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What We Build

Remodeling and Construction Services in Oakley

Every Oakley project starts with a written scope, schedule, and estimate, then is built to one standard through closeout.

Remodel Bathroom Remodeling Demolition; layout and framing changes; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical rough-in; insulation; drywall and cement backer board; waterproofing; tile; cabinetry; countertops; finish carpentry; and fixtures.
Remodel Kitchen Remodeling Demolition; layout and framing changes; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical rough-in; drywall; flooring; cabinetry; countertops; backsplash tile; finish carpentry; and appliance and fixture installation.
Remodel Basement Remodeling Demolition of existing finishes; egress corrections where code requires them; layout and framing changes; updated plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems; insulation; drywall; hard flooring; finish carpentry; fixtures; and carpet.
Remodel Full Home Renovations Demolition; structural and layout changes; windows and doors; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical updates; insulation; drywall; and complete interior finish.
Add Space Basement Finishing Egress windows and window wells; framing and soffits; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical rough-in; insulation; drywall; tile and hard flooring; finish carpentry; paint; fixtures; and carpet.
Add Space Home Additions Excavation and foundation; framing; roof tie-in; windows and exterior envelope matched to the existing structure; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical rough-in; insulation; drywall; and interior finish.
Add Space Accessory Dwelling Units Zoning and feasibility review; a foundation for detached units; framing; a separate exterior entrance; full plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems; insulation; drywall; flooring; cabinetry and countertops; and finish.
Build Custom Homes Site work; foundation; framing; roofing; windows and exterior envelope; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems; insulation; drywall; and all interior and exterior finish.
Build Commercial and Tenant Improvements Demolition of existing improvements; layout and partition framing; plumbing, mechanical, and electrical modifications; fire protection adjustments; insulation; drywall; ceilings; paint; flooring; millwork; fixtures; and the final inspection.

Census Housing Data

95.2 Percent of Oakley Homes Are Single-Family Detached

Of Oakley's 631 housing units, 95.2 percent are single-family detached. Oakley's median year built is 1996. Homes built in 2000 or later make up 39.6 percent of Oakley's housing. Owners occupy 91.1 percent of Oakley's 461 occupied homes.

Housing units: 631
Median year built: 1996
Built before 1980: 22.2%
Built 2000 or later: 39.6%
Owner-occupied: 91.1%
Single-family detached: 95.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates for Oakley, Tables B25001, B25003, B25024, B25034, and B25035, with the owner-occupied share measured against occupied homes and the other shares against all housing units.

Permits and Inspections

Building Permits in Oakley

Oakley issues building permits for work inside city limits and inspects the work itself. Each application gets a completeness review and a review by the appropriate departments before the city office issues the permit.

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Oakley City Offices

Applications are filed online through the iWorQ Permit Portal or on the city's paper form. Either way, the city's permit pages ask for one printed set of plans at the city offices, with the site plan, structural plans, and engineering calculations, along with a digital set. Inspections are scheduled by phone with 24 hours' notice. The paper application states that a permit becomes null and void if the authorized construction has not started within 180 days or is suspended or abandoned for 180 days after work begins. Oakley sends any change to a project's use, occupancy, setbacks, height, water or sewer lines, meters, or location back for further review. We settle those decisions for each project before the application is filed.

Phone: 435-783-5734
Address: 960 West Center Street
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM
Portal: iWorQ Permit Portal

Building Permits

The city's Building Permit Application Instructions list these items, in the document's order, the first five with every application and the rest where they apply. The permit is not issued until every item that applies is met or received.

One set of construction plans, including the site plan, at 2 by 3 feet
One set of structural plans and engineered calculations on letter-size paper
Digital copies of those plans
A Dark Sky Compliance Agreement under the city's dark sky lighting ordinance, City Code 13-9-18
A project clearance form signed by the Fire Marshal of the South Summit Fire District
A Public Works preconstruction inspection for a project that needs Oakley City water or sewer
For a septic system, a permit approval from Summit County Health, applied for once the percolation test and septic design are complete
For a well, paperwork showing water rights and domestic use for 1 EDU, well logs, a pump test or, with no pump report on file, a one-hour stabilization test in its place, and a lab analysis from within three years of the application showing total coliform, nitrate-N, and chloride
For a project within an HOA, the association's approval stating that the work complies with its CC&Rs, its development agreement, or both
A road encroachment permit for driveway access, utility disturbance, or similar work, from UDOT, Summit County, or the city offices for state, county, and city roads respectively
Additional engineering studies of the site's suitability where the city's engineer, building inspector, or planner requires them

The site plan the instructions describe shows, among other items, topography lines; existing and proposed improvements; setbacks to the nearest property line; easements; rights-of-way; waterways, including irrigation ditches; and, for a lot near the Weber River, the FEMA floodplain and floodway borders. The city may require an official survey. City Code 13-9-14 calls for that plan to be prepared by a surveyor, architect, landscape architect, or engineer registered in Utah in four cases. The first two are a subdivision plat that designates a building pad and a building area or building pad that averages a grade steeper than 5 percent. The others are a proposed structure that will rise more than 28 feet or sit closer than 3 feet to the required setback line, and property corners that no licensed surveyor has set. Decks, lean-tos, and similar structures are exempt from the setback trigger. Where a licensed surveyor must prepare and certify the plan, the section also requires a certificate of survey and elevation before the shear wall or four-way inspection. Under the instructions, the site's boundaries are staked at the property corners when the permit is issued, and the stakes stay on site with one set of approved plans throughout construction. For all new construction, including additions, accessory buildings, and garages, Section 13-9-14 itself calls for three copies of the site plan, from 11 by 17 inches to 36 by 48 inches. It also asks for two copies of the building elevation pages with every building permit application. We confirm the number of printed sets with the city offices before filing.

Sources: Oakley, Building Permit Application Instructions; Building Permit Application; Building and Inspection Quick Info; Building Permits; Permit Portal; Contact Us; City Code, Section 13-9-14.

Accessory Dwelling Units

ADU Rules in Oakley

Section 13-9-5 of the Oakley City Code, part of the Land Management and Development Code the City Council adopted by Ordinance 2021-05 on May 12, 2021, sets these rules for accessory dwelling units, in its own order.

City approval of an ADU where the Section 13-4-19 chart designates one, and of an ADU together with an agricultural employee dwelling unit on one parcel or lot, where the zone allows the latter, through the conditional use process
A gross floor area of 1,000 square feet or less, measured from exterior wall to exterior wall of the dwelling unit itself
A unit placed within or attached to a larger detached accessory structure, such as a barn or garage, limited to 1,000 square feet on its own and still defined as a detached ADU
In the Community Residential (CR) zones, one accessory dwelling within or attached to an existing home, such as a basement apartment, if the subdivision's CC&Rs permit it, and no detached ADUs in CR zone subdivisions
A building permit for every indoor or attached ADU
Building permits and the code's other provisions governing the size and permitting of every detached ADU structure
Treatment of an ADU connected to the primary residence by a constructed walkway, skyway, hallway, or breezeway as neither attached nor internal
Treatment of an internal ADU that requires an addition to the primary unit's square footage as an attached ADU

For an internal ADU, which the section makes a permitted use in all zones, it sets these limitations and conditions.

Construction entirely within an existing single-family residential dwelling, without changing its single-family appearance or adding to its footprint
A primary dwelling occupied by the owner
One additional parking spot for the ADU beyond the dwelling's normal requirements, plus replacement of any parking lost to its construction
A lot of at least 6,000 square feet, served by an adequate sewer or septic system
No use as a short-term nightly rental
No separate utility connections
Compliance with all city building and local fire codes

The section closes by requiring a deed or restrictive use covenant that connects each ADU to the principal dwelling unit or structure on the parcel or lot and makes the ADU ineligible for subdivision or condominiumization and conveyance to another person. It also calls for further regulations and approvals under Section 13-9-20 for any ADU that its application declares will be used as a nightly rental. Appendix A of the same title defines an accessory dwelling unit as an area with cooking, sanitation, and sleeping facilities, used as a dwelling unit by the owner of the primary residence, or the primary tenant or business. The unit serves the private use of the property owner's relatives, domestic help, caretakers, nursing staff, or similar users.

The chart in Section 13-4-19 allows an in-home ADU of up to 1,000 square feet in all fourteen zones. It allows an ADU attached as an addition, held to the same size, as a conditional use in the CR-2, CR-3, and CR-4 zones and with a Low Impact Permit in the other eleven. A detached ADU of the same size is allowed with a Low Impact Permit outside the CR zones. In the CR zones, the chart prohibits a detached ADU. Section 13-4-18 subjects an allowed use only to the building permit, business license, or road encroachment permit it needs. It also lets the City Planner or a designated planning staff member approve a low-impact use administratively once it is found to comply with the code's development evaluation standards and general regulations. An amendment to the chart, which the Planning Commission's agenda for October 7, 2026, lists for discussion as further regulation for allowable uses, had not been adopted as of October 22, 2026. The commission's next regular meeting is set for November 4, 2026.

Utah's ADU statutes apply in Oakley as well, as our ADU page explains.

Sources: Oakley City Code, Section 13-9-5; Section 13-4-19; Section 13-4-18; Appendix A, Definitions; Ordinance 2021-05; Planning Commission Agenda, October 7, 2026; Oakley Meetings; Utah Code 10-21-303; Utah Code 10-21-304; Utah Code 10-21-101. We confirm the zone, any subdivision CC&Rs, and the sewer or septic service for your lot with the city during preconstruction.

Utah ADU Law and Building Code

Relief: U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map. County lines: U.S. Census Bureau.

Where We Build

Oakley and Summit County

Beyond Oakley, our Summit County page explains which office issues the permit for an address and lists every community we serve there.

Summit County Permits and Communities

What Homeowners Ask

Oakley Remodeling and Permit Questions

Can I build a detached ADU in Oakley?

Yes, outside the Community Residential zones. Oakley's use chart allows a detached ADU of up to 1,000 square feet with a Low Impact Permit in each of its other eleven zones. The City Planner or designated planning staff may approve it administratively once the proposal meets the code's development evaluation standards and general regulations. A deed or restrictive use covenant ties the unit to the principal dwelling or structure on the parcel. Utah Code 10-21-304, the detached ADU statute, does not reach Oakley, a fifth class city of fewer than 5,000 people.

What seasonal limits apply to an Oakley construction site?

Oakley's building permit application states that the city will not allow open excavation for underground utilities after October 1. City Code 13-10-3 allows no permits for road excavations, or for other excavations within 5 feet of the edge of a city road, during the winter season from October 15 to May 1, except in emergencies. Section 13-10-5 makes each permit under Chapter 13-10 valid for 60 days, except that none extends into the winter season. The chapter governs excavations, driveways, encroachments, and structures in a city road right-of-way. City Code 13-9-14 lists a construction mitigation plan among the site plan contents, with a note that roadside parking is not allowed from November 1 through April 1. Section 10.09.030 bars on-street parking between November 15 and April 15 of the following year. For a project that needs a construction mitigation plan, Section 13-12-11 also allows no parking on city roads or within the city right-of-way from November 15 through April 15, unless a development agreement specifically authorizes on-street parking and an approved site plan or subdivision plat designates it. We arrange the excavation, utility work, and parking for an Oakley project around those dates.

What hours can construction run in Oakley?

From 7 AM to 7 PM under the noise regulations. A project that needs a construction mitigation plan also follows the hours in City Code 13-12-11. Section 8.13.030(5) of Oakley's noise regulations holds all construction on residential and other properties to the hours of 7 AM to 7 PM, a limit that covers outdoor excavation, earthwork, landscaping, mining, quarrying, and rock breaking, chipping, drilling, and blasting. Ordinance 2023-02 enacted the section on February 22, 2023, and Ordinance 2024-01, adopted May 22, 2024, left it unchanged. The section's only exception is construction that can be totally contained within an enclosed structure and complies with every noise limit and the city's lighting regulations. Section 8.13.050 exempts listed activities from the noise regulations, among them temporary or short-term use of equipment or machinery for construction, maintenance, or cleaning during daytime hours, and other temporary exceptions the city approves. Section 8.13.020 defines daytime hours as 7 AM to 10 PM. Section 13-12-11 requires a construction mitigation plan for all new residential, commercial, and multi-family construction and for other projects within the on-site excavation, imported fill, area of disturbance, or addition and renovation limits in its Table 1. It restricts work on those projects to the hours of 7 AM to 9 PM Monday through Saturday and 9 AM to 9 PM on Sundays. The City Engineer or the Building Official may authorize extended hours, on written request, for operations that by their nature must run continuously. We schedule such a project inside both sets of hours.

What We Guarantee

Signature Guarantees

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All four are written into every proposal we deliver.

Investment Certainty

The contractor's fee is fixed once the contract is signed and does not change through completion.

Schedule Certainty

Your project schedule is established upfront and actively managed through completion and closeout.

Same-Day Communication

Project-related messages receive a same-day response, keeping communication clear, timely, and accountable.

Progress Reports

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General Contractor in Oakley, Utah