Goodyear, AZ Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2023 NFPA 70 NEC
- Enforcing office
- Goodyear Building Official
- Ordinary appeal deadline
- 20 days
- Imminent-danger appeal deadline
- 3 business days
- Penalty
- $50-$2,500 individual, up to $20,000 enterprise
- Board of Appeals
- 5 members, 2 alternates
Summary
Goodyear requires all electrical construction and installation to comply with the 2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, which the Mayor and Council adopted by reference along with its Annexes C and D. The city's Building Official administers permits under the Building Code's incorporated procedures, and appeals go to a five-member Board of Appeals.
(G) Adoption of NFPA 70 National Electrical Code. That certain document known as the 2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, including ANNEXES C and D as published by the National Fire Protection Association is hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully and completely set forth herein. (1) The 2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code as adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Goodyear, is hereby amended as follows...
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-1648, passed April 27, 2026).
Full Breakdown
1). 9, while detached one- and two-family dwellings instead follow the International Residential Code. 2, but the work must still meet NEC temporary lighting, heat and power requirements. 1(4). 6). 3). 1).
Violations & Fines
Working without a required electrical permit or ignoring a Building Official's correction notice is enforced under Goodyear's general building-code penalty at § 9-5-1: a fine of $50 to $2,500 for an individual, or up to $20,000 for a business enterprise, plus up to six months in jail. Each ten consecutive days a violation continues counts as a separate offense, and the city may also seek injunctive relief or civil code enforcement instead of criminal prosecution.
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