Building Services Division
- Phone
- (208) 884-5534
- Hours
- Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MT
Idaho
Meridian, ID permit fees and requirements
Meridian prices every building permit from one formula — $50.00 base plus $5.50 per $1,000 of project value or fraction thereof — with project value derived from the city's own per-square-foot valuation guidance ($94.06 per square foot of living area for new homes). Electrical permits step by service size for new homes ($120-$210) and by wiring cost for commercial work; plumbing charges $30 per living unit and $8 per fixture with a percentage ladder for large projects.
Permit costs we have worked out
Each page shows the fee components, the formula the jurisdiction uses, and a worked example you can follow by hand.
Estimate your potential Meridian permit fee with our Building Permit Fee Calculator.
| Permit | Category | Last reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian Building Permit Cost | structural | 2026-09-26 |
| Meridian Electrical Permit Cost | electrical | 2026-09-26 |
| Meridian Plumbing Permit Cost | plumbing | 2026-09-26 |
Local context
What is specific to Meridian
Meridian's Building Services Division, under Community Development, serves its fee data through the City Fees Schedule portal where every row cites its adopting resolution — the structural, electrical and plumbing rows trace to Resolution 18-2110, with temporary-power and after-hours rates amended by Resolutions 20-2230 and 20-2234. The city also publishes fee-calculation worksheets whose formulas make the arithmetic explicit: the commercial sheet computes the building fee as 50 + 5.5 × (value/1,000), adds a 65% building plan check and a 30% fire plan review, and prices police and fire impact fees per square foot by building type.
Meridian sits in Ada County, so Ada County Highway District impact fees ($5,803 per single-family dwelling on the residential worksheet) and the city's water and sewer assessments ($1,696 and $5,807 flats) ride alongside the permit fees — those are not part of the permit itself.
Valuation
How valuation is determined here
The building formula reads project value: livable area × $94.06 per sq ft for new ground-up homes and complete rebuilds (per the ICC Building Valuation Data the worksheet cites), additions at $72.00/sq ft, garages at $36.91/sq ft, and covered patios or storage sheds at $16.00/sq ft. Electrical commercial fees read total wiring cost (labor and material); plumbing's percentage ladder reads job value.
Who to contact
The office that issues the permit, with the details we have verified. Confirm current hours before travelling.
What these fees do not include
The list is not a disclaimer: on a new house the fees left out can outweigh the permit fee several times over. Every entry here is stated on the permit page as well.
Not included in our estimates
These municipal figures cover the permit and plan-check fees. They exclude:
- Meridian police, parks and fire impact fees (per-square-foot tables, $190-$5,544 residential).
- Water and sewer assessment flats ($1,696 / $5,807) and meter fees ($323.92 for the standard ¾-inch meter).
- Ada County Highway District impact fees ($5,803 single-family).
- Fire plan review (30% of the building permit fee, charged by the Fire Department).
- After-hours inspections ($52.93-$57.41 per hour by trade).
Official sources for this jurisdiction
The documents these figures are transcribed from. Where a source contradicts itself we keep both readings and say so on the permit page.
- City websiteCityPrimary source
The city's official fee database; each row carries its adopting resolution number. Building Structural (1.1), Electrical (1.2), Mechanical (1.3) and Plumbing (1.4) rows read in full from the portal. Retrieval required a browser session (the portal serves a Cloudflare challenge to plain HTTP agents).
- City websiteCityPrimary source
New Commercial Fee Calculation Worksheet (6-1-2026) — City of Meridian Building Services
Official calculator confirming the building formula ($50 + $5.50 per $1,000), the 65% commercial building plan review, the 30% fire plan review, and the per-square-foot police ($1.23/$0.19) and fire ($1.29/$0.96) impact fees.
- City websiteCityPrimary source
Residential Fee Calculation Worksheet (6-1-2026) — City of Meridian Building Services
Official calculator whose cell formulas print the exact arithmetic: building fee = $50 + (project value ÷ 1,000) × $5.50, with project value from $94.06/sq ft living area (per BVD), $36.91/sq ft garages and $16/sq ft sheds and patio covers.