Issued by Your county environmental health department (Maricopa County Environmental Services Department in the Phoenix area), under the state food code (A.A.C. R9-8), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit. Outside Maricopa County the county health department (Pima County Health Department in Tucson, for example) issues the permit on its own schedule. Ask the county for its current class table before budgeting; the schedule changed in August 2026 and new applications pay the new rate at once.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Your county environmental health department (Maricopa County Environmental Services Department in the Phoenix area), under the state food code (A.A.C. R9-8).
Sources and dates
Maricopa County Environmental Health Code fee schedule (revised August 19, 2026); Maricopa County food and restaurants pages. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
Yes. Submit plans and pay the plan review fee before building out or taking over a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Arizona it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
Your county environmental health department (Maricopa County Environmental Services Department in the Phoenix area), under the state food code (A.A.C. R9-8).
Step 4 of 6, get the permits for your kind of business. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax and approve the space.
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