Building Permit Valuation Fees(1)

Total Valuation

Fee

$1.00 to $500.00

$23.50

$501.00 to $2,000.00

$23.50 for the first $500.00 plus $3.05 for each additional $100.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000.00

$2,001.00 to $25,000.00

$69.25 for the first $2,000.00 plus $14.00 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000.00

$25,001.00 to $50,000.00

$391.75 for the first $25,000.00 plus $10.10 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00

$50,001.00 to $100,000.00

$643.75 for the first $50,000.00 plus $7.00 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00

$100,001.00 to $500,000.00

$993.75 for the first $100,000.00 plus $5.60 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00

$500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00

$3,233.75 for the first $500,000.00 plus $4.75 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000.00

$1,000,001.00 and up

$5,608.75 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $3.65 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof

(1) For the purposes of determining valuation for issuance of building permits and charging building permit fees, the current building valuation data published in the Building Safety Journal published by the International Code Council shall be utilized.

Building Permit Plan Review Fees

Plan Review Fees. With respect to plans submitted for plan review in connection with an application for a building permit, the applicant shall be responsible for the payment of a plan review fee. Such fee shall be due and payable regardless of whether a building permit is issued.

Building Permit Fees and Plan Review Fees. When submittal documents are required a plan review fee shall be paid at the time the permit application is submitted. Such plan review fee shall be 85 percent of the building permit fee. The plan review fees specified in this section are separate fees from the building permit fees, and are in addition to the building permit fees. When submittal documents are changed so as to require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred submittal items as defined in IBC Section 106.3.4.2, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate shown in the building permit valuation table above.

Demolition:

$350.00

Mobile and Manufactured Homes

Inside Mobile Home Parks

Outside Mobile Home Parks

$250.00

Valuation of the foundation + plan review fee + $200.00

Mechanical Permit Fees

Permit Issuance Fees

Fees

For the issuance of each mechanical permit

$75.00

For issuing each supplemental permit for which the original permit has not expired, been canceled or finaled

$6.50

Mechanical plan review fee

DS staff time

Mechanical Unit Fee Schedule

These fees are in addition to the above-listed permit issuance fees

Furnaces

For the installation or relocation of each forced-air or gravity-type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents attached to such appliance, up to and including 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW)

$25.00

For the installation or relocation of each forced-air or gravity-type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents attached to such appliance over 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW)

$40.00

For the installation or relocation of each floor furnace, including vent

$25.00

For the installation or relocation of each suspended heater, recessed wall heater or floor-mounted unit heater

$25.00

Appliance Vents

For the installation, relocation or replacement of each appliance vent installed and not included in an appliance permit

$15.00

Repairs or Additions

For the repair of, alteration of, or addition to each heating appliance, refrigeration unit, cooling unit, absorption unit, or each heating, cooling, absorption or evaporative cooling system, including installation of controls regulated by the mechanical code

$15.00

Boilers, Compressors and Absorption Systems

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor to and including three horsepower (10.6 kW), or each absorption system to and including 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW)

$25.00

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over three horsepower (10.6 kW) to and including 15 horsepower (52.7 kW), or each absorption system over 100,000 Btu/h (29.3 kW) to and including 500,000 Btu/h (146.6 kW)

$40.00

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over 15 horsepower (52.7 kW) to and including 30 horsepower (105.5 kW), or each absorption system over 500,000 Btu/h (146.6 kW) to and including 1,000,000 Btu/h (293.1 kW)

$52.00

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over 30 horsepower (105.5 kW) to and including 50 horsepower (176 kW), or each absorption system over 1,000,000 Btu/h (293.1 kW) to and including 1,750,000 Btu/h (512.9 kW)

$70.00

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor over 50 horsepower (176 kW), or each absorption system over 1,750,000 Btu/h (512.9 kW)

$100.00

Air Handlers

For each air-handling unit to and including 10,000 cubic feet per minute (cfm) (4,719 L/s), including ducts attached thereto

$15.00

Note: This fee does not apply to an air-handling unit which is a portion of a factory-assembled appliance, cooling unit, evaporative cooler or absorption unit for which a permit is required elsewhere in the mechanical code.

For each air-handling unit over 10,000 cfm (4,719 L/s)

$20.00

Evaporative Coolers

For each evaporative cooler other than portable type

$15.00

Ventilation and Exhaust

For each ventilation fan connected to a single duct

$15.00

For each ventilation system which is not a portion of any heating or air conditioning system authorized by a permit

$15.00

For the installation of each hood which is served by mechanical exhaust, including the ducts for such hood. Type I/II commercial hoods

$25.00 (Type I)

$50.00 (Type II)

Incinerators

For the installation or relocation of each domestic-type incinerator

$25.00

For the installation or relocation of each commercial- or industrial-type incinerator

$80.00

Miscellaneous

For each appliance or piece of equipment regulated by the mechanical code but not classed in other appliance categories, or for which no other fee is listed in the table

$15.00

Gas-Piping System

For each gas-piping system one to five outlets

$10.00

For each gas-piping system of five or more outlets, per outlet

$2.00

Plumbing Permit Fees

Permit Issuance Fees

Fee

For issuing each permit

$75.00

For issuing each supplemental permit

$10.00

Plumbing plan review fee

DS staff time

Plumbing Unit Fee Schedule

These fees are in addition to the above-listed permit issuance fees

For each plumbing fixture on one trap or a set of fixtures on one trap (including water, drainage piping and backflow protection therefor)

$10.00

For each building sewer and each trailer park sewer

$15.00

Rainwater systems – Per drain (inside building)

$10.00

For each cesspool (where permitted)

$25.00

For each private sewage disposal system

$40.00

For each water heater and/or vent

$10.00

For each gas-piping system of one to five outlets

$10.00

For each additional gas-piping system outlet, per outlet

$2.00

For each industrial waste pretreatment interceptor including its trap and vent, except kitchen-type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps

$10.00

For each installation, alteration or repair of water piping and/or water treating equipment, each fixture

$10.00

For each repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping, each fixture

$10.00

For each lawn sprinkler system on any one meter including backflow protection devices therefor

$10.00

For each backflow protective device other than atmospheric type vacuum breakers:

Two-inch (51 mm) diameter and smaller

$10.00

Over two-inch (51 mm) diameter

$15.00

For each gray water system

$40.00

For initial installation and testing for a reclaimed water system

$30.00

For each annual cross-connection testing of a reclaimed water system (excluding initial test)

$30.00

For each medical gas-piping system serving one to five inlet(s)/outlet(s) for a specific gas

$60.00

For each additional medical gas inlet(s)/outlet(s)

$5.00

STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL SURCHARGE FEE

Building Permit Fees: The activities of the State Building Code Council are supported by permit fees collected by each city and county. RCW 19.27.085 of the State Building Code Act requires the imposition of a fee on residential and commercial building permits issued by the city plus an additional surcharge for each residential unit, not including the first unit, on each building containing more than one residential unit. The city hereby adopts RCW 19.27.085(3) by this reference as if it was fully set forth herein as it is currently written and as it may be amended in the future.

For the purpose of this fee, Chapter 51-05 WAC defines “building permits” as any permit to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish any building or structure regulated by the building code. Exempt from the fee are plumbing, electrical, mechanical permits, permits issued to install a mobile/manufactured home, commercial coach or factory-built structure, or permits issued pursuant to the International Fire Code.

Each city and county shall remit moneys collected to the State Treasury quarterly. No remittance is required until a minimum of $50.00 has accumulated.

These permit fees are the amounts current in October 2018. Such fees may be changed by the state legislature.

Temporary Certificates of Occupancy

First temporary certificate of occupancy

10% of building permit fee

Additional renewals, each

$250.00

Additional staff review time by development services staff required because of changes, additions or revisions to plans after one review has been completed

Staff time with a minimum of one-half hour billed

Additional staff time completing inspections after one failed inspection

Staff time with a minimum of one-half hour billed

Consultant(s) needed to complete review and/or inspections on behalf of the city

Where it states “100% of consultant cost” in this fee schedule these fees shall be assessed as indicated

100% of consultant cost shall be paid to the city

Copies

$0.15 per side for 8.5" by 11" paper

Copies of maps

Cost to print or have made

Copies of other materials

Cost to print or have made

Critical area signs

100% of city’s cost

Development services review of materials, processing of permits/approvals, or other similar work when fees for this review/work are not listed within this fee schedule

Staff time with a minimum of one hour billed

Development services (DS) staff time

Where it states “DS Staff Time” in this fee schedule these fees shall be assessed as indicated

$50.00 an hour with a minimum of one hour billed for permit technician’s time

$150.00 an hour with a minimum of one hour billed for staff other than permit technicians

Fee increases to account for inflation

All fees in this fee schedule shall be adjusted each January to account for inflation. The Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index for the Seattle Area shall be used to determine the percent increases all fees shall be subject to.

Hearing examiner cost

Where it states “cost of the hearing examiner” in this fee schedule these fees shall be assessed and collected as indicated.

The actual costs for the hearing examiner that are billed to the city shall be paid by the applicant, appellant, or other (as applicable).

A deposit for these fees estimated to cover the total cost shall be paid when permits, approvals, appeals (as applicable) are submitted to the city.

If the estimated deposit collected by the city is in excess of what the hearing examiner charges to the city, then the city shall refund the amount over what the hearing examiner charges.

If the estimated deposit collected by the city is less than what the hearing examiner charges the city, then the city shall charge the applicant, appellant, or other (as applicable) the additional amount of the hearing examiner charges.

Inspections for which no fee is listed in this fee schedule

Staff time with a minimum of one-half hour billed

Inspections outside 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Staff time with a minimum of two hours billed

Postage costs

100% of the city’s cost

Publications in newspaper

Average cost of the previous year’s legal notices x number of notices required

(This cost shall be set in January of each calendar year by taking the average of the publishing cost for DS legal notices for the prior year. This cost will be multiplied by the number of published notices required for a particular project)

Technology fee for all building permits with valuation and plan review fees

6% of the building permit valuation and plan review fees

Technology fee for all engineering and planning permits/approvals when other technology fees are not listed

6% of the permit fee after all fees are added together

Engineering and planning permits, approvals, reviews and inspections generally have several fee amounts to be added together. For example: a four-lot preliminary short plat on property with critical areas (with a mitigation plan) the applicant will be charged for the preliminary short plat (with the per lot fees), SEPA environmental review for sites with critical areas, a critical area permit, signs, postage and publications. This technology fee adds 6% after all of the listed fees are added together.

In this fee schedule when the symbol “+” is used it indicates adding a fee to another listed fee