BuildingPermitCost How Spokane calculates your permit fee
The city charges a building permit fee using a fee table based on project value, plus a $65.00 application fee, with a $73.00 minimum. Plan review is a separate charge: 50% of the permit fee.
The fee table
| Project value | Fee |
|---|---|
| $1 – $2,000 | $73.00 |
| $2,001 – $25,000 | $73.00 for the first $2,000 + $13.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $25,001 – $50,000 | $372.00 for the first $25,000 + $10.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $50,001 – $100,000 | $622.00 for the first $50,000 + $7.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $100,001 – $500,000 | $972.00 for the first $100,000 + $5.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| $500,001 – $1,000,000 | $2,972.00 for the first $500,000 + $4.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
| Over $1,000,000 | $4,972.00 for the first $1,000,000 + $3.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction |
Plus an application fee of $65.00.
Surcharges
- Technology Fee: 2.5% of the fee total
What counts as project value
ICC Building Valuation Data table. Fees are by job value. The schedule says building permit fees are not automatically adjusted 'because updates occur semi-annually through the International Code Council (ICC) published updates', implying job value is set from ICC Building Valuation Data; the exact rule (e.g. greater of contract value or ICC valuation) is not stated in this schedule.
Worked example: a $350,000 new home
- Building permit fee: $972.00 for the first $100,000.00 + $5.00 × 250 per $1,000.00 over = $2,222.00
- Application fee: fixed = $65.00
- Plan review fee: 50% of $2,222.00 = $1,111.00
- Technology Fee: 2.5% of $3,398.00 = $84.95
- Total before trade permits: $3,482.95.
Fees people miss
May also apply (not in the totals above)
- Early Start and Fast Track Approval: when optional early start / fast track; $93.00 on the standard projects.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| State Building Code Fee | State Determined Fee |
| Development Services Review FeeWhen: when development services review applies (not stated) | $119.00 each |
| Re-inspection feeWhen: re-inspection | $156.00 each |
| Work done without permit / investigative feeWhen: work without permit | $311.00 greater of 2x inspection fee(s) or $311 |
| Inspection outside normal working hoursWhen: after hours | $119.00 per hour (2-hr minimum) |
| Additional, excessive or phased reviewsWhen: additional reviews | 50% of original review fee |
| Revision reviewWhen: revision | $119.00 per hour |
| Permit or application extensionWhen: extension | $46.60 each |
| Plan review, SFR & duplex accessory structure remodelsWhen: accessory structure remodel | 25% of job value fee |
How to apply
- Gather your plans and your project's total value.
- Submit to Development Services Center online through the permit portal.
- Pay the permit and plan review fees when invoiced.
- Questions: City Hall, 808 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA