Roof replacement
Fee basis: Based on project value.
Project value for the formula: low $8,000, typical $12,000, high $22,000.
City of Cleveland Building & Housing permit fee schedule (effective Jan 2, 2014), retrieved Sep 1, 2026. These totals are for the City of Cleveland, not Cuyahoga County and not the inner-ring suburbs.
A covering-only reroof on this row is valuation-based, and a permit is required. The official fee band is $80.40 low, $100.60 typical, and $151.10 high.
The official typical project value is $12,000. Listed assumed valuations are $8,000 low, $12,000 typical, and $22,000 high.
Covering-only reroof is billed as a 1-2-3 family alteration or repair. The building permit is $5.00 per $1,000 or fraction of that valuation, with a $30 minimum.
The Ohio 1% OBBS surcharge is printed on the city schedule and is 1% of the building-permit line. Plan examination is the $20 minimum because a roof has no floor area.
Residential zoning of $20 is added. Electrical is not added.
It is extra only if new circuits are added, and no electrical dollar is in these totals. Walk the typical valuation first.
At $12,000 the building permit is 12 x $5 = $60.00. The 1% Ohio OBBS surcharge on that line is $0.60.
Plan examination is $20, and residential zoning is $20. $60.00 + $0.60 + $20 + $20 = $100.60, so the typical fee is $100.60.
- Low $8,000: 8 x $5 = $40.00; OBBS $0.40; + $20 + $20 = $80.40.
- High $22,000: 22 x $5 = $110.00; OBBS $1.10; + $20 + $20 = $151.10.
The $151.10 high is not added on top of the $100.60 typical. Per $1,000 or fraction means a partial $1,000 rounds up.
For example, $12,400 bills as 13 units, not 12. The official valuations are exact thousands, so no extra unit is added.
The $30 minimum does not bind at these valuations, because the building-permit lines are $40.00, $60.00, and $110.00, each above $30. Valuation drives the fee, not roof square footage.
Documented 1,000 / 1,500 / 1,800 sf of roof surface does not change the formula. The four listed lines at the $12,000 typical are the building permit (alterations/repairs) at $60.00, the Ohio 1% OBBS surcharge at $0.60, plan examination (minimum) at $20, and residential zoning at $20.
This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $80.40, $100.60, and $151.10 totals.
City of Cleveland, not Cuyahoga County. Covering-only reroof is billed as 1–2–3 family alterations/repairs. Electrical is extra if new circuits.
City of Cleveland Building & Housing permit fee schedule (effective Jan 2, 2014) Retrieved Sep 1, 2026.