Boulder City, NV
Boulder City plumbing permit cost
Boulder City publishes two plumbing fees.
A water heater replacement is $50.00 per unit or tank, and a gas line or pressure test is $70.00. Both are flat, both already include the $40 issuance fee, and neither changes with the size of the tank, the age of the house or the value of the work. Two water heaters on one permit are $100.00, because the schedule says so in the row itself: "(Replacement only, per each unit/tank)".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gas line or pressure testPermit fee | $70.00 flat fee | schedule item is gas line test | — |
| Water heater, eachPermit fee | $50.00 per heater | schedule item is water heater | — |
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
Two water heaters replaced at the same time on one permit. The schedule prices each unit or tank at $50.00, so the count is the only input that matters.
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of heaters | 2 |
| Schedule item | water_heater |
Example total
$100.00
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 2
| Component | How it is calculated | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Water heater, eachPermit feePage 1, PLUMBING: "Water Heater — $50.00 (Replacement only, per each unit/tank)". Charged per unit, which is the reason it is a per-unit rule and not a flat one: two tanks on one permit is $100.00, and the schedule says so in the row itself.Show the working
| $50.00 per heater | $100.00 |
| Total | $100.00 |
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.
- Gas line or pressure test — 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.
Page 1, PLUMBING: "Water Heater — $50.00 (Replacement only, per each unit/tank)", under the block heading "Price Includes Issuance Fee". The per-unit row is what makes two tanks $100.00 rather than a flat $50.00, and no valuation, tank size or age enters the calculation. One tank is $50.00; a gas line or pressure test instead is $70.00.
What is different in Boulder City
The water heater row is doing three jobs in one line of print, and all three matter.
It is scoped: "Replacement only". Replacing an existing tank with another tank is this fee. A water heater that arrives as part of new plumbing — a room addition, a ground-up build — is a different job, and the schedule does not price it. That qualifier is the difference between a published figure and a wrong one, and it is quoted in full on this site rather than trimmed to the dollar amount.
It is per unit: "per each unit/tank". Two tanks on one permit is $100.00, three is $150.00. That is why this site models it per unit rather than flat — a rule that said $50.00, full stop, would answer a two-tank job at half what the schedule charges, and nothing on the page would show the reader why.
And it is inside the price: the plumbing block carries "Price Includes Issuance Fee", so the $40 the schedule's header threatens is already in the figure. Adding it would charge the same fee twice. The building page has the opposite reading because the Valuation Table carries no such indication, and the two pages state each reading in the same words so the difference is visible rather than accidental.
The gas line or pressure test at $70.00 is the second and last published plumbing row. Beyond these two, this schedule has no plumbing figures at all — no rate for a re-pipe, a repipe of a whole house, a sewer line or a remodel's rough-in — and no valuation route is offered the way Clark County's plumbing table offers one. Those jobs are priced by the Division, and this page says that instead of borrowing a mechanism the document does not contain.
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 plumbing item fee published on the schedule, with the $40 issuance fee already inside it as the block states. It excludes:
- Plumbing work outside the two published rows. There is no rate for a re-pipe, a sewer line or a remodel's rough-in, and no valuation route for plumbing in this schedule; none is invented here.
- The building permit fee, if the plumbing work belongs to a construction or remodelling project.
- Plan review, published only as a non-refundable deposit equal to the full plan review fees for the project, plus revision reviews at $45.00 per half hour.
- Privilege tax and transportation ($1.00 per square foot commercial, $1,000 per house residential) and the separate $1,000 per house residential tax.
- Meter installation and connection fees under Resolution 6570 — water $7,450 at three-quarter inch to $74,088 at two inches, sewer $1,800 to $15,000. Connecting to the water or sewer system is a utility charge, and on a new building it dwarfs the permit fee.
- Inspection and event fees: re-inspection $90.00 per hour with a one-hour minimum, same-day and after-hours $90.00 per hour, overtime $180.00 with a two-hour minimum.
- The pool and spa utility fee of $100.00 flat, which the schedule lists under its unit costs rather than as a plumbing permit.
- 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.
- Anything for property outside the city limits. Clark County issues its own permits.
What you need before applying
- The amperage of the service change, or the tonnage of the unitMay be required
Both trade tables step on a physical characteristic of the installation rather than on money: electrical service change in amps, water heater replacement in units or tanks. The step is what selects the fee, and it has to be declared before a figure means anything.
- Whether the water heater is a replacementRequired
The $50.00 row is qualified in the schedule's own parentheses: "(Replacement only, per each unit/tank)". A replacement of an existing tank is $50.00 each; a water heater that is part of new plumbing is a different job and this schedule does not price it.
Common questions
How much is a water heater permit in Boulder City?
$50.00 for a replacement, per unit or tank, and it already includes the $40 issuance fee. Two tanks on one permit is $100.00. The schedule's row reads "Water Heater — $50.00 (Replacement only, per each unit/tank)".
Does the fee depend on the size of the tank?
No. The row is flat per unit, so a 40-gallon and an 80-gallon replacement are $50.00 each. Nothing about gallons, age or manufacturer appears anywhere in this schedule's plumbing block.
Is the $40 issuance fee added to a plumbing permit?
No. The plumbing block carries "Price Includes Issuance Fee" under its heading, which is the schedule's own indication that the $40 is inside the figure. Adding it would charge the same fee twice.
What if the water heater is part of new construction?
Then this fee does not apply, because the row is qualified "Replacement only". The schedule publishes no rate for a water heater that is not a replacement and offers no valuation route for plumbing, so the Division sets it. This page states that rather than quoting the $50.00 for a job it covers.
How much is a gas line permit?
$70.00, published as "Gas Line / Pressure Test". It is the second and last plumbing row on the schedule, and like the water heater it includes the issuance fee.
Are water and sewer connection fees included?
No. They are a separate schedule under Resolution 6570: water connections run $7,450 at three-quarter inch to $74,088 at two inches, and sewer connections $1,800 to $15,000 by size and use. On a new building those charges are far larger than the permit fee, which is exactly why they are named on this page instead of left out.
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.