Boulder City, NV
Boulder City building permit cost
A Boulder City building permit comes from a bracket table of 51 published ranges — $27.00 for a valuation up to $500
rising by $9 per $1,000 through the middle of the table to $414.50 at $50,000 — plus a $40 issuance fee the schedule says applies unless a block indicates otherwise. Above $50,000 the table hands over to two rate rows: $414.50 for the first $50,000 plus $4.50 for each additional $1,000, then $639.50 for the first $100,000 plus $3.50. There is no occupancy column and no construction-type column: a house and a warehouse of the same valuation pay the same fee.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permit issuance feePermit fee | $40.00 flat fee | Every permit of this type | — |
| Building permit fee, $100,001 of valuation and abovePermit fee | $639.50 + $3.50 per $1,000 of project valuation above $100,000, or fraction thereof | Project valuation over $100,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, $50,001 to $100,000 of valuationPermit fee | $414.50 + $4.50 per $1,000 of project valuation above $50,000, or fraction thereof | Project valuation over $50,000 and up to $100,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation up to $50,000Permit fee | Project valuation — 51 brackets: $27.00 up to $500, … $414.50 from $49,000 to $50,000 | Project valuation up to $50,000 | — |
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 wood-framed dwelling with air conditioning, 1,000 square feet, priced the way the City says to price it: multiply the square footage by the schedule's own published unit cost of $112.65 per square foot for that construction type, which gives a valuation of $112,650, and apply the fee table to it.
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Project valuation | $112,650 |
Example total
$725.00
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 2Rules considered 4
| Component | How it is calculated | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Permit issuance feePermit feePage 1: "Unless indicated a $40 Issuance Fee will be applied to every permit." The trade blocks on the same page indicate that their prices include it; the Valuation Table on page 2 does not, so it is charged on a building permit.Show the working
| $40.00 flat fee | $40.00 |
Building permit fee, $100,001 of valuation and abovePermit feeValuation Table, final row: "$639.50 for the first $100,000 + $3.50 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof". Open-ended, and the only row a large project can be in.Show the working
| $639.50 + $3.50 per $1,000 of project valuation above $100,000, or fraction thereof, in $1,000 steps | $685.00 |
| Total | $725.00 |
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 fee, $50,001 to $100,000 of valuation — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation up to $50,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
Assumptions
- Calculated from 2 fee rules in effect on 2026-09-28.
- Amounts are rounded to the nearest cent, once, at the end of each component.
$112,650 falls in the final row: $639.50 for the first $100,000, plus $3.50 for each of the thirteen additional thousands the valuation reaches (one cent past $100,000 already buys a full thousand), and then the $40 issuance fee. The square foot figure, the $112.65 rate and the fee table are all printed on the schedule, so every step here can be checked against page 1 and page 2 of one document. A $10,000 repair on the same property would sit in the bracket table instead, at $117.00 plus $40.
What is different in Boulder City
The whole table chains, and that is what makes it checkable. $414.50, where the bracket table stops, is exactly what the $4.50 row produces at $50,000. $639.50, where that row stops, is exactly what the $3.50 row produces at $100,000. There is no seam anywhere — both handovers between the three rows land on the cent. Compare that with Clark County, whose bands are four cents apart at one joint, and the point becomes general: each schedule states its own convention and is modelled as printed rather than given the last jurisdiction's.
The steps change twice, which is where the table's shape comes from. From $1 to $500 it is flat at $27.00. From $501 to $1,000 it steps $9 per $500. From $1,001 to $25,000 it steps $9 per $1,000 — $36, $45, $54 … $252 — and from $25,001 to $50,000 it steps $6.50 per $1,000 instead, which is why the last twenty-four brackets climb more gently than the twenty-five before them. "Or fraction thereof" appears on both rate rows, so one cent past a $1,000 boundary buys a whole $1,000 of increment.
Above $50,000 the two rate rows are open-ended and mutually exclusive by valuation, and only one can be in effect. A $60,000 project is $414.50 plus ten thousands at $4.50; a $120,000 project is $639.50 plus twenty at $3.50, plus the $40 issuance fee.
The $40 itself is a reading, stated rather than hidden: the schedule opens "Unless indicated a $40 Issuance Fee will be applied to every permit", and the trade blocks on page 1 each indicate otherwise with "Price Includes Issuance Fee". The Valuation Table does not indicate anything, so it is charged here. If the City means the table's figures to include it, every building figure on this page is $40 high.
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 estimate is the Valuation Table's amount plus the $40 issuance fee. It excludes:
- Plan review, published only as a non-refundable deposit — "Equal to full plan review fees for the project, based on project valuation. This can be calculated using the Valuation Table on page 2" — plus revision reviews at $45.00 per half hour and $90.00 expedited. A deposit computed from the same table as the permit would charge that table's money twice.
- Privilege tax and transportation ($1.00 per square foot commercial, $1,000 per house residential, both noted as Clark County rates effective 1 July 2020) and the separate residential tax of $1,000 per house. Charged on development, not on a permit.
- Meter installation and connection fees under Resolution 6570: water $7,450 to $74,088 by line size, sewer $1,800 to $15,000, electric $2,500 to $7,500 by amperage and $6.25 per amp above 1,200.
- Inspection and event fees: re-inspection, same-day, after-hours and overtime at $90.00 or $180.00 an hour, and expedited plan review.
- Mechanical (HVAC) permits, published at $75.00 for a 1-3 ton unit and $100.00 for 3.5-5 ton, plus $35.00 and $60.00 for each additional unit on one permit — transcribed, not modelled in this release.
- Trade and miscellaneous permits: electrical and plumbing, each priced on its own page here; demolition ($85.00 up to 1,000 square feet, $115.00 above); moving a structure ($200.00); modular buildings ($90.00 plus $50.00 each).
- Any figure for property outside the city limits. Clark County issues its own permits for the rest of the county.
What you need before applying
- A valuation of labor and materials for the work being permittedRequired
The Valuation Table carries a banner in capitals, which is how the City wanted it read: "VALUATION SHALL INCLUDE LABOR & MATERIALS FOR WORK BEING PERMITTED EVEN IF WORK IS COMPLETED AS OWNER/BUILDER". Two things follow. The figure is the value of the work rather than of the land or the existing building, and doing the work yourself does not remove it from the calculation.
- The valuation, when there is no contract priceMay be required
The schedule publishes the answer to "what is this work worth" for the common cases: Common Unit Costs Used to Calculate Valuation, on the same page as the fee table. A wood-framed dwelling with air conditioning is $112.65 per square foot, masonry with air conditioning $119.73, a room addition $65.00, a finished basement $50.00, a chain-link fence $5.00, a garage converted to living space $35.00. Multiply, and you have the valuation the fee table is applied to. The Division also states that a fuller list — fees, fee tables and square foot construction costs — is in its 2020 Administrative Code on its website; that document was not retrieved in this pass and no figure on this site is claimed from it.
- Property inside Boulder City's limitsRequired
Boulder City is a city inside Clark County, and it issues construction permits under its own schedule — this one. Clark County's Building Administrative Code does not price a Boulder City permit. Which authority covers a given address follows from the city limits, and that is a question for the county's and the city's records rather than for a fee table.
Common questions
How much is a building permit in Boulder City?
It is the Valuation Table's amount for your valuation, plus $40. The table runs from $27.00 for a valuation up to $500 to $414.50 at $50,000, in 51 published ranges; above that it charges $414.50 for the first $50,000 plus $4.50 per additional $1,000, then $639.50 for the first $100,000 plus $3.50, each with the $40 on top.
How do I know the valuation if I do not have a contract?
The City publishes the unit costs to derive one, next to the fee table: $112.65 per square foot for a wood-framed dwelling with air conditioning, $119.73 for masonry, $65.00 for a room, $50.00 for a finished basement, $44.63 for a garage, $4.00 per foot for a wood or vinyl fence. Multiply, and you have the figure the table is applied to. The schedule also says the valuation includes labor and materials even if you are doing the work yourself.
Does the valuation include the land?
The schedule says what it includes: labor and materials for the work being permitted. It does not mention land, and the table's unit costs are all per square foot of construction. A valuation that carried land value would be charging a fee on money no permit touched.
Is the $40 issuance fee added to the building permit fee?
On this site, yes — and that is a stated reading. The schedule opens "Unless indicated a $40 Issuance Fee will be applied to every permit", and each trade block on page 1 indicates otherwise with "Price Includes Issuance Fee". The Valuation Table does not, so it is charged. If the City means the table's figures to include it, every building figure on this page is $40 high.
Is plan review included?
No. The schedule publishes a non-refundable plan review deposit — equal to the full plan review fees for the project, based on project valuation, and calculable from the same Valuation Table — plus revision reviews at $45.00 per half hour. Adding a deposit that equals the review fee on top of the permit fee would charge the same money twice, so no plan review figure is in this estimate.
Does Boulder City use Clark County's fee schedule?
No, and that is the point of a city inside a county issuing its own permits. Boulder City publishes its own schedule with its own effective date, and Clark County's Building Administrative Code prices Clark County permits. Two published fees — the privilege tax and transportation rates — are noted on Boulder City's schedule as Clark County rates effective 1 July 2020, which is a real link between the two documents and not a shared fee table.
Source and verification
The documents behind every figure on this page, with the dates that make them checkable.
- Fee schedule (PDF)CityPrimary source
Permit Fee Schedule and Valuation Table — Building and Safety Division
Two pages, sha256 e7500fcdecfeff7ee972630c03a6fdd384d42fb6ebd68b431c7732a384c0a748. Page 1 carries the trade and miscellaneous fees, page 2 the Valuation Table and the unit costs. It states its own effective date: "Effective as of August 3, 2020". Both pages were read twice: the Valuation Table was mis-paired by `pdftotext -layout`, which printed the fee column one row out of step with the range column, and the `-table` read caught it — the same class of error the project's two-mode rule exists to catch.
Verification
Last verified against the official source in Sep 2026.