Residential building permit fees based on square footage:
(1)
New residential dwellings and attached structures (including apartments, duplexes and condos).
(A)
Base fee.
Not more than three stories in height with a separate means of egress.
1,000 or less | $650.00 |
1,001 to 1,250 | $825.00 |
1,251 to 1,500 | $975.00 |
1,501 to 1,750 | $1,150.00 |
1,751 to 2,000 | $1,300.00 |
2,001 to 2,250 | $1,500.00 |
2,251 to 2,500 | $1,700.00 |
2,501 to 3,000 | $1,950.00 |
3,001 to 3,500 | $2,300.00 |
3,501 to 4,000 | $2,600.00 |
4,001 to 4,500 | $2,925.00 |
4,501 or more | $2,950.00 (+ $0.65 per/sq. ft.) |
(C)
Plan review fees.
(i)
Remodel and detached accessory buildings plans (barns, stables, garages, cabanas, storage, pools, spa): $75.00.
(ii)
Residential plans: $300.00.
(iii)
Attached structures plan review fee (including apartments, duplexes, townhomes and condos) shall be 10% of the cost of the building permit fee.
(iv)
Commercial certificate of occupancy: $100.00.
Note: The plan review fee must be paid before they are reviewed and permits are issued and is nonrefundable. |
(D)
Third-party inspection; plan review; consultants.
Use of outside consultants for independent plan review and/or inspections: Actual cost if individual fees collected under this section are exceeded. If an outside consultant is used entirely for the permit there is an additional 1% administration fee on the actual total cost.
(2)
Remodeling, additions, alterations, repairs, and fire damage permit fee.
Plan review | $75.00 |
Minimum fee | $100.00 |
150' and over | + $0.65/sq. ft. |
(3)
Detached accessory buildings (barns, stables, garages, cabanas, storage).
0–250 sq. ft. | $100.00 |
Over 250 sq. ft. | $100.00 + $0.25 per sq. ft. over 250 sq. ft. |
(4)
Other fees.
(A)
Certificate of occupancy: $100.00.
(B)
Lawn sprinkler: $200.00.
(C)
Septic:
(i)
Residential plan review: $75.00.
(ii)
Nonresidential review: $100.00.
(iii)
Single-family: $335.00.
(iv)
Non-single-family: $475.00.
(v)
$50.00 for the second reinspection and increasing in $25.00 increments for each reinspection of the same items thereafter (i.e., $50.00, $75.00, $100.00, etc.).
(vi)
All red tags must be paid before a certificate of occupancy is issued.
(D)
Temporary certificate of occupancy: $100.00.
(E)
Occupation of premises without certificate of occupancy penalty: $250.00.
(F)
Stop-work order lifting: $50.00.
(G)
Permit extension: One half of permit fee.
(H)
Work without permit penalty: Double permit fee.
(I)
Third-party inspection, plan review; consultants: Use of outside consultants for independent plan review and/or inspections: Actual cost if individual fees collected under this section are exceeded. If an outside consultant is used entirely for the permit there is an additional 1% administration fee on the actual total cost.
(J)
Backflow test fee: $25.00.
(K)
Backflow prevention assembly test (if Town of Fairview performs test): $500.00.
(L)
Backflow prevention assembly re-test (if Town of Fairview performs test): $150.00.
(M)
Residential re-roof: $100.00.
(N)
Professional recovery fee (PRF): Actual cost to town of all third-party fees.
(O)
Residential fire plan permit/review/inspections.
Minimum fee | $150.00 |
0–100,000 SF | $0.035/SF |
100,001–300,000 SF | $3,500.00 plus $0.017/SF over 100,000 SF |
> 300,000 SF | $6,900.00 plus $0.01/SF over 300,000 SF |
One/two dwelling townhomes | $150.00, plus square footage |
(1998 Code, sec. 40.01(A); Ordinance 2016-28 adopted 10/11/16; Ordinance 2019-22 adopted 9/17/19; Ordinance 2025-23 adopted 11/4/2025)