Casa Grande, AZ Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- CGMC § 17.68.400
- Application standard
- CGMC § 17.68.410
- Occupancy standard
- CGMC § 17.68.420
- Adopted code chapter
- Chapter 15.04, Building and Technical Administrative Code
- Penalty class
- Class 2 misdemeanor, § 15.04.020
- Maximum fine
- $750 plus surcharges
- Maximum jail term
- 4 months
Summary
In the City of Casa Grande, no one may erect, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of any building, or install or alter its electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing systems, without first obtaining a building permit under the city's adopted Building and Technical Administrative Code.
17.68.400 Permit required. No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of any building or structure or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, covert or replace and electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by the adopted building codes, or to cause such work to be done, without first obtaining a building permit as set forth in the adopted Building and Technical Administrative Code of the city (Chapter 15.04), as amended from time to time, and paying all applicable fees.
Full Breakdown
Casa Grande Municipal Code § 17.68.400, in Title 17's Article VII on building permits, states plainly that a permit is required before any regulated construction or system work begins: "No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of any building or structure or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, covert or replace and electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by the adopted building codes, or to cause such work to be done, without first obtaining a building permit as set forth in the adopted Building and Technical Administrative Code of the city (Chapter 15.04), as amended from time to time, and paying all applicable fees." The requirement reaches both structural work (erecting, enlarging, altering, moving, demolishing a building) and trade work on electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing systems that the adopted technical codes regulate, and it ties the permit obligation directly to paying the city's applicable fees, not just filing paperwork.
The companion section, § 17.68.410, requires every building permit application to comply with the requirements set out in the adopted Building and Technical Administrative Code (Chapter 15.04), so an applicant cannot satisfy § 17.68.400 with an incomplete or nonconforming submission. A related section, § 17.68.420, extends the same administrative-code standard to certificates of occupancy, meaning a project is not finished, in the city's eyes, until occupancy is separately certified under the same adopted code. Chapter 15.04 itself, "City of Casa Grande Building and Technical Administrative Code," was made a public record by Resolution No.
5170 and later amended by Resolution No. 5397 (2022), and its own violation section, § 15.04.020, makes it unlawful to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building, structure or building service equipment in violation of the chapter or the other adopted technical codes.
Violations & Fines
Working without the required building permit, or performing regulated electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing work without one, is a Class 2 misdemeanor under § 15.04.020(B), the violation section tied to the adopted Building and Technical Administrative Code that § 17.68.400 references. Each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense. Upon conviction, a violation is punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars, plus applicable surcharges, imprisonment for not more than four months, or both. Paying the penalty does not excuse the violation or let it continue, and the city may still force removal of the prohibited condition.
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