Building permit fees are hereby established as follows:
A. Plan Review Fees, Permit Fees And Reinspection Fees:
1. Plan Review Fees:
Plans are required for one and two-family dwellings | No charge for plan reviews | |
First Commercial Plan review including Commercial Master Plans and additional plan review required by changes, additions, or revisions to approved plans, and all dwellings larger than one and two-family dwellings: | ||
1st review | $100.00 | |
2nd review | 200.00 | |
3rd review | 1,125.00 | |
4th and any additional reviews | 1,500.00 each | |
2. Building Permit Fees: The fee for each building permit including additions shall be as set forth in the following schedule:
Building Square Feet | Fee |
0 - 500 | $30.00 |
500 - 1,000 | 60.00 |
1,000 - 2,000 | 100.00 |
2,000 - 5,000 | 150.00 |
Over 5,000 | $150.00 + $0.04 per sq. ft. |
Type | Permit Fee |
Type | Permit Fee |
Signs (includes LED, not video) | $30.00 |
Miscellaneous residential includes remodels, damage, repair or residing | 20.00 |
Miscellaneous commercial includes remodels up to 500 sq. ft., for larger projects permits are based on the above chart | 30.00 |
Storage building/garage | Fee is calculated according to the building square feet table above |
Deck | $ 20.00 |
Fences over 6 ft. high | 10.00 |
Retaining walls (greater than 4 ft. high, require engineered drawings) | 20.00 |
Fire sprinkler systems - Fire Department performs the plan check and inspections | 30.00 |
Grading Plan review fee and grading permit fee | 60.00 |
Building demolition permits | 60.00 |
Cell and other towers | 100.00 |
Antenna co-locates | 100.00 |
Temporary job trailers | 30.00 |
Type | Square Foot Fee | Permit Fee | |
Re-roof shingles and shakes (over 100 sq. ft. requires permit): | |||
Residential | $10.00 | ||
Commercial | $0.005 per sq. ft. | ||
Foundation Permit Fee | |
Foundation only | $40.00 |
Foundation only - plumbing | 40.00 |
Foundation only - electrical | 40.00 |
Foundation only - mechanical | 40.00 |
A building permit must be obtained to finish a basement; however, a building permit fee will be waived. Because the building square footage is charged in original plans and plumbing, and mechanical work is usually roughed-in in unfinished basements, permits are required to finish the plumbing and mechanical but there is no charge for those permits, unless there are special circumstances. For example, if the basement floor must be opened to install new plumbing drain lines or if a new hot water heater or a furnace is installed then a permit and fee will be required. A standard electrical permit is required with the standard fee for the addition of new electrical circuits as well as for electrical wiring and new outlets to finish a basement. Standard inspections from the Building Division will still be conducted and work must be in compliance with the code enforced by the Town of Wright.
3. Reinspection Fees: The first two (2) inspections for all work are free of charge. A sixty dollar ($60.00) fee will be assessed for each subsequent reinspection of the same type of work which is found to be incorrect after the second inspection. The reinspection fee must be paid to the Town of Wright before each reinspection can be scheduled.
4. Disaster Permits: Permits for repairs to a building or structure as the result of a natural disaster or accident as determined and approved by the building official shall be free of charge.
B. Electrical Permit Fees:
1. The fee for an electrical permit shall be computed in accordance with the following schedule. Fees are payable at the time of issuance of the electrical permit. The minimum fee for the issuance of an electrical permit is ten dollars ($10.00).
2. Electrical repair, temporary construction electrical service, MH and RV hook-up, (not on a privately-owned lot), services, change services, basement finish, additions, alterations, or repairs - circuits or sub-feeder (including circuit feed for sub- feeders) on either primary or secondary services are computed separately.
Capacity | Fee |
0 - 60 amp capacity | $10.00 |
61 - 100 amp capacity | 12.00 |
101 - 200 amp capacity | 13.00 |
Each additional 100 amp capacity or fraction thereof | 4.00 |
For each sub-panel | 5.00 |
3. Residential and commercial electrical fees:
a. The maximum fee for single family residences on a privately- owned lot, as outlined by the International Residential Code, including, MHs, townhouses and patio houses is:
Capacity | Fee |
0 - 100 amp capacity | $40.00 |
101 - 200 amp capacity | 50.00 |
b. The maximum fee for commercial building is:
Capacity | Fee | |
Capacity | Fee | |
For commercial building including apartment buildings single phase service: | ||
0 - 100 amp capacity | $40.00 | |
100 - 200 amp capacity | 50.00 | |
Each additional 100 amp capacity or fraction thereof | 10.00 | |
For each sub-panel | 5.00 | |
For commercial building including apartment buildings 3-phase service: | ||
0 - 100 amp capacity | 50.00 | |
100 - 200 amp capacity | 60.00 | |
Each additional 100 amp capacity or fraction thereof | 12.00 | |
For each sub-panel | 5.00 | |
c. The maximum fee for a new mobile home park is ten dollars ($10.00) for each space for the first forty (40) spaces and five dollars ($5.00) per each additional space.
4. In addition to the foregoing a charge is made for special installations as follows in addition to a base charge of ten dollars ($10.00):
a. Each street lighting standard: One dollar ($1.00).
b. Each traffic signal standard: Two dollars ($2.00).
c. Each lighted sign: Ten dollars ($10.00).
5. Demolition of building - disconnect power service line: Ten dollars ($10.00).
C. Plumbing, Mechanical And Gas Pipefitting Permit Fees:
1. Plumbing permit fees: | |||
Minimum permit fee | $10.00 | ||
For each plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on 1 trap (including water, drainage piping, and backflow protection therefor) | 2.00 | ||
For each water heater | 10.00 | ||
For each industrial waste pre-treatment grease or sand-oil interceptor, including its trap and vent, excepting kitchen type grease, interceptors functioning as fixture traps | 10.00 | ||
For installation, alteration or repair of water line | 10.00 | ||
For each lawn sprinkler system and associated backflow protection devices | 5.00 | ||
For water softeners or treatment systems | 10.00 | ||
Plumbing repair (any type) | 10.00 | ||
Sewer line installation and/or repair | 10.00 | ||
Residential plumbing (new single-family construction) - interior | 30.00 | ||
Demolition of building - cap off plumbing at street | 10.00 | ||
2. Mechanical permit fees unit fee schedule: | |||
Residential - new HVAC (includes up to 2 heating units, A/C unit, vents, ducts, bath fans, dryer vents, and fireplaces) | $30.00 | ||
$15.00 per unit for each additional unit | |||
Residential - replacement: | |||
Installation of a furnace, woodstove or heating unit | $15.00 per unit | ||
Installation of an air conditioning or cooling unit | 15.00 per unit | ||
Installation of a boiler unit | 15.00 per unit | ||
Miscellaneous | 15.00 per unit | ||
Commercial new or replacement: | |||
Installation of a furnace, wood/coal stove, or heating unit | 20.00 per unit | ||
Installation of an air conditioning window unit or cooling unit | 20.00 per unit | ||
Installation of a boiler unit | 20.00 per unit | ||
Installation of a grease hood or exhaust hood | 20.00 per unit | ||
New construction or alteration of a commercial building HVAC (heating unit, venting, ducts, air conditioning unit, grease hood, bathroom fan, dryer vent) | 75.00 flat fee | ||
$20.00 per unit for each additional unit | |||
Miscellaneous (major items not specified above) | $20.00 per unit | ||
3. Gas pipefitting permit fees: | |||
For each gas piping system of 1 to 4 outlets | 10.00 | ||
For each gas piping system of 5 or more per outlet | 15.00 | ||
(Ord. 2019-03, 6-24-2019)