Building the Building: Permits, Fees, Compliance, and Codes

The MOST confusing and mysterious part of the business planning if figuring out what we'd need to have in regards to Permits, Fees, Compliance, and Codes. There seems to be no uniform or even general answers available. However, the City of Hayden seems to have a process for Pre-Development whereby you meet with the staff and work out these details. This could be a good place to start.


QuickLinks:

Permits, Etc.

• Kootenai County Building Department 
• City of Hayden Building Dept
• City of Hayden Fee Schedule

See Also:

• City of Coeur d’Alene Building Dept
• City of Post Falls Building Dept
• City of Rathdrum Building Dept

City of Hayden: Permits

Pre-Development Procedures

The following procedures shall be followed for all development within the City of Hayden.  Commercial building permit applications, site plan applications, land use, and subdivision applications are accepted only following a pre-development meeting.  Pre-development meetings are held for one hour increments and are available for scheduling on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.  Meetings must be scheduled by noon of the Monday of the same week.  Advanced scheduling of a few weeks in advance is recommended as available time slots may fill quickly.

• Customers will complete a Pre-development Meeting Request Form
• City staff from Building, Planning and Engineering will be present at the meeting along with other involved agency staff (such as the Fire Department)
• Notes customized to your development proposal will be drafted during the meeting and emailed to the contact person identified on the meeting request form.
• A file folder will be created for future reference
• The meeting is informational in nature and is provided to assist you during permitting and development processes.  Feedback is based on an assessment of the information provided by  you, as the applicant, at the meeting as well as codes, regulations, and fees in effect at the time of the meeting.  Timing of application as well as alterations to the site plan and/or project scope, and detailed project review, among other things, may affect the applicability of those items discussed.  Because the pre-development review meeting is designed to provide conceptual level review, no approvals are intended or implied until the permit application, review, and approval process has been completed; as such, the items noted herein may not be addressed completely or accurately at the meeting.
• Upon development application, the information from this file will be transferred to the building permit application, development application, or site plan application file