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The question every owner asks second, that should be asked first: how long until I can legally start building? Pick your situation and watch a realistic schedule draw itself — drawings to permit in hand.
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Major ≈ Salt Lake City. Suburban ≈ most of Davis, Weber, Utah County. Small ≈ towns where the plans examiner knows your name by round two.
Restaurants add a health-department review; medical adds engineering complexity that slows the drawing phase.
Retail becoming a restaurant, warehouse becoming a gym — changing the use can trigger planning & zoning review before building review even starts.
Expected schedule · weeks
Total: 7 – 15 weeks
Ranges from recent Davis and Salt Lake County experience. Every jurisdiction moves at its own speed, staffing changes it monthly, and a sharp design team compresses it. Confirm with your city — or ask us; we probably pulled a permit there last quarter.