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Minor Trade Permit (Furnace, A/C, Water Heater, Meter Upgrade, etc.) in Alpine, Utah

Required in Alpine City for standalone individual trade work such as furnace/AC replacement, water heater installation, and meter upgrades, using Alpine's official 'Building Permit — Furnace, Air Conditioning, Water Heater, Meter Upgrades, etc.' application. Alpine City's Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective 11/11/2025) does not publish a distinct fee line item for EV charger/EVSE installation; a standalone EV charger circuit falls under this same Minor Trade Permit category (the $101 minimum fee for individual trade permits) alongside meter upgrades, not a separate EV-specific permit or fee.

Verified 2026-07-08 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Standalone individual trade permits including, but not limited to, meter upgrades, A/C, furnace, and water heater replacement/installation
  • Contractor license number (or Owner/Builder Certification, notarized, per Department of Commerce requirement) for the applicable trade Owner-builderContractor

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Minimum Fee for Issuance of Individual PermitsAlpine City Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective 11/11/2025), Section I.B.3: 'Minimum fees for issuance of individual permits including, but not limited to, meter upgrades, A/C, furnace, water heaters, etc. — $101.'
$101

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Trade Inspection

    Inspection scheduled via the Building Inspection Line at (801) 756-0208.

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

Tips

  • The $101 minimum fee covers issuance of individual trade permits such as meter upgrades, A/C, furnace, and water heater replacement — separate from the valuation-based new-home Building Permit Fee.
  • Call Blue Stakes before you dig, at 800-662-4111, for any utility-related trade work.
  • No dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit or fee is published in Alpine's Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective 11/11/2025, alpineut.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1000/Consolidated-Fee-Schedule) — a standalone EV charger circuit is treated as standard electrical trade work under the $101 Minor Trade Permit, the same category as meter upgrades.

Frequently asked questions

Alpine requires a minor trade permit (furnace, a/c, water heater, meter upgrade, etc.) for: Standalone individual trade permits including, but not limited to, meter upgrades, A/C, furnace, and water heater replacement/installation; Contractor license number (or Owner/Builder Certification, notarized, per Department of Commerce requirement) for the applicable trade. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Alpine City Building Department at (801) 756-6347 before starting work.

Per Alpine City's Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective November 11, 2025), the minimum fee for issuance of an individual trade permit (meter upgrades, A/C, furnace, water heaters, etc.) is $101.

Alpine does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Alpine City Building Department at (801) 756-6347 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (Furnace, Air Conditioning, Water Heater, Meter Upgrades, etc.). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Alpine requires 1 inspection(s) for a minor trade permit (furnace, a/c, water heater, meter upgrade, etc.), in order: Trade Inspection. Schedule each through Alpine City Building Department ((801) 756-6347).

Apply through Alpine City Building Department at 20 North Main, Alpine, UT 84004. Phone: (801) 756-6347, email: mfox@alpineUT.gov. Office hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Official information: https://www.alpineut.gov/157/Building-Department.

Alpine, Utah has adopted: 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — REMAINS CURRENT, Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment; per Alpine City's official Building Permit Instructions (New Home Form #2, revised 4/9/2025): 'Structural design criteria must conform to the 2021 IRC.'; 2024 International Building Code (IBC), including Appendices C and J — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a); supersedes the 2021 edition Alpine City's official Building Permit Instructions (New Home Form #2, revised 4/9/2025) still cited as of live-check 2026-07-16: 'I understand that it is my responsibility to comply with Alpine City Zoning Ordinances and the I.B.C. 2021 code (including Appendix C and J) as adopted by Alpine City.'; 2021 IRC Appendix AL (Building Permit Fees) as amended by Alpine City — Alpine's Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective November 11, 2025), Appendix B, is expressly titled 'Building Permit Fees (2021 IRC Appendix AL, as amended)' and cites https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2021P2/appendix-al-permit-fees. This is a local fee-table appendix reference, not the § 15A-2-103 construction-code edition, and is unaffected by the 7/1/2026 code-cycle update.; Utah statewide baseline construction code editions per Utah Code § 15A-2-103, effective 7/1/2026 (superseded 1/1/2027): 2024 IPC (§(1)(d)), 2024 IMC (§(1)(e)), 2024 IFGC (§(1)(f)), 2024 IECC as a single unsplit statewide edition (§(1)(h)), 2024 IEBC (§(1)(i)), and the residential provisions of the 2024 ISPSC (§(1)(n)) — none separately itemized in Alpine's own published materials (Consolidated Fee Schedule, Building Permit Instructions, Building Department page); added here per statute since Alpine's own documents omit them. The 2023 NEC (§(1)(g)) also applies statewide but is likewise not separately restated by Alpine — unchanged by the 7/1/2026 amendment.; NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): The 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) did NOT change. Alpine City's official Building Permit Instructions (New Home Form #2) — the sole cited source for Alpine's code editions — was live-checked 2026-07-16 by re-fetching the PDF directly and remains dated 'Revised 4/9/2025' with no update: it still states 'Structural design criteria must conform to the 2021 IRC' (correct, unchanged) and 'the I.B.C. 2021 code (including Appendix C and J) as adopted by Alpine City' (STALE — Alpine has not published an updated form reflecting the 2024 IBC as of this date). No newer Alpine-specific building-code publication was found on alpineut.gov. The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 citation added to the sources array below points to the current in-force version link.. Local amendments apply — see the Alpine overview page for the full list.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-08.

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 Alpine building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.