New Building Permit Fees

(Tuesday, August 3, 2021) – We would like to commend the Building Department on successfully developing a new building permit fee structure. After a comprehensive analysis conducted by JRD & Associates, the new fee structure is more transparent, concise, easy to understand, and will ensure cost recovery. The most notable part of the revised building permit fees is that they are more economical for our residents completing small projects. Residents wishing to complete a $5,000 project can now expect a 78% reduced permit fee. In addition, our fees for commercial projects remain competitive when compared to neighboring cities.

The new building permit fee structure is as follows:

Take the total cost of your job or project and multiply it by the percentage in the appropriate tier below to figure out the cost of your building permit.

Residential Fees

Minimum fee: $25 applied to the job value up to $1,000.

Tier 1: Job value between $1,000 and $50,000. 2.75% of Job Value

Tier 2: Job value between $50,000 and $100,000. 2.50% of Job Value

Tier 3: Job value exceeding $100,000. 2.00% of Job Value

Commercial Fees

Minimum fee: $25 applied to the job value up to $1,000.

Tier 1: Job value between $1,000 and $100,000. 2.75% of Job Value

Tier 2: Job value between $100,000 and $1,000,000. 2.50% of Job Value

Tier 3: Job value between $1,000,000 and $100,000,000 2.00% of Job Value.

Tier 4: Job value exceeding $100,000,000. 0.50% of Job Value

Note: The new building permit fee for new constructions and additions including roofing, windows/doors, driveway (not including approach), and zoning (the plan review). The new permit fee structure is proposed to start in October 2021 to coincide with our new fiscal year.