Fees

Yes, all permits have required fees. These fees are typically for the processing of the permit and are due at application time. Other fees such as Development Review fees, Impact fees and fees to request the Final Unified Certificate of Occupancy are all due after the permit has been approved. Click the links below to view the details for each type of fee.

• Zoning Permit Application Fees and Other Miscellaneous Fees (Pay at the Dept of Planning and Zoning)
  
  
• Zoning Certificates of Occupancy and Compliance Reports (Pay at the Department of Code Enforcement)
  
  
• Downloadable Version of Zoning Application and Certificate of Occupancy Fees
  
  
• Impact Fees (Pay at the Dept of Planning and Zoning)
  
  
• Payment shall be made by Check or Cash only. Credit and debit cards are not accepted. Please make all checks payable to the City of Burlington. Thank you.
  
  
• History of Land Records Filing Fees

FEE EXAMPLE

A project involves constructing a new $1500 deck. Assuming all work and payments were done in a timely fashion, the fees would be as follows:

1. $80 Zoning Permit Application Fee
2. $30-40 Construction Permit Fee (any project up to $2858 construction cost)
3. $38 Final Unified Certificate of Occupancy Fee

TOTAL for this project would be $148-158 in fees.

Fees are calculated based upon the Estimated Construction Cost, so please be prepared with the project's estimated construction cost dollar figure.