Twin Falls County Community Development Services
New Fee Schedule – Effective September 1, 2025
To better cover the costs of operating Community Development Services (CDS), Twin Falls County has adopted an updated fee schedule effective September 1, 2025.
Building Permit Updates
- The refundable deposit previously collected at the time of application has been discontinued.
- A new Plan Review Fee has been added. This fee is 35% of the building valuation fee and covers the cost of reviewing and approving submitted building plans for construction. The Plan Review Fee is due at the time of plan submittal and is not refundable once the review process has been completed.
- Building valuation have increased slightly.
Zoning / Planning Updates
- Fees for CAFO (Confined Animal Feeding Operation) permits have been increased to better reflect the staff time required for processing.
- New fees have been established for renewable energy projects, including:
- Large Scale Wind & Solar projects
- Small Scale Wind & Solar projects
- Agrisolar projects
- Permitted Personal Wind & Solar projects
- Updated fee schedule is available on the Twin Falls County website: Community Development Services (Click Here)
For questions, please contact the Planning & Zoning office at (208) 734-9490.
~ Community Development Services ~
Planning & Zoning Department
David T. Overacre – Director
Paula Wood – Administrative Assistant
**NOTICE TO ZONING APPLICANTS**
Twin Falls County Code 8-6(A-F) is limited by Idaho Code § 67-6521(a) and the Idaho Supreme Court’s Gardiner v. Boundary County decision. 148 Idaho 764, 767 (2010). Only conditional uses that are “permitted by the terms of the ordinance” may be granted conditional use permits. The types of uses that may be conditionally permitted are specifically listed in the Twin Falls County Code. Uses that are not listed in the ordinance will not be approved.
When making an application to Planning and Zoning for a Public Hearing, the application must be complete before the application can be scheduled for a public hearing. When more than eight (8) applications are received within a month, your request could be moved to the next available month. It behooves the applicant to complete the application fully and return it as soon as possible.
The Planning and Zoning Commission hold regular meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Twin Falls County West Building in the Planning & Zoning meeting room.
630 Addison Ave. West Suite 1100
Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
208-734-9490 (phone)
208-733-9645 (fax)
EMAIL: [email protected]
Building Department
Jon M. Laux, CFM – Director – Building Department
Anna Black – Permit Technician
Darryl Petrone – Building Inspector
Bryan Arrington – Mechanical / Building Inspector
**NOTICE TO BUILDING PERMIT APPLICANTS**
Twin Falls County has adopted the 2018 versions, with Idaho Amendments, of the International Building Codes (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), Energy Conservation Code (IECC), Mechanical Code (IMC), Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Existing Building Code (IEBC), 2018 Fire Code (IFC) with Idaho Amendments, and the 2018 Idaho Manufactured Home Installation Standards.
(click individual codes to be taken to online code documents.)
BUILDING INSPECTION REQUEST LINE (208) 735-4429
MECHANICAL INSPECTION REQUEST LINE (208) 735-4432