BuildingPermitCost How Anchorage calculates your permit fee
The city charges a building permit fee using 0.9% of project value, with a $450.00 minimum. Plan review is a separate charge: $5.00 per $1,000 of project value (minimum $75.00). Electrical, plumbing and mechanical work gets its own permits.
The fee table
Residential construction, all others (new, additions, alterations, repairs)
0.9% of project value, with a $450.00 minimum.
Commercial construction
| Project value | Fee |
|---|---|
| $1 – $1,000,000 | $12.00 per $1,000 |
| $1,000,001 – $5,000,000 | $12,000.00 for the first $1,000,000 + $8.00 per additional $1,000 |
| Over $5,000,000 | $44,000.00 for the first $5,000,000 + $6.00 per additional $1,000 |
Added to every matching permit
- Fire Department plan review (commercial): $1.10 per $1,000 of project value, with a $75.00 minimum (Commercial)
Surcharges
- Land use plan review: 15% of the permit fee, minimum $75.00
- Digital maintenance fee (residential construction permit): $50.00
- Digital maintenance fee (commercial construction permit): $75.00
What counts as project value
Not stated in the schedule. Building Safety and plan review fees are multiples of '(Valuation)'; the fee tables do not say how valuation is determined.
Worked example: a $350,000 new home
- Building permit fee: 0.9% of $350,000.00 = $3,150.00
- Plan review fee: $350,000.00 ÷ 1,000 × $5.00 = $1,750.00
- Land use plan review: 15% of $3,150.00 = $472.50
- Digital maintenance fee (residential construction permit): fixed = $50.00
- Total before trade permits: $5,422.50.
Fees people miss
May also apply (not in the totals above)
- Expedited plan review (initial permit): when optional expedited review; $270.00 on the standard projects.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Inspection beyond allotted quantity / first re-inspectionWhen: extra inspections | $175.00 per hour |
| Second and subsequent re-inspectionsWhen: repeat re-inspections | $265.00 per hour |
| Express plan reviewWhen: optional express review | $280.00 per hour per discipline |
| Code research, change orders, alternate materials, misc. reviewWhen: revisions or special review | $175.00 per discipline per hour |
| Change of use (no alteration)When: change of use only | $350.00 each |
| Permit reactivationWhen: reactivation of expired permit | $175.00 each |
Trade permits are separate. Electrical: Stand-alone trade permit (no structural work) $175 incl. 2 inspections; retrofit permits (one 20 A circuit, up to six receptacles/fixtures) $175. Plumbing: Stand-alone trade permit $175 incl. 2 inspections; like-for-like replacements $175. Mechanical: Stand-alone trade permit $175 incl. 2 inspections.
How to apply
- Gather your plans and your project's total value.
- Submit to Municipality of Anchorage Development Services, Building Safety.
- Pay the permit and plan review fees when invoiced.