Peoria, AZ Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2017 National Electrical Code (NFPA)
- Governing section
- City Code § 18-41
- GFCI requirement
- Dwelling bathrooms, garages, kitchens, outdoors, more
- Unpermitted work penalty
- Double permit fee plus investigation fee
- Enforcement chapter
- City Code § 18-21, § 114
Summary
Peoria enforces electrical work under the 2017 National Electrical Code, adopted and locally amended by City Code Section 18-41. The city's amendments add extra ground-fault protection requirements for dwelling receptacles, and any electrical work started without the required permit draws a doubled permit fee plus an investigation charge under the Building Code's violations chapter.
A certain document, one copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office of the City of Peoria, being marked and designated as "National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition," published by the National Fire Protection Association is hereby adopted, as amended herein, as the Electrical Code of the City of Peoria.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-9: Supplement contains: LLocal legislation current through Ord. 2026-15, passed 6-16-26).
Full Breakdown
City Code Section 18-41(A) adopts the 2017 National Electrical Code, published by the National Fire Protection Association, as the Electrical Code of the City of Peoria, and Section 18-41(B) amends it chapter by chapter. The most consequential residential amendment rewrites Article 210, Section 210.8(A), Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Personnel: every 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacle in a dwelling unit's bathrooms, garages, outdoor locations, crawl spaces, unfinished basements, kitchens serving countertops, within 6 feet of a sink, boathouses, within 6 feet of a bathtub or shower, laundry areas, and other damp or wet indoor locations must have GFCI protection, with narrow exceptions for dedicated snow-melting or fire/burglar alarm circuits.
Section 18-41(B) also amends Article 250 on grounding and bonding, specifying the listed conductor types, conduit, and cable systems that satisfy the equipment grounding conductor requirement, down to maximum conduit run lengths of 1.8 meters (6 feet) for certain flexible metal conduit. Permits for this electrical work fall under the same enforcement chapter that covers all the city's adopted construction codes: City Code Section 18-21, Section 114.1.4, which makes it 'unlawful and a violation of this Code for any person, firm or corporation to perform any work for which a permit is required by this Code until such permit has been obtained from the building official and been posted on the premises.' Section 114.4.1 backs that up with fees: anyone who starts electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing work without first getting the permit pays an investigation fee under Fee Table 27-6 in addition to a permit fee charged at twice the normal published rate.
Violations & Fines
Performing electrical work without first obtaining and posting the required permit is unlawful under Section 18-21's Section 114.1.4; working beyond the scope of an issued permit is treated the same as working without one. Section 114.4.1 penalizes unpermitted work with an investigation fee plus a permit fee doubled under Fee Table 27-6, and every day a violation continues is a separate offense under Section 114.1.
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