Building Permit Fees in Austin, TX (2026)

Typical path = $0 (official asphalt-on-asphalt reroof exemption under City of Austin Work Exempt from Building Permits residential items 12 and 13; source retrieved Oct 7, 2026). Item 12 exempts asphalt shingles replacing existing asphalt shingles.

Item 13 exempts roof-covering replacement that does not adversely affect the roof structure. Both items carry the same exception: the exemption does not apply when the property is in the Wildland-Urban Interface and 50% or more of the roofing is being replaced.

That WUI and 50%+ replacement is outside the official typical path. Listed fee low, typical, and high stay $0 / $0 / $0.

Those three zeros are the published exemption, not a blank schedule and not a valuation-table lookup. Listed assumed valuations are low $8,000, typical $12,000, and high $22,000.

The official typical project value is $12,000. Those figures are the cost-model job bands.

They do not change the $0 / $0 / $0 permit fees, because this row does not price the exemption from a valuation table. Alternate Express-permit path, not included in totals, when the exemption does not apply (WUI and 50%+ replacement, or replacing more than 128 sq ft of decking): Express Residential Plan Review $112.76 + Residential Express Permits inspection $72.96 = $185.72 (FY 2026-27 Residential Building Plan Review & Inspection Permit Fees PDF, updated and effective 10/01/2026).

Replacing more than 128 sq ft of decking is that listed decking path, and it is not included in the $0 totals. The $185.72 figure is the official Express subtotal only.

It is not added to the $0 typical, and this row does not invent any further permit line on that path. The inspection line on the PDF is labeled Residential Express Permits/Kitchen Remodels - Inspection.

That label is the schedule line for this Express inspection. It is not a kitchen-remodel fee added onto this roof row.

Austin Fire Residential Roof Replacement Inspection $370 is per-case and may or may not apply. It is not in the $0 typical and it is not in the $185.72 Express subtotal.

Confirm exemption, WUI status, and decking scope with Austin Development Services Department before filing.

City of Austin FY 2026-27 Residential Building Plan Review & Inspection Permit Fees, Residential Change-Out Program Permits lines on page 2 (updated and effective 10/01/2026; source retrieved Oct 7, 2026). This row is the flat like-for-like Change-Out Program path.

It is not a valuation table. No assumed valuation is listed on this row.

The official typical project value is $7,500. That figure is the typical job value for the cost model.

It is not an input to the Change-Out fee, and it does not change the $74.05 or $94.74 totals. Low and typical are the first system Change-Out fee of $74.05.

The schedule line is Residential Change-Out Program Permits - HVAC (first system), and it is included in the typical total. A one-system like-for-like change-out does not add the additional-system line, so low and typical match.

High is the first system plus one additional HVAC system. The schedule line for each additional system is $20.69, so the arithmetic is $74.05 + $20.69 = $94.74.

The $20.69 is added once; it is not a second copy of the $74.05 first-system fee. This row's high stops at one additional system.

A third system is not totaled here. The fee is per system on the residential Change-Out Program (like-for-like HVAC), not per ton.

The documented typical job this page prices is a 3-ton (36,000 BTU) like-for-like split system, and a 2-ton or 5-ton unit is not a separate fee band. New systems, duct redesign, or work outside the program use different residential building/mechanical fees.

Those other fees are not added to the $74.05 low, the $74.05 typical, or the $94.74 high. No plan review fee is added on the Change-Out Program path; the $74.05 and $94.74 totals are the Change-Out lines only.

Earlier versions of this page showed $80.09 for the first system and $121.56 for the high, taken from a FY26 Council fee exhibit; the adopted FY 2026-27 schedule lists $74.05 and $20.69. The issuer is the Austin Development Services Department (DSD).

City of Austin FY 2026-27 Residential Building Plan Review & Inspection Permit Fees for an uncovered deck (updated and effective 10/01/2026; source retrieved Oct 7, 2026). It is not a valuation table.

Listed assumed valuations are low $8,000 / typical $12,000 / high $19,200. The official typical project value is $12,000.

Those cost-model job bands do not change the published permit dollars. Typical, low, and high are the same flat Small Projects Plan Review path: Small Projects Plan Review $146.15 + Residential Plan Review Application Processing $112.76 + Residential building permit fee (base, ≤1,000 sq ft) $318.48 = $577.39.

Walk the three listed lines. Small Projects Plan Review is $146.15 (page 1) and is included.

Residential Plan Review Application Processing is $112.76 (page 1) and is included. Residential building permit fee (base, ≤1,000 sq ft) is the $318.48 Building Base Fee (page 5) and is included.

Those three included lines are the only dollars in the $577.39 total.

• Low $577.39 and high $577.39 equal that typical because the fee model is flat.

Published dollars do not change with the official $8,000 / $12,000 / $19,200 valuation bands. Electric fee (base, ≤1,000 sq ft) $183.69 is listed but is not added unless the deck adds lighting or outlets, and it is not in the $577.39 typical.

This row does not add $183.69 to $577.39, and it does not record a combined total when lighting or outlets are added.

• Typical 16×20 uncovered decks are attached and over 200 sq ft, so they are not on the work-exempt list (item 10 is ≤200 sq ft, ≤30 in above grade, not attached, not in a flood hazard).

A typical attached 16×20 deck is 320 sq ft, so item 10 does not exempt it. Uncovered decks are listed on the Pool/Uncovered Deck residential plan-review form and share the 5-business-day small-project review time.

Electric, energy, tree, and WUI reviews are extra if triggered. Earlier versions of this page showed $529.11 from the FY 2025-26 schedule.

City of Austin FY 2026-27 Residential Building Plan Review & Inspection Permit Fees for a kitchen remodel (updated and effective 10/01/2026; source retrieved Oct 7, 2026). The schedule has no separate interior-remodel plan-review line, so plan review uses the Addition/Remodel square-footage lines on page 1.

It is not a valuation table. No assumed valuation is listed on this row.

The official typical project value is $35,000; that cost-model job value is not an input to these fees. The bands follow this page's kitchen sizes: 150 sq ft low, 200 sq ft typical, and 400 sq ft high.

Every band adds the same five base lines (page 1 and page 5, all ≤1,000 sq ft): application processing $112.76 + building $318.48 + electric $183.69 + plumbing $220.47 + energy $72.38 = $907.78. Walk the plan review by band.

• Low 150 sq ft is in the 101–200 sq ft bracket: $394.46 + $1.972 × 50 = $394.46 + $98.60 = $493.06, so the low fee is $907.78 + $493.06 = $1,400.84.
• Typical 200 sq ft is in the same 101–200 sq ft bracket: $394.46 + $1.972 × 100 = $394.46 + $197.20 = $591.66, so the typical fee is $907.78 + $591.66 = $1,499.44.
• High 400 sq ft is in the 301–400 sq ft bracket: $788.92 + $1.972 × 100 = $788.92 + $197.20 = $986.12, so the high fee is $907.78 + $986.12 = $1,893.90.

The high is not added on top of the typical. Mechanical ($127.68) is omitted unless HVAC is relocated and is not in any band.

Alternate path not included in the typical: Express kitchen-remodel inspection $72.96 (Residential Express Permits/Kitchen Remodels - Inspection, page 2). It is a different program.

Extra review cycles cost more and are not added. Earlier versions of this page showed only a $1,267.28 typical, built from a proposed FY26 interior-remodel column that the adopted schedule does not use.