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Change of Use Permit in Springville, Utah

Required when a unit or building's use changes from what it was previously used for — for example, converting a storage space to a print shop. Per Springville's Building FAQ: 'A Change of Use permit is to evaluate the building's space and use to make sure the building is meeting current code for the type of business being conducted inside... which also affects the occupancy load of that space, the ADA compliance requirements, and possible number of bathrooms and/or drinking fountains required.' This is also the mechanism a business must complete before occupying interior space in a shell building that has only received a Certificate of Completion for its exterior structure, since the shell permit's approved plan set never addressed interior occupant load or use. Springville does not publish a separate standalone 'Certificate of Occupancy Permit' product — 'C of O' is issued as the outcome of the underlying building/commercial permit's own final inspection (see the Final inspection step in this file's Residential and Commercial Building Permit entries), and the Change of Use Permit is the distinct product Springville uses specifically when a space's use changes without accompanying new construction.

Verified 2026-07-22 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Required whenever a unit/building's use changes from its previous use (e.g., storage converted to a print shop), per Springville's Building FAQ and Business Licensing FAQ
  • Required before a business may occupy interior space in a shell building that has received only a Certificate of Completion for its exterior structure — the shell permit's plan set does not address interior occupant load, exiting, or use
  • Code Analysis from an Architectural Design Professional addressing occupant load, exiting, possible fire-resistive construction, number of restrooms, and ADA accessibility accommodations
  • Floor plan showing any modifications planned for the space
  • Application submitted via My City Inspector (springville.mycityinspector.com) after creating an account; 'change of use' selected as the Type of Permit

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Plan Check Fee / Building Permit FeeNo dedicated Change of Use fee line item, checklist PDF, or flat rate was located. A full-text sweep of the FY2026 Comprehensive Fee Schedule (springvilleutah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/FY-2026-Comprehensive-Fee-Schedule.pdf, ~4,080 extracted lines) for 'change of use,' 'occupancy,' and 'certificate' returned zero matches for a distinct fee item — the schedule's Building Fees section (lines 409-414: Plan Check Fee, Building Permit Fee, Completion Bond, Performance Bond, Plan Review Deposit) lists only the same 'Assessed by Plans Examiner' mechanism used for Springville's other building-permit types in this file (Residential, Commercial, Sign, Tenant Improvement). Probing was also done for a dedicated 2026 Change-of-Use checklist PDF using the same URL pattern as Springville's other checklist documents (Commercial-Permit-Process-2026.pdf, Tenant-Improvement-Permit-Process-2026.pdf, Sign-Permit-Process-2026.pdf) — all four guessed filenames returned HTTP 404, confirming no standalone checklist/fee document exists for this permit type as of 2026-07-22.
No change-of-use-specific dollar figure is published anywhere found. Springville's standard building-permit fee mechanism applies instead: Plan Check Fee and Building Permit Fee, both 'Assessed by Plans Examiner.'

Review timeline

Plan reviewSpringville’s published plan-review target
Up to 21 business days

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Inspection process

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    Tips

    • Springville does not publish a distinct fee, checklist PDF, or standalone process document for the Change of Use Permit — confirmed by 404s on the same URL naming pattern used for the city's other 2026 permit-checklist PDFs, and by a full-text sweep of the FY2026 Comprehensive Fee Schedule (~4,080 lines) turning up no 'change of use' or 'occupancy' line item.
    • A separate 'Certificate of Occupancy Permit' is not a standalone Springville product — C of O is issued as the outcome of the underlying building/commercial permit's own final inspection. Use this Change of Use Permit specifically when a space's USE is changing (e.g., storage to retail) without new construction driving a building permit of its own.
    • If your shell building has only received a Certificate of Completion, you cannot occupy the interior space until a Change of Use Permit — including its required Code Analysis — is obtained; per Springville's Building FAQ, the shell permit's plan set never addressed interior occupant load or use.
    • The floor plan submitted with a Change of Use application can be hand-drawn and does not need to be to scale, but must show overall measurements, the use of each room, and the measurement of each room, per Springville's Business Licensing FAQ.
    • Start the application at the Building Division page (springville.mycityinspector.com after creating an account) and select 'change of use' as the Type of Permit.

    Frequently asked questions

    Springville requires a change of use permit for: Required whenever a unit/building's use changes from its previous use (e.g., storage converted to a print shop), per Springville's Building FAQ and Business Licensing FAQ; Required before a business may occupy interior space in a shell building that has received only a Certificate of Completion for its exterior structure — the shell permit's plan set does not address interior occupant load, exiting, or use; Code Analysis from an Architectural Design Professional addressing occupant load, exiting, possible fire-resistive construction, number of restrooms, and ADA accessibility accommodations; Floor plan showing any modifications planned for the space; Application submitted via My City Inspector (springville.mycityinspector.com) after creating an account; 'change of use' selected as the Type of Permit. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Springville City Community Development — Building Division at (801) 489-2704 before starting work.

    No change-of-use-specific fee figure is published; the standard Plan Check Fee and Building Permit Fee (both 'Assessed by Plans Examiner') apply. No change-of-use-specific review timeline is published either, though the question is grouped under the Building FAQ's Commercial Permitting section, which states commercial plan review generally takes place within 21 business days.

    Springville's published plan-review target for a change of use permit is Up to 21 business days.

    You'll need: Code Analysis (Architectural Design Professional); Floor Plan; Sketch of Existing Site Plan; My City Inspector Account and Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through Springville City Community Development — Building Division at 110 South Main Street, Springville, UT 84663 (Attn: Building Dept. for permit payments). Phone: (801) 489-2704, email: buildingpermits@springvilleutah.gov. Office hours: Building and Inspections Department: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed all major holidays, per Springville Residential Building Permit Checklist (July 2023). NOTE: Springville's Building FAQ separately states building-division phone coverage (staffer 'Hollie') runs 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. mornings only — the 8 AM–5 PM window is the department's official posted hours per the Permit Checklist, phone/counter availability may be more limited.. Official information: https://www.springvilleutah.gov/community-development/building-division/.

    Springville, Utah has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Springville City Code § 10-1-101 adopts 'the International Building Code and the International Residential Code, as published by the International Code Council and adopted by the State of Utah, including all State statutes, amendments and regulations' as the City Building Code; the statewide edition CURRENT as of 7/1/2026 is the 2024 IBC per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a) (confirmed by direct fetch of the live statute 2026-07-16). The 2021 IBC governed through 6/30/2026. Springville § 10-1-101 last amended by Ordinance 16-2025 (effective 7/15/2025).; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — per Springville City Code § 10-1-101 (defers to state-adopted edition) and confirmed directly on Springville's own Residential Building Permit Checklist (July 2023) and Basement Improvement Permit Checklist (July 2023): 'Building shall be designed to the 2021 IRC (International Residential Code)' [and, for basements, 'and State Amendments']. UNCHANGED by the 7/1/2026 code cycle per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) — confirmed by direct statute fetch 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), and International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — CURRENT as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d)/(e)/(f)/(h)/(i) respectively, incorporated by reference via Springville City Code § 10-1-101's adoption of state-amended construction codes (confirmed by direct fetch of the live statute 2026-07-16). The 2021 editions of these five codes governed through 6/30/2026. The IECC is a single statewide edition — the statute contains no residential/commercial split. No Springville-specific edition citation for these individual codes was found beyond the statewide statute and Chapter 10-7 (Building and Construction Standards and Codes) cross-reference. The International Fire Code (IFC) is not adopted anywhere in Utah Code § 15A-2-103 and no Springville-specific IFC citation was found either.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g), the statewide-mandated edition that supersedes any locally-referenced older edition; UNCHANGED by the 7/1/2026 code cycle. NOTE: Springville's own 'Solar Permit Process' document (springvilleutah.gov, dated 2019) states 'System shall be designed to the 2015 IRC and 2017 NEC' — this document remains STALE relative to the current statewide statute; the 2023 NEC and 2021 IRC (both continuing unchanged past 7/1/2026) govern, per Utah Code § 15A-2-103, which supersedes outdated city documents.; NOTE (2026-07-16 corpus-staleness fix): This file previously stated the 2021 editions of IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC as current with only a forward-looking mention of the 7/1/2026 flip; the effective date has now passed and the entries above have been corrected to state the 2024 editions as current, with the superseded 2021 editions preserved as historical context. IRC (2021) and NEC (2023) were NOT changed. No Springville-specific city page (beyond the 2019-dated, already-flagged-stale Solar Permit Process document) independently states individual code editions for IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC, so no additional city-page lag was found to record for those codes.. Local amendments apply — see the Springville overview page for the full list.

    Per Springville's Building FAQ, a Change of Use permit evaluates a building's space and use to confirm it meets current code for the type of business being conducted inside. It is required whenever a unit or building's use changes from what it was previously used for (for example, storage converted to a print shop), and it affects the occupancy load of the space, ADA compliance requirements, and the required number of restrooms and drinking fountains.

    Per Springville's Building FAQ, the shell permit covers only the exterior structure and does not address how a specific business will use the interior space or how many people may occupy it. A Code Analysis from an Architectural Design Professional and a Change of Use Permit are required to establish the interior use before occupancy.

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