Overland Park, KS
Overland Park building permit cost
An Overland Park building permit runs on two multipliers and one seam.
New construction derives its valuation from the ICC Building Valuation Data Tables and pays 0.0035 × valuation — Portfolio Homes pay the same multiplier with plan review waived. Remodels and repairs at $19,000 and above pay 0.0050 × the applicant's submitted value. Work of $19,000 or less pays flats: $30 to $5,000, $50 to $19,000, each plus the $30 flat plan review — printed totals of $60 and $80. On larger projects the plan review is a payment split, not a fee: 50% of the permit fee at submission, the rest at approval.
How this fee is calculated
These are the components the schedule defines for this permit, as they applied on 2026-09-28. A component only applies to your project if its conditions match — read that column before assuming a figure. Want a figure for your own project? Estimate this fee with the permit fee calculator.
| Component | Formula | Applies when | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building permit, work value $1–$5,000 — $30.00 flatPermit fee | $30.00 flat fee | Project valuation up to $5,000 | — |
| Building permit, work value $5,001–$19,000 — $50.00 flatPermit fee | $50.00 flat fee | Project valuation over $5,000 and up to $19,000 | — |
| Building permit, new construction (ICC valuation path) — 0.0035 × valuationPermit fee | 0.35% of project valuation | valuation source is icc and portfolio home is not provided | — |
| Portfolio Homes building permit — 0.0035 × valuation, plan review waivedPermit fee | 0.35% of project valuation | valuation source is icc and portfolio home is true | — |
| Building permit, applicant-submitted value $19,000 and above — 0.0050 × valuationPermit fee | 0.5% of project valuation | valuation source is submitted and Project valuation over $19,000 | — |
| Flat plan review fee — $30.00 (projects valued $19,000 or less)Plan review | $30.00 flat fee | Project valuation up to $19,000 | — |
A real permit fee is these components added together. The department’s final calculation is the one that applies — this is the schedule it will be based on.
A worked example
Follow the arithmetic by hand. Every line is produced by the engine from the rules above, so the total cannot drift away from the schedule behind it.
Worked example
A new retail shell on the ICC path, with a derived valuation of $400,000 — declared as the ICC-derived valuation the Building Safety staff compute from the building's area, construction type and occupancy.
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Project valuation | $400,000 |
| Occupancy class | Commercial |
| Valuation source | icc |
Example total
$1,400.00
An estimate, not an official fee. It is calculated from the published fee schedule as it applied on 2026-09-28. The permit office’s own calculation is the one that applies, and your project may fall under rules this schedule does not describe.
Fee schedule as of 2026-09-28Rules applied 1Rules considered 6
| Component | How it is calculated | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Building permit, new construction (ICC valuation path) — 0.0035 × valuationPermit fee"Building Permit — Work Value for new construction square footage based upon ICC Building Valuation Data Tables. 'Permit Fee Multiplier' is: 0.0035. Fee = Valuation × Permit Fee Multiplier." The valuation is derived from the annually-adopted ICC Building Valuation Data Tables (square footage × the per-square-foot figure for the construction type and occupancy); the permit application supplies that derived valuation and the rule multiplies it.Show the working
| 0.35% of project valuation | $1,400.00 |
| Total | $1,400.00 |
Fees that do not apply here
Listed so you can see what was considered and left out, rather than wondering whether something is missing. A rule can also be left out because it is not published for this permit at all, and that is stated where it matters.
- Building permit, work value $1–$5,000 — $30.00 flat — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit, work value $5,001–$19,000 — $50.00 flat — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Portfolio Homes building permit — 0.0035 × valuation, plan review waived — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit, applicant-submitted value $19,000 and above — 0.0050 × valuation — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Flat plan review fee — $30.00 (projects valued $19,000 or less) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
Assumptions
- Calculated from 1 fee rule in effect on 2026-09-28.
- Amounts are rounded to the nearest cent, once, at the end of each component.
One line — $1,400.00.
BLD-ICC-0035: 0.0035 × $400,000 = $1,400.00 exactly — which is also the whole-dollar figure the schedule's rounding footnote asks for.
The plan-review payment split: 50% of the fee — $700.00 — is due when construction documents are submitted; the remaining $700.00 is due at approval. Nothing is added: the total is $1,400.00, not $2,100.00.
What moves it: the same project on an applicant-submitted valuation at $19,000+ would pay 0.0050 × $400,000 = $2,000.00 — the 0.0035 path is the new-construction rate precisely because the ICC tables, not the applicant, set the value. A Portfolio Home pays the same $1,400.00 with no plan-review step at all.
What is different in Overland Park
The seam does the sorting. Below $19,000 of work value there is no valuation arithmetic at all — the flats price the job, and the $30 plan review rides on top because the schedule prints it 'in addition'. At $19,000 and above the 0.0050 multiplier applies to everything the applicant declares, the trades included.
New construction never sees 0.0050: its valuation is not the applicant's number but the ICC tables' derivation — square footage times the per-square-foot figure for the construction type and occupancy — and the multiplier on that derivation is 0.0035. The Building Official adopts the ICC tables annually, so the derivation input moves with the market even while the multiplier stands still.
The plan-review split is the schedule's most-misread line. On a $400,000 ICC-path project, the fee is $1,400.00; half of it — $700.00 — is due when plans are submitted and the other half at approval. Nothing is added. The $30 flat plan review of the small tiers is the genuinely additional charge, and the schedule prints the combined totals ($60, $80) so nobody has to add.
What this figure does not include
Impact fees, utility connections and other departments’ permits are the usual omissions, and in some jurisdictions they are larger than the permit fee itself.
Not included in these figures
This is the Development Approval and Permit Fees schedule's building permit. It excludes:
- Land disturbance and site development permits (0.0050 × valuation with the same flats below $19,000) — recorded, not modelled.
- The EV/Solar fee reductions — $500 per EV Ready dwelling unit, $600 per Solar Ready unit, 100% for retrofit EV circuits, $1,300/$300 per multi-family space — all sunsetting 2027-12-31.
- Sign permits ($60 + $1.25/sq ft), moving permits ($500), floodplain development ($15), reinspection ($50/$140), after-hours inspections ($75/hr, 2-hr minimum).
- Utility tap fees — WaterOne and Johnson County Wastewater charges.
What you need before applying
- The valuation path must be declared — ICC-derived or applicant-submittedRequired
The schedule runs two multipliers on two definitions of value. New construction derives valuation from the ICC Building Valuation Data Tables (square footage × the per-square-foot figure for construction type and occupancy) and pays 0.0035. Everything at $19,000 and above that is not ICC-derived pays 0.0050 × the applicant's submitted value, which 'shall be the total value of all construction work … building cost, all finish work, painting, paving, electrical, plumbing, heating, a/c, elevators, fire protection equipment.' The rules key on the declared path (custom.valuation_source) so the two multipliers are mutually exclusive by declaration.
- 50% of the permit fee is due at plan submission — a payment split, not a feeRequired
When construction documents are submitted, 50% of the permit fee is paid 'at such time for plan review services'; the other 50% is due when plans are approved. This never adds to the total — the other half is the same fee paid later. The $30 flat plan review of the sub-$19,000 tiers is the different thing: a real additional charge.
Common questions
How is an Overland Park building permit calculated for new construction?
From the ICC Building Valuation Data Tables: the building's square footage, construction type and occupancy give a valuation, and the permit fee is 0.0035 × that valuation. The Building Official adopts the ICC tables annually. Portfolio Homes pay the same multiplier with plan review waived.
What multiplier applies to a remodel?
0.0050 × the applicant's submitted valuation, at $19,000 and above. The submitted value includes all construction work — building cost, finish work, painting, paving, electrical, plumbing, heating, a/c, elevators and fire protection equipment.
How much is a permit for a small project or repair?
$30.00 for work valued at $1–$5,000 and $50.00 for $5,001–$19,000 — each plus the $30.00 flat plan review, for printed totals of $60 and $80. The plan review is due at application.
Is the 50% plan review payment an extra fee?
No. On larger projects, 50% of the permit fee is paid when construction documents are submitted and the other 50% when plans are approved — a payment schedule, not an added charge. The $30 flat plan review of the small tiers is the genuinely additional fee.
Does Overland Park have a separate electrical or plumbing permit?
No. The fee schedule prices whole projects — its valuation definition includes electrical, plumbing, heating and a/c — and names no trade permits. Trade work inside a project is carried by the project's building permit; utility tap fees belong to WaterOne and Johnson County Wastewater.
What happens if work starts before the permit is issued?
A Late Permit fee applies: the applicable permit fee is doubled. Reinspections are $50.00 each ($140.00 where there is no progress to correct a violation after notice), and inspections outside normal business hours are $75.00 per hour with a two-hour minimum, prepaid.
Source and verification
The documents behind every figure on this page, with the dates that make them checkable.
- Fee schedule (PDF)CityPrimary source
Development Approval and Permit Fees — effective 08/01/2025
Read 2026-09-26 (7-pp. PDF, HTTP 200 from the City's CivicPlus asset host; the HTML explainer at opkansas.gov/common-permit-fees is JS-rendered and read in a browser, and it agrees with the PDF on every amount). Carries: the 0.0035 ICC-path new-construction multiplier and the 0.0050 applicant-submitted-value multiplier at the $19,000 seam; the $30/$50 flat building-permit tiers for work of $19,000 or less with the $30 flat plan review (printed totals $60/$80); the 50%-at-submission payment split for plan review on larger projects; Portfolio Homes (0.0035, plan review waived); land disturbance at 0.0050; moving $500; floodplain $15; reinspection $50/$140; after-hours $75/hr (2-hr min); sign permits $60 + $1.25/sq ft; and the EV/Solar fee reductions that sunset 12-31-2027. No separate electrical, plumbing or mechanical permit exists anywhere in the schedule — the valuation definition includes the trades.
Verification
Last verified against the official source in Sep 2026.