Broken Arrow building department

The City of Broken Arrow Community Development Department is the permitting, inspection, and zoning authority for development inside Broken Arrow city limits. The city straddles Tulsa and Wagoner counties, so the county on a tax bill does not tell you who issues the permit; if the parcel is inside Broken Arrow’s corporate limits, the city’s Community Permitting and Licensing Division is the office to use. For a broader explanation of that split, see city or county: who issues your building permit.

What Broken Arrow permits

The city states that permits are required for any type of structure built within the City of Broken Arrow. Its Inspections function covers all phases of construction for new construction, additions, alterations, and repairs, as well as mobile and manufactured home installations, and it issues certificates of occupancy.

Through the city’s Citizen Self Service portal (Tyler EnerGov), applicants can apply for residential and commercial building permits, sign permits, zoning cases, alarm permits, food and beverage licenses, and short-term rental permits. The portal also lets you search public records and estimate fees before applying. The city still lists its older Click2Gov Building Permits service and a separate Legacy Permits page for records created before the EnerGov conversion.

Adopted codes

Broken Arrow adopts its construction codes in Chapter 6 (Buildings and Building Regulations), Article II, Section 6-16 of the city code. The city’s adopted-codes page lists the 2024 editions of the following, as adopted and amended by the State of Oklahoma and further amended by the city:

• International Residential Code
• International Building Code
• International Fire Code
• International Mechanical Code
• International Fuel Gas Code
• National Electrical Code

Statewide amendments come from the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; Broken Arrow’s local amendments are published alongside the city’s adoption.

Fees

Development fees are set in the city’s annual Manual of Fees, which the City Council approves each year and which runs from October 1 through September 30. The Fiscal Year 2027 Manual of Fees was approved at the August 3, 2026 council meeting and took effect October 1, 2026. Use the portal’s fee estimator or the Manual of Fees page for current building permit charges rather than relying on older schedules.

Contractor registration

Contractors register or renew with the Community Permitting and Licensing Division. The city publishes separate registration forms for general contractors, irrigation or sign contractors, and sub-contractors. A general contractor registration requires:

• A current general liability certificate showing the business name and address (matching the registration address), with at least $50,000 in coverage and the City of Broken Arrow named as certificate holder
• A current workers’ compensation certificate or Affidavit of Exemption
• A copy of the contractor’s driver’s license

Inspections and certificate of occupancy

Inspections are scheduled, and results viewed, online through the city’s permitting system. The city’s inspection checklist sets out the sequence of footing, foundation, rough trade, framing, final trade, and final building inspections as they apply to a project. The final building inspection is made only after the building is complete and the yard and driveway are finished. No building may be occupied until the final building inspection is approved and a certificate of occupancy has been issued.

For questions about a specific inspection, the city lists its Chief Building Inspector at (918) 259-2400, ext. 2370.

Planning, floodplain, and earth change permits

The Planning and Development Division reviews rezoning, platting, comprehensive plan amendments, special uses, variances, planned unit developments (PUDs), site plans, and site engineering. Plats go to a public hearing before the Planning Commission, which makes a recommendation to the City Council; the council has final authority. Unplatted or incompletely improved subdivisions can hold up building permits and certificates of occupancy.

Public Works Engineering administers stormwater permits:

• Floodplain development permit: Any development in the Broken Arrow Regulatory Floodplain requires a permit, not just new buildings. The city asks owners to contact Engineering before building, filling, or altering structures or land in the regulatory floodplain.
• Earth change permit: Required before clearing land or other earth-change work, including removal of more than six healthy trees within the regulatory floodplain. The application calls for a vicinity sketch with legal description and boundary survey, drawings of the area to be disturbed, and an erosion and sediment control plan. Sites disturbing more than one acre must also furnish the ODEQ OKR10 Notice of Intent and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. The permit covers earthwork and erosion control only, not construction of infrastructure.

Office location and hours

Community Permitting and Licensing is in Broken Arrow City Hall, 220 S. First Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74012, open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The city lists (918) 259-2411 for building permits and (918) 259-2400 as the general Community Development line.