Shed permit checklist — Maricopa County, Arizona
Assembled from Maricopa County’s own published permit rules. Every line below is quoted from a city document and linked to it. Nothing here is generated, estimated, or inferred from another jurisdiction.
Do you need a permit?
Maricopa County requires a permit for a shed.
Maricopa County's zoning directive DD-3012-01 exempts a non-habitable accessory building or structure that is single story and no greater than 200 square feet in floor area from zoning clearance, and the county's earlier (2014) Local Additions & Addenda carried a matching building-permit exemption for a detached non-habitable accessory building of 200 sq ft or less with no plumbing, electrical or mechanical services or equipment. The 200 sq ft threshold is therefore the practical dividing line, but note that the current 2022 Local Additions & Addenda exempt-work list does not restate that building-permit exemption in the same words, so confirm with Planning & Development before relying on it. Any shed with power, water or HVAC run to it loses the exemption regardless of size, and setback and accessory-structure placement rules under DD-3012-01 apply even to an exempt shed.
Loading the full checklist…
Sources
- shed — permit rules ↗verified August 2026
Other permits Maricopa County publishes rules for
Listed because the city publishes a separate rule for each type — not because this project necessarily triggers one. Whether it does depends on your scope of work.
- Deck permit checklist
- Fence permit checklist
- Water heater permit checklist
- Re-roof permit checklist
- Retaining wall permit checklist
- Electrical work permit checklist
- General building work permit checklist
BuildSpec is a reference, not the authority having jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with Maricopa County before you build.