Commercial Building Permits

A commercial building permit is needed for the following improvements:

• New Building Construction

• Tenant Finish

• Remodel of Existing Space-(Includes retail, business offices, warehouse & mezzanine areas, vestibules or exterior façade change)

• Footing/Foundation Only

• Site Grading/Utilities

In order to obtain a commercial buidling permit, the following information must be submitted for review and approval:

• Commercial Building Permit Application (Commercial/Industrial Form)

• Building Permit Phased Submittal Checklist (attach to application – only page 7 of checklist required for Interior Tenant Finish or Remodel submissions)

• New Construction: six (6) sets of plans (include all civil/site drawings, landscape plans, architectural drawings, mechanical, electrical, plumbing drawings.
  Sheets must be collated as a complete set. Include two (2) specification books, two (2) structural calculation books, two (2) soil report books, two (2) structural calculations books and two (2) sets of all required drawings in electronic media (CDR or CDRW). Acceptable file Format: TIF or PDF. The first file shall include an index referencing all sheets. All plans must contain seal of a registered architect or engineer. Two sets must have a wet-seal and other four sets copied are acceptable.

• All remodel, tenant finish, building addition, addendums or revisions to plans must be accompanied by a descriptive narrative of the project. 

• Tenant Finish/Remodel: five (5) sets of plans (include all architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing details). Attach pages 9 & 10 of the Phased Permit Submittal Checklist and electronic media as described above. All necessary paperwork will be reviewed by staff at time of submittal for completeness and may be rejected if incomplete in order to meet our goal of a 3- day turnaround on tenant finish projects.

• Footing/Foundation Only: Submit Footing/Foundation Application, four (4) sets of sealed site plans, erosion control plan, footing, foundation, elevations and any electrical, mechanical and plumbing underslab details, and two (2) soils reports. A letter of risk will be required releasing the City of Olathe from any liability, in the event at building permit issuance, the foundation or underslab is found to not be in compliance.

• Plan Review Fee (Check payable to City of Olathe), based on square footage of your project.

• Site Grading/Utilities: This permit obtained through the Public Works/Engineering Division @ (913) 971-8505. No processing through the Development Services – Building Codes Division.

Timing
It is our policy to review and return comments for commercial and industrial permits within 10 working days (starting the first working day after submittal). This allows all reviewing departments an opportunity to review and submit comments to Building Codes. The reviewing departments include: Development Services (Planning and Building Codes), Fire, Public Works and Municipal Services. Incomplete applications or incorrect information may delay plan review and permitting.

Helpful Links

Address and Zoning Lookup
Fees and Schedules 
Forms and Guidelines
Commercial Plan Review Contacts