Lindon building permits

Building department

Address

100 North State Street, Lindon, UT 84042

Phone

(801) 785-7687

Email

building@lindon.gov

Office hours

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Lindon's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Lindon — 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), as amended by the State of Utah — adopted statewide under Utah Code Title 15A (State Construction and Fire Codes Act), § 15A-2-103. No Lindon-specific code-edition statement was found on lindon.gov's Building & Inspection page, Building Department Forms & Applications page, or in the current Fee Schedule; Lindon has not published a local amendment opting out of the statewide code, so the statutory statewide edition is used here rather than invented city-specific text.
• 2024 International Building Code (IBC), as amended by the State of Utah — effective statewide July 1, 2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (2026 General Session update); no Lindon-specific IBC edition statement found on the city's own site.
• 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — adopted statewide under Utah Code § 15A-2-103; no Lindon-specific NEC edition statement found on the city's own site.
• 2015 International Plumbing Code (IPC), Table 403.1 — cited by name in Lindon City's own current Fee Schedule (Sewer Utility Fee and Water Utility Fee sections: 'Based on Table 403.1 in 2015 International Plumbing Code as currently adopted or as may be amended'), effective 07/01/2026 fee schedule. This is Lindon's own published reference to a specific plumbing-code edition/table used for utility base-rate sizing, distinct from the statewide construction-code IPC edition.
• Other 2024 International Codes (IMC, IEBC, IECC) — adopted statewide alongside the 2024 IBC per Utah Code § 15A-2-103, effective July 1, 2026; not individually itemized by name on Lindon's own Building & Inspection page.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New SFD, Townhome, Duplex, ADU)

  Required for new single-family dwellings, single-family townhomes, duplexes, and detached accessory dwelling units in Lindon. The Building Permit fee itself is valuation-based (1997 Uniform Building Code, Table 1-A), with valuation determined from the prior February's ICC Building Valuation Data (single-family dwellings, townhomes, and duplexes valued at 95 percent); fire sprinklers and fire alarm systems are excluded from the valuation.

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• Residential Addition / Remodel / Basement Finish Permit

  Required for residential additions, remodels, and basement finishes in Lindon. Charged under the 'Other Residential' Building Permit Application Fee category (flat $100) with the same 1997 UBC Table 1-A valuation-based Building Permit Fee and 25% residential Plan Review Fee as new construction. Lindon has no separate solar-PV permit type or fee — the city's 2025-2026 Fee Schedule explicitly groups solar into this same 'Other Residential' category alongside pools, additions, detached garages, sheds, and retaining walls, so rooftop or ground-mounted solar installs are permitted and charged through this permit type.

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• Residential Trade Permit (Re-Roof, Furnace/AC Replacement, Service Panel Replacement, Water Heater)

  Covers common standalone residential trade permits in Lindon: re-roofing, furnace/air-conditioning replacement, electrical service panel replacement, and water heater replacement/installation. Lindon's fee schedule groups these under a single 'Miscellaneous Residential Permit Fees' flat-fee line rather than separate electrical/plumbing/mechanical permit categories.

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• Sign Permit

  Required for permanent sign installation in Lindon. Fee is tiered by sign type (wall, monument, pole, billboard); painted/laminated signs not requiring a physical on-site inspection use a separate, lower Administrative Sign Fee.

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new commercial and new multi-family construction in Lindon. Unlike residential's flat $500/$100 Building Permit Application Fee, Lindon bills the Building Permit Application Fee for 'New Multi-family and Commercial' as the Full Plan Review Fee, and the Plan Review Fee itself is billed at 65% of the permit fee for commercial (versus 25% for residential). The underlying Building Permit Fee remains valuation-based under the same 1997 Uniform Building Code Table 1-A used for residential construction.

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• Commercial Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for tenant improvement / tenant finish work inside existing commercial buildings in Lindon — interior remodels, buildouts, and occupancy changes for a new or existing tenant space. Lindon's fee schedule bills the Building Permit Application Fee for 'Tenant Improvements' as its own Full Plan Review Fee line item (a separate line from, but the same formula as, new commercial construction), and requires the building owner's signed acknowledgment whenever the applicant is not the building's owner of record.

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• EV Charger / EVSE Permit

  Lindon's 2025-2026 Fee Schedule does not publish a distinct EV-charger or EVSE fee line item, and Lindon has no general electrical-permit category — standalone residential electrical work is only itemized as 'Service Panel Replacement (power)' under the Miscellaneous Residential Permit Fees line. A direct, full-text search of the fee schedule PDF found zero mentions of 'EV,' 'electric vehicle,' 'charging station,' or 'EVSE.' An EV charger install that requires a panel or service upgrade most closely resembles that $85 flat-fee category, but this has not been explicitly confirmed by the city as the governing fee for EV charger installs, so this entry is marked partial confidence rather than verified.

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• Solar / Solar PV Installation Permit

  Lindon does not publish a distinct solar or solar-PV permit application, checklist, or fee. Solar installations (rooftop or ground-mounted) are explicitly named within the same 'Other Residential' Building Permit Application Fee category used for pools, additions, detached garages, sheds, and retaining walls — the city's 2025-2026 Fee Schedule (FY2025-26 Final Budget) lists this category's parenthetical as '(Pools, additions, detached garages, sheds, retaining walls, solar)' at a flat $100.00. A full-text search of the Building & Inspection department page and the site found zero dedicated solar checklist, application form, or solar-specific requirements published by the city.

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• Fire Sprinkler System Permit

  Required for installation of an automatic fire sprinkler (fire protection) system for new construction or a tenant improvement in Lindon. Lindon City does not employ its own fire-prevention plan reviewers or publish its own sprinkler-system fee table: since 2008, Lindon has contracted Fire/EMS response to Orem City, and Lindon has separately 'partnered with Orem City Fire Prevention and Inspection to perform inspections on new construction and business license inspections' (Lindon's official Fire/EMS page). Orem's Fire Prevention Division serves Orem, Lindon, and Vineyard for plan review, permits, and inspections. Lindon's own 2025-2026 Fee Schedule reflects this directly: its 'Plan Review Fee' section lists a distinct 'Fire Sprinkler and/or Fire Alarm Plan Review' line item priced 'As per Orem City Fee Schedule' — a genuinely governing, city-published cross-reference rather than an invented figure. Orem's own currently-adopted FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget Fee Schedule (Exhibit B) prices Sprinkler System Inspections (office plan check, hydro test, flush, and final inspection) by project square footage; this is the figure Lindon's own schedule points to.

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• Fire Alarm System Permit

  Required for installation of a new fire alarm system, or modification/extension of an existing system, for new construction or a tenant improvement in Lindon. As with fire sprinkler systems, Lindon has no fire-prevention plan-review staff or fee schedule of its own for fire alarms: Lindon's 2025-2026 Fee Schedule prices its 'Fire Sprinkler and/or Fire Alarm Plan Review' line item 'As per Orem City Fee Schedule,' reflecting Lindon's partnership with the Orem City Fire Prevention Division (which serves Orem, Lindon, and Vineyard) for plan review, permits, and inspections. Orem's own currently-adopted FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget Fee Schedule prices Fire Alarm System Inspections (office plan review, 24-hour test, and final inspection) by project square footage — the figure Lindon's own schedule points to.

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• Change of Use / Change of Occupancy (Business License Application)

  Lindon City does not publish a standalone Change of Use or Change of Occupancy permit or fee. Per Lindon's own official Business License FAQ, any change of use — a new business occupying an existing building or tenant space, or an existing business relocating to a new address within Lindon — is processed through the standard Business License Application: the application is routed to the Planning Department for zoning and signage compliance, to the Building Department for ordinance compliance and an on-site inspection, and to the Fire Department (Orem City Fire Prevention Division) if needed for final approval, taking approximately 10 to 14 days. Where construction is required to accommodate the new use, that work is permitted and billed separately under this file's commercial-building-permit or commercial-tenant-improvement-permit entries — this entry covers only the use/occupancy-change review itself, not any associated construction.

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