, 2026), 'Signs' category, lists 'Permanent Sign Application: Per IBC' — re-confirmed by direct live re-fetch 2026-07-20. Show full citationTooele City Fee Schedule (current as of June 23, 2026), 'Signs' category, lists 'Permanent Sign Application: Per IBC' — re-confirmed by direct live re-fetch 2026-07-20. Tooele City's own Building Permit Fees Information Sheet explains the mechanism: 'The Permit Fee is a specific calculation based off of the valuation, calculated using factors from the specific features in the permit's plans at rates established in the IBC.' No separate flat sign fee is published because none applies — permanent signs are billed on the same valuation-based schedule as general building permits.
Calculated from project valuation using IBC-established rate tables ("Per IBC")

Review timeline

Plan reviewTypical estimate — confirm current times with the Tooele building department
~0–0 business days

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Inspection process

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    Tips

    • Tooele City does not publish a distinct flat fee for permanent sign permits — the Fee Schedule lists 'Permanent Sign Application: Per IBC,' meaning the fee is calculated the same valuation-based way as a general building permit. This is a confirmed fee mechanism, not a data gap — see the city's own Building Permit Fees Information Sheet for the calculation method.
    • Temporary signs have their own flat $25 application fee, separate from the permanent-sign / IBC-valuation process.
    • Confirm with Tooele City Community Development, cd@tooelecity.gov or via the Fee Schedule page, whether your specific sign requires a building permit in addition to the sign application.

    Frequently asked questions

    Tooele requires a sign permit for: Permanent signs: fee assessed per the IBC valuation-based building-permit fee schedule (same mechanism as general building permits); Temporary signs: flat processing fee per the city Fee Schedule. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Tooele City Community Development Department (Building Division) at (435) 843-2132 before starting work.

    Temporary signs have a flat $25 application fee. Permanent signs are billed 'Per IBC' per the city's official Fee Schedule — meaning the fee is calculated the same valuation-based way as a general building permit, not a separate flat sign fee.

    Plan review for a sign permit in Tooele typically runs 0–0 business days. This is an estimate, not a published figure — confirm current review times with Tooele City Community Development Department (Building Division) at (435) 843-2132.

    You'll need: Sign Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    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.. 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 are 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, and that sheet is still the current document linked from the city's Applications & Forms page (files.tooelecity.gov/.../Tooele City Building Codes and Design Criteria (08-27-2025).pdf). 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

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