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Permit Fees

Building Permit Fees
Work to be done
Fee in dollars (+ base fee of $25.00)
Addition: residential
10.00 + 0.10/SF
Bath remodel
25.00
Deck
0.10/SF over 100 SF
Fence
No additional charge over base fee
Fireplace or Stove (wood, gas, pellet)
No additional charge over base fee
Carport
No additional charge over base fee
Garage
10.00 + 0.10/SF
Kitchen remodel
25.00
Porches/steps (inc. ramps)
No additional charge over base fee
Remodel one room
10.00
Remodel over one room
0.05/SF
Remodel entire house/apartment
10.00 + 0.05/SF
Roof
No additional charge over base fee
Shed/Gazebo
0.10/SF
Siding
No additional charge over base fee
Windows
No additional charge over base fee
New House
60.00 + 0.05/SF
Demolition
10.00 + 0.02/SF (footprint)
No Base Fee for the following:
Flat fee only
Pool, aboveground
30.00
Pool, inground
40.00
Commercial Building
160.0 + 0.05/SF
Gasoline pump (install/remove)
100.00 each
Gasoline storage tank (install/remove)
150.00 each
Move bldg thru or across street
100.00
This is not a complete list of work requiring a permit.  A permit is not required for painting, carpeting, floor covering above the sub-floor. Please contact us for more details as needed.

All above fees are subject to a base fee of $25.00 except where so noted.

*Permit fees are doubled when permit is taken out pursuant to order of the Office of Code Enforcement

**Permit fees will be waived for all single-family dwellings and owner-occupied two-unit (duplex) dwellings for all permits except new houses, additions, new garages and/or carports, new sheds and pools.