(a) Commercial Plan Examination Fees. All plans and specifications for buildings covered by the Ohio Building Code shall be examined by the Chief Building Official (Plans Examiner) under the provisions of the Ohio Building Code and the City Building Code, where applicable. The fees for examination of plans for remodeling, alteration, addition or new construction shall be as follows:
Application Fee | Plan Examination Fee (square feet) | |
General | $ 100.00 | $2.00/100 |
Plumbing | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
HVAC | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
Electrical | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
Fire Alarm | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
Automated Sprinkler and Fire Suppression | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
Industrialized Units | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
Commercial Swimming Pool | 100.00 | 2.00/100 |
(b) Dwelling Plans Examination. All new dwellings and additions require plans examination. The fee for plans examinations made by the Chief Building Official (Plans Examiner) for new or remodeled one-, two- or three-family dwellings shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each trade or seventy-five dollars ($75.00) which shall include all trades.
(c) Schedule of Fees for Building Permits. Applications for all building permits shall be accompanied by payment of the following fees:
(1) Standard permit fee (includes only the final inspection) | $ 50.00 |
(2) Any requested inspection | 25.00 |
(3) Reinspection fee for code violation | 50.00 |
(4) "No Show" reinspection fee | 75.00 |
(5) Inspections conducted before 8:00 a.m. and after 4:30 p.m. on legal holidays and Saturdays and Sundays | $150.00 per hour or portion thereof |
(6) New residential, additions and alterations. All one-, two- and three-family dwelling structures shall require fees in the amount of three dollars ($3.00) per 100 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area, plus the standard permit fee and such additional inspection fees as are required.
(7) New construction, additions and alterations under the Ohio Building Code. New construction, additions and alterations regulated by the Ohio Building Code (four-unit residential or greater, commercial or industrial) shall require a permit fee in the amount of three dollars ($3.00) per 100 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area, plus the standard permit fee and such additional inspection fees as are required.
(8) New accessory buildings, additions or structures. Private garages, sheds, storage buildings, swimming pools (see additionally Chapter 1337
), fences, roofs and decks shall require the standard permit fee and such additional inspection fees as are required.
(9) Remodeling and alterations. Remodeling and alterations of any existing structure, whether residential, commercial or industrial, shall be based upon the contract value of the improvement, as set forth in the following table, plus payment of the standard permit fee and such additional inspection fees as are required.
Contract Value of Improvement | Fee |
Up to $1,000 | $ 10.00 |
$1,001 to $2,000 | 20.00 |
$2,001 to $3,000 | 30.00 |
$3,001 to $4,000 | 40.00 |
$4,001 to $5,000 | 50.00 |
From $5,001 and up, the fees are $5.00 per $1,000 or fraction thereof. | |
(d) Any contractor, to include home improvement contractors licensed pursuant to Chapter 1311, who fails to obtain permits required by this chapter prior to the beginning of work, except in those cases where emergency construction is necessary, shall be required to obtain and pay for the permits which were originally required and in addition thereto shall pay a penalty twice the amount of the original permit fees.
(e) All fees shall be paid in full prior to issuance of the final approval and/or the certificate of occupancy for the structure.
(Ord. 116-2009. Passed 7-20-09; Ord. 132-2012. Passed 8-27-12.)