BuildingPermitCost How Grand Junction calculates your permit fee
The city charges a building permit fee using a fee table based on project value, with a $50.00 minimum. Plan review is a separate charge: 15% of the permit fee. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical work gets its own permits.
The fee table
| Project value | Fee |
|---|---|
| $1 – $1,200 | $50.00 |
| $1,201 – $2,000 | $50.00 for the first $1,200 + $2.20 per additional $100 or fraction |
| $2,001 – $25,000 | $68.00 for the first $2,000 + $9.90 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $25,001 – $50,000 | $295.70 for the first $25,000 + $7.20 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $50,001 – $100,000 | $475.70 for the first $50,000 + $5.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $100,001 – $500,000 | $725.70 for the first $100,000 + $3.90 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $500,001 – $1,000,000 | $2,285.70 for the first $500,000 + $3.30 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| Over $1,000,000 | $3,935.70 for the first $1,000,000 + $2.20 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
What counts as project value
Local valuation table. New construction and additions: 'select the applicable Square Foot Construction Cost multiplier in Table 3A ... The product of the identified multiplier and the area ... is the Total Valuation.' One- and two-family use the VB column (R-3 VB $74.68/sq ft; private garages use U Utility, VB $29.99). Remodels: 'actual labor and material cost of the project.' Table 3A values are from the 2003 IBC. The county page says valuations are rounded up in all cases.
Worked example: a $350,000 new home
- Building permit fee: $725.70 for the first $100,000.00 + $3.90 × 250 per $1,000.00 over = $1,701.00
- Total before trade permits: $1,701.00.
Fees people miss
May also apply (not in the totals above)
- Work commencing before permit issuance: when work started before the permit was issued (at Building Official discretion); $296.00 on the standard projects.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Residential submittal feeWhen: residential projects the Building Official judges at risk of non-issuance | $250.00 maximum, credited to permit fee at issuance |
| Third-party plan review (department additional review)When: Building Department requires third-party plan review | up to 20% of permit fee |
| Inspections outside normal business hoursWhen: after-hours inspection requested | $60.00 per hour per person, 2-hour minimum |
| Inspections or plan review with no specific feeWhen: work not covered elsewhere | $50.00 per hour per person |
| Re-inspectionWhen: failed or not-ready inspection | $50.00 first re-inspection; $100 for additional re-inspection on same violation |
| Same-day inspectionWhen: same-day inspection requested | $100.00 each, plus re-inspection fee |
| First reactivation of expired permitWhen: expired permit | $50.00 each |
Trade permits are separate. Electrical: Separate electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits use Table 2 on the actual cost of labor and materials. Plumbing: Table 2 on actual cost of labor and materials. Mechanical: Table 2 on actual cost of labor and materials.
How to apply
- Gather your plans and your project's total value.
- Submit to Mesa County Building Department (planning clearance from City of Grand Junction Community Development, 970-244-1430).
- Pay the permit and plan review fees when invoiced.
- Questions: 970-244-1631