Building Permit Application Fees
Fees for Building Permit Applications are as follows as per the Code of the Town of Huntington, Chapter 87 (Building Construction), Article III (Building Permits), §87-23 (Application Fees):
A. No building permit shall be issue or released until the fees established in this section has been
paid to the Department of Engineering Services.
B. Fee exemption. The application fee shall be waived if the owner of the property for which a
building permit is sought is a municipality, special improvement district or other entity for
which real property taxes are collected, and if the construction or use is for governmental,
municipal or district purpose and is not proprietary in nature.
C. Computation of application fee. An application for a building permit shall include payment of
an initial minimum fee in addition to a sum based upon the estimated costs of construction,
as follows:
(1) For residential use the minimum fee shall be one hundred ($100) dollars.
(2) For nonresidential uses the minimum fee shall be five hundred ($500) dollars.
(3) In addition to the minimum fee, a fee of seven ($7) dollars shall be charged for each one thousand ($1,000) dollars estimated construction costs, or fraction thereof.
D. Estimated construction costs. The estimate cost of construction shall be determined by the
floor area of a proposed addition, alteration or new building, as follows: [see (1)(a)-(h) and
(2)(a)- (f) for text]
E. Fixed fees. The following fees are not subject to the minimum fee or based upon the
estimated costs of construction. [See (1) (a) – (e), (2)(a) – (b), and (3)(a) – (d) for text.]
F. Unauthorized construction or use. The application fee for a building permit or a certificate of
permitted use shall be three (3) times the amount established in this article if construction or
the change of use has been commenced or completed at any time before a permit or
certificate is issued by the Town.
INFORMATION BULLETIN – Fees – 87-23 doc Effective 1/1/2009
Commercial and Residential Fee Schedules
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