Cedar Hills building permits
VerifiedDepartment contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Cedar Hills, Utah.
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Building department
- Address
- 10246 N Canyon Road, Cedar Hills, UT 84062
- Phone
- (801) 785-9668 x204
- Office hours
- Website
- Official site
- Permit portal
- Apply online at Cedar Hills's portal
Inspection guide
See how inspections work in Cedar Hills — 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.
- 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 Cedar Hills' official Building Permit Requirements form (revised 06/12/2025, live re-checked 2026-07-16): 'Current codes are 2021 IRC, 2021 IBC, 2021 IMC, 2021 IPC, 2020 NEC, 2018 IECC Commercial, 2018 IECC Residential, and 2021 IFGC and Utah State Amendments Title 15A.'
- 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 Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.
- 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.
- 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.
- 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g), unchanged by the 7/1/2026 amendment — Cedar Hills' own Building Permit Requirements form lists '2020 NEC,' which was ALREADY STALE before this code-cycle transition (the statewide-governing NEC edition has been 2023 since an earlier version of the statute). This is a pre-existing discrepancy in the city's own form, independent of the 7/1/2026 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC bump; reported as-published rather than corrected, per grounded-data policy.
- 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); supersedes BOTH split editions ('2018 IECC Commercial, 2018 IECC Residential') Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16 — those 2018 figures were already stale before the 7/1/2026 transition (the prior statewide edition was 2021), compounding with the new 2024 bump.
- 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.
- 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) and residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i)/(n); not itemized on Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form at all, added here per statute since the City's own form omits them.
- Utah State Amendments, Utah Code Title 15A — per the same official Building Permit Requirements form.
- 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. Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form (5il.co/26de1, redirecting to a Cedar Hills-hosted PDF) was live re-fetched 2026-07-16 and remains marked 'Revised 6/12/2025' with NO update: it still lists 2021 IBC/IMC/IPC/IFGC, 2020 NEC, and split 2018 IECC. The NEC (2020, should be 2023) and IECC (2018, should now be a single 2024 edition) entries were already stale under the PRE-7/1/2026 version of the statute — this form has not tracked Utah's construction-code cycle for multiple revisions. No newer Cedar Hills-specific code-adoption publication was found. The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 citation has been added to the sources array below, pointing to the current in-force version link.
Permit types & fees
Residential Building Permit
Required for all new residential construction in Cedar Hills, regulated by the adopted 2021 IRC / 2024 IBC (per Utah Code § 15A-2-103, effective 7/1/2026 — Cedar Hills' own Building Permit Requirements form has not yet been updated to reflect the 2024 IBC as of 2026-07-16). The city's fee schedule charges a valuation-based Building Permit fee (no separate printed dollar table; assessed 'Based on valuation' per the International Building Code, i.e. IBC Section 109 / ICC Building Valuation Data methodology) plus a mandatory Residential Plan Check fee (65% of the building permit fee) and a tiered, square-footage-based Plan Check Deposit due at application. Cedar Hills' Master Fee Schedule lists a 'Temporary Power & Permanent Power Inspection (Residential)' fee of $65.00 and a separate 'Electrical Permit (Commercial)' fee category, both collected as part of the Building Permit, but no distinct EV charger/EVSE line item was found as of 2026-07-19 — a standalone home EV charger circuit would fall under the standard Temporary/Permanent Power Inspection fee rather than a dedicated EV charge.
Residential Addition / Remodel / Basement Finish Permit
Required for additions, remodels, and basement finishes in Cedar Hills. The city publishes a separate Basement Permit Requirements checklist distinct from new-construction requirements, and charges a reduced 26% Residential Plan Check rate (vs. 65% for new construction) for basement finishes, small structures, and solar.
Solar Panel (PV) Permit
Required for residential rooftop solar photovoltaic installations in Cedar Hills. Requires a Building Permit Application, two sets of plans meeting the city's Solar PV System Plan Review Requirements checklist, and a $300 plan-check deposit (check only, per the city's Installation Permit page).
Commercial Building Permit
Required for new commercial construction (including commercial shell buildings) in Cedar Hills, regulated by the adopted 2024 IBC (Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a), effective 7/1/2026; Cedar Hills' own Building Permit Requirements form still lists the 2021 IBC as of its 06/12/2025 revision, live re-checked 2026-07-16). Cedar Hills is a small, almost entirely residential planned community with limited commercial zoning concentrated along Cedar Hills Drive, but its Fee Schedule maintains a distinct 'Commercial/Industrial Plan Check' line (65% of the building permit fee), standalone commercial trade-permit and trade-inspection fees, non-residential impact fees, and a Cedar Hills Drive-specific street improvement fee, all separate from the residential fee structure. There is no separate commercial-specific submittal checklist published — the same Building Permit Requirements form used for residential construction governs commercial submittals too, and explicitly references 'COMM Check' energy-code documentation alongside 'RES Check' for residential.
Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit
Required for commercial remodel and tenant improvement (tenant finish) work in existing commercial buildings in Cedar Hills. Cedar Hills' Fee Schedule does not carry a reduced tenant-improvement plan-check rate distinct from new commercial construction — unlike the residential schedule, which discounts basement finishes/small structures/solar to 26% of the building permit fee, commercial tenant improvements are billed at the same 'Commercial/Industrial Plan Check' rate of 65% of the building permit fee as new commercial construction. No separate tenant-improvement-specific submittal checklist is published; the same general Building Permit Requirements form is used.
Sign Permit
Required in Cedar Hills for erecting, altering, or relocating a sign, under City Code § 10-5-26 (Signs), added by Ordinance No. 3-7-2006B. The ordinance text itself does not publish a specific dollar fee — it requires 'a new fee paid' upon permit renewal without stating the amount. Re-chased 2026-07-20: the dollar figure was located and confirmed by fetching the city's live Fee Schedule page (cedarhillsutah.gov/page/fee-schedule) through a reader-proxy (r.jina.ai), which surfaced a direct link to the city's official 'Current Fee Schedule' PDF (effective 07/01/2026). That PDF's Administration table lists 'Sign Permit — $1.00 — Per Sign, Per occurrence — Resolution 04-18-2006C.' The table cell text was column-jumbled on plain pdftotext extraction, so the row was confirmed by rendering page 2 of the PDF to a PNG image and reading it visually.
EV Charger / EVSE Permit
Cedar Hills does not publish a distinct "EV Charger" or "EVSE" fee line item. Its Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026) lists an "Electrical Permit (Commercial)" category priced off the Building Permit fee under Resolution 05-21-2024B, with no equivalent residential electrical-permit line shown separately from the general Building Permit. A full-text search of the current Fee Schedule found no mention of "EV," "EVSE," "electric vehicle," or "charging station." An EV charger installation in Cedar Hills would be permitted through the city's standard electrical/building permit process, priced under the Building Permit fee rather than a dedicated EV category.
Automatic Fire Protection (Fire Sprinkler) System Permit
Required in Cedar Hills for installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system, plan-reviewed in-house by the City (not delegated to a third-party reviewer) under the Public Safety section of the City's own Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026), Resolution 07-16-2019A. These are the same 'Automatic Fire Protection System / In House Plan Review' fees already itemized within this record's commercial-building-permit entry; this entry consolidates them as their own permit type, matching the convention used for this permit category in peer Utah County jurisdictions (e.g. American Fork's fire-sprinkler-permit). Fees are priced by sprinkler head count, plus separate acceptance-testing fees; there is no distinct fee schedule from a separate joint fire authority — Cedar Hills' own Public Safety fee table is the governing source.
Fire Alarm System Permit
Required in Cedar Hills for installation of a new fire alarm system, remodel of an existing system, or extension of alarm coverage to additional floors, plan-reviewed in-house by the City under the Public Safety section of the City's own Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026), Resolution 07-16-2019A, explicitly labeled 'Fees are for In-House Plan Reviews Only.' These are the same fees already itemized within this record's commercial-building-permit and commercial-tenant-improvement-permit entries (new system and remodel, respectively); this entry consolidates them as their own permit type, matching the convention used for this permit category in peer Utah County jurisdictions (e.g. American Fork's fire-alarm-permit).
Change of Use / Change of Occupancy
Cedar Hills does not publish a standalone Change of Use, Change of Occupancy, or existing-building Certificate of Occupancy re-issuance permit or fee. A full-text review of the current Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026) found zero mentions of 'change of use,' 'change of occupancy,' or 'certificate of occupancy' anywhere in the document, confirming the finding already noted in this record's commercial-tenant-improvement-permit entry. City Code Title 8, Chapter 1 (Codes Adopted and Regulations) requires a building permit generally for 'any work within the city regulated or controlled by this chapter,' with no separate change-of-use category. In practice, a use or occupancy change in an existing commercial space in Cedar Hills is processed through (1) the Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit if the change involves construction scope, and (2) the City's own annual Commercial Business License, which itself bundles a required Building and Fire inspection.
New residential construction activity
New privately-owned residential construction onlyHousing units authorized by building permits for new privately-owned residential construction — this is not total permit volume (no commercial permits or remodels).
- Latest month (2026-05)
- 1units
1 buildings · $2.5M valuation
- Trailing 12 months
- 4units
12 of 12 months reported · #87 in Utah coverage by units
- Year to date (2026 YTD through 2026-05)
- 2units
2 buildings · $3.3M valuation
5 month(s) reported to Census
- Full year 2025
- 3units
3 buildings · $4.4M valuation
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS), 2026-05 vintage. Census survey data — separate from the permit-requirements verification above. All Utah building activity
Tips & gotchas
- Cedar Hills' Building Department is a genuine, independent city department (staffed by Sarah Sampson, Building Assistant / Zoning & Code Enforcement Officer, ext. 204) — it is not contracted out to Utah County. Field inspections, however, are contracted to Sunrise Engineering (800-560-6151, 24-hour notice, no same-day inspections) — a common Utah practice distinct from having the whole department outsourced.
- Cedar Hills' Building Permit fee has no printed flat-dollar table; it is valuation-based per the adopted 2021 IBC. Plan Check is charged as a percentage of that building permit fee: 65% for general new residential construction, 26% for basement finishes/small structures/solar, and 65% for commercial/industrial.
- A tiered Plan Check Deposit ($300 at 1-275 sq ft up to $3,900 at 9,501-10,000 sq ft, 'Estimated Actual Cost' above that) is due at application for all construction except basement finishes.
- No jurisdiction-published plan-review turnaround time was found in any official Cedar Hills source (department page, permit requirement PDFs, fee schedule, or FY2025-2026 budget) as of 2026-07-08. Utah Code §10-20-909's 14-business-day statutory floor (after a 3-business-day completeness screening period) is applied only to the two dwelling-scoped permit types (new construction, addition/remodel/basement) in this record — it is NOT applied to the solar PV permit, which is left honestly null with a note, consistent with the statute's own scope to single/two-family dwellings and townhomes.
- Residential plumbing, mechanical, and electrical work is NOT separately fee-scheduled in Cedar Hills — only Commercial versions have standalone $35 line items on the fee schedule. Residential trade work is folded into the single valuation-based Building Permit fee; no standalone residential trade-permit type was built as a result, to avoid fabricating a fee that does not exist.
- The General Installation Permit (fences, sheds under 200 sq ft, decks under 200 sq ft, patios, hot tubs, awnings) has no published dollar fee anywhere in the city's fee schedule or installation-permit page as of verification — omitted from this record's permitTypes rather than fabricated; a genuine fee gap, not a research gap.
- Cedar Hills' own official code-currency reference (2021 IRC/IBC/IMC/IPC, 2020 NEC, 2018 IECC, 2021 IFGC) is STALE under CURRENT law: Utah Code § 15A-2-103, effective 7/1/2026, now governs at 2024 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC(single edition)/IEBC, plus residential 2024 ISPSC (IRC stays 2021, NEC stays 2023). Cedar Hills' NEC (2020) and IECC (2018, split) entries were already outdated under the PRE-7/1/2026 statute too — this form has lagged Utah's code cycle for multiple revisions. Re-verified 2026-07-16 by re-fetching the form directly: still marked 'Revised 6/12/2025,' no update found. No newer Cedar Hills-specific code-adoption notice exists as of this date.
- The Cedars subdivision has its own separate fencing design guidelines (in its CCRs) requiring HOA approval before a city Installation Permit can be submitted — this is subdivision-specific, not citywide.
- Office hours for Cedar Hills City Hall were not found published on cedarhills.org, cedarhillsutah.gov, or in the staff directory as of verification; left unset rather than guessed.