Solar PV (Photovoltaic) Permit in Tooele, Utah

Tooele requires a solar pv (photovoltaic) permit for: Installation of a rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system at a residential or commercial property; Structural/mounting scope reviewed under the same state-mandated 2024 IBC / 2021 IRC used for general building permits (Utah Code § 15A-2-103); Electrical interconnection work reviewed under the 2023 NEC via standard electrical permitting; Subject to the same IBC-rate valuation-based fee as other building/trade work. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Tooele City Community Development Department (Building Division) at (435) 843-2132 before starting work.

There is no flat or dedicated solar fee. The Permit Fee is calculated from project valuation using IBC-established rate tables (the same 'Building Permit Plan Reviews — IBC rate' mechanism used for residential and commercial construction), plus a 1% State Surcharge and a Plan Check Fee equal to 65% of the Permit Fee. Contact Community Development at (435) 843-2132 or cd@tooelecity.gov for a project-specific estimate.

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; Solar PV System Plans / Structural & Electrical Diagram. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Tooele requires 2 inspection(s) for a solar pv (photovoltaic) permit, in order: Structural / Mounting Inspection, Electrical 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.

No. Tooele City does not publish a distinct solar/PV permit application, checklist, or fee line item. Confirmed by downloading and full-text searching the city's current Fee Schedule PDF, its finance/fees.php page, the Building Permit Fees Information Sheet, and the Applications & Forms page (2026-07-21). Solar PV installations are permitted through the standard Building Permit (structural/mounting) plus electrical permitting (interconnection), billed under the same IBC-rate valuation-based fee mechanism used for other building/trade work.