BUILDING

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​​Nampa Building Department 
will be closed on November 26th & 27th


PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF MAYOR DEBBIE KLING

City of Nampa continues to serve community
through online services and in person meetings by appointment
As the State of Idaho returns to a modified Stage 2, the City of Nampa has updated their continued service to the community to keep residents, customers and staff safe and healthy.

The City of Nampa will continue to assist customers remotely through online services, phone and email. We are requiring those visiting City of Nampa departments in person to please wear face coverings to protect our staff. For the health and safety of our staff and the entire community, the City asks customers to only visit our facilities if they are healthy; if customers are feeling sick (experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath, etc.), are awaiting COVID-19 test results or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive or awaiting test results, please allow us to assist you remotely.

NAMPA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER
  500 12th Avenue South

The Nampa Development Services Center includes Building Safety & Facilities Development, Economic & Community Development, Engineering / GIS, Environmental Compliance, Planning & Zoning and Public Works Administration. The Nampa Development Services Center will close to the public, but will continue providing services through online services. Meetings, if needed, will be scheduled by appointment, or take place via virtual platform.

  • Building Department will be available to service clients by phone (208-468-5435) and email (buildingpermits@cityofnampa.us). Processing of online residential, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical permits will continue.
  • Planning & Zoning will be accessible via phone (208-468-4430) and email (pzall@cityofnampa.us) and will continue to perform inspections as deemed necessary. Public hearings will be noticed as usual and will offer webinar testimony and distanced in-person testimony, if required.
  • Environmental Compliance will be available to service clients by phone (208-565-5257) and email (jenkinse@cityofnampa.us).
  • Public Works Administration Office will be closed to in-person meetings; however, office staff will be available to answer questions by phone (208-565-6262) and email (mccreet@cityofnampa.us)


MISSION

Our MISSION is to protect the public from hazardous conditions related to construction and to increase energy efficiency through education and enforcement of State of Idaho adopted building codes. 


The Nampa Building Department strives to provide timely plan review and responsive inspection services within the City of Nampa city limits through the enforcement of State adopted building codes for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens of the community. Permits are required before performing any new construction, building addition, alteration or repair of existing buildings and structures; including all plumbing, electrical, or mechanical work.

Please call us if you have any questions about our permit application process. 

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 

At times, a land developer will invest resources into surveying, building design, and site design, only to discover during the building permit application process that the proposed land use is not permitted in that location. Others have designed projects that must be redesigned after a required design review process or after discovering adopted development agreement conditions.

To avoid these situations, the City of Nampa’s Planning & Zoning Department has created a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE form. This simple form will now be required to be approved by Planning & Zoning staff and submitted as a part of the building permit submittal package. The intent is to provide initial confirmation that a proposed project is compliant with Zoning entitlements, development agreement, and design review conditions before resources are spent on design. 

The staff anticipates that most projects' approval can be completed at the Planning & Zoning Department counter in a few minutes. When further research is necessary, such as researching older development agreements for conditions; Planning & Zoning staff anticipates completion of the form within 1-4 business days. Developers/ builders/ homeowners may also choose to fill out their portion of the form and send it to PZall@cityofnampa.us, early in the process. This will allow Planning staff the time to complete the form while plans are being developed. We hope this will be a great benefit for the building permit applicant and will identify potential challenges early in the design and development process.

​CONCEPTUAL PLAN REVIEW (CPR)
The City of Nampa offers a unique opportunity for commercial developers, builders, and property owners to meet with our staff from various approval departments to discuss local codes and requirements for their projects at no charge. Meetings are scheduled for Thursday mornings.

CPR meetings provide answers to a wide range of development questions including but not limited to: Planning, Fire, Building and Public Works Department requirements, sewer and water availability and capacities, traffic concerns, Southwest District Health requirements for restaurants, and permitting requirements.

To arrange a CPR meeting for your project, please download the CPR application, then email the application, a site plan and floor plan to Dawna Jenkins @ jenkinsdl@cityofnampa.us.  
   
BUILDING PERMIT ESTIMATE
 If you would like to establish a preliminary project assessment fee, please download the form below. The form must be completed and emailed to the Permit Technician staff at buildingpermits@cityofnampa.us.