Basement Finish Permit in Santaquin, Utah

Santaquin requires a basement finish permit for: Floor plan showing the entire basement (including cold storage), all planned and existing walls with measurements, labeled room uses; Location of electrical subpanels (may not be located in a closet, per building code); Location of mechanical room (furnace, water heater, etc.), doors, windows (with sill height), outlets/switches/lights, plumbed fixtures, and smoke/CO detectors; If adding a kitchen: disclose whether it is for personal use or intended as a rentable accessory apartment; Engineered, signed and stamped plans required if cutting into an exterior wall (for a new door/window) or replacing a load-bearing wall with a beam. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Santaquin City Building and Safety Division (Community Development Department) at (801) 754-1011 before starting work.

If your home was built after April 2002, there is no separate Building Permit Fee — only a flat $70.00 Permit Tracking Fee. If your home was built before April 2002, the fee is valuation-based, calculated from the current IRC Building Valuation Data sheet.

Santaquin's published plan-review target for a basement finish permit is 10–14 business days.

You'll need: Online Building Permit Application (Citizenserve Portal); Basement Floor Plan. Depending on your project, Santaquin may also ask for: Engineered Plans (if applicable). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Santaquin requires 3 inspection(s) for a basement finish permit, in order: 4-Way (Rough Plumbing, Rough Electrical, Rough Heating, Framing), Insulation / Drywall, Final. Schedule each through Santaquin City Building and Safety Division (Community Development Department) ((801) 754-1011).

Apply through Santaquin City Building and Safety Division (Community Development Department) at 110 S. Center Street, Santaquin, UT 84655. Phone: (801) 754-1011. Office hours: Mon–Thu 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Fri 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Official information: https://ut-santaquin.civicplus.com/1479/Building-Permits.

Santaquin, Utah has adopted: 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 previously listed here. Santaquin's Building Department page (live-checked 2026-07-16) states generically that the division enforces 'health, safety, International Building Code, and City Code requirements' without itemizing an edition year.; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — REMAINS CURRENT; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 statewide transition. Santaquin's official fee schedule and basement-finish/accessory-structure submittal packets repeatedly reference 'the current Building Valuation Data sheet from the IRC' (a cost-valuation table, not an edition-year assertion).; Appendix AQ of the 2021 IRC — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(c); not itemized anywhere on Santaquin's own Building Department pages, added here per statute.; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CORRECTED: this file previously combined IPC/IMC/IECC into one undated entry described as tracking 'alongside the IBC/IRC,' which is no longer accurate now that IBC (2024), IRC (2021), and these trade codes (2024) diverge in edition year. CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); Santaquin does not publish a separate municipal amendment to this trade code.; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); Santaquin does not publish a separate municipal amendment to this trade code.; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); not itemized on Santaquin's own Building Department pages, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); Santaquin does not publish a separate municipal amendment to this trade code.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); MISSING ENTIRELY from this file's prior codesAdopted list despite being a statute-mandated code — added here since electrical work is explicitly listed among Santaquin's permit-required categories (see 'Do You Need a Permit?' form) but no electrical-code edition was itemized anywhere on the City's own pages.; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); not itemized on Santaquin's own Building Department pages, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.; Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); not itemized on Santaquin's own Building Department pages, added here per statute since the City's own materials omit it.; Santaquin City Code — local building-permit administration and requirements (permit-required project list, accessory-structure setback/fire-rating rules, sign-permit rules) are published on the Building Department's official pages (ut-santaquin.civicplus.com); the full underlying municipal code text (historically hosted at sterlingcodifiers.com, book_id=303) was not renderable via automated fetch as of this file's verification date (the sterlingcodifiers.com domain did not resolve/timed out on repeated attempts) — the specific requirements below are sourced directly from Santaquin's own Building Department PDFs and pages, not from the codifier mirror.; NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): 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. Santaquin's Building Department page (ut-santaquin.civicplus.com/1478/Building-Department) was live-checked 2026-07-16 and states only the generic phrase 'International Building Code' with no edition year and no separate mention of IRC/IPC/IMC/IECC/NEC at all — so no page-vs-statute lag could be detected; the statute is cited directly as governing throughout. This re-verification also corrected a genuine defect: NEC was entirely absent from the prior codesAdopted list, and IPC/IMC/IECC had been lumped into one undated entry implying they track IBC/IRC in lockstep, which stopped being accurate once IBC (2024) and IRC (2021) diverged.. Local amendments apply — see the Santaquin overview page for the full list.