Fee basis: Based on project value.
Project value for the formula: low $8,000, typical $12,000, high $19,200.
City of Greensboro building / mechanical permit fee schedules (Development Services; retrieved Sep 1, 2026). This row is City of Greensboro, not High Point and not Guilford County.
A permit is required for a typical deck. The fee follows the residential alterations and additions column, which prices construction cost.
The official fee band is $85.00 low, $88.00 typical, and $112.00 high ($85.00 / $88.00 / $112.00). The official typical project value is $12,000.
Listed construction costs are $8,000 low, $12,000 typical, and $19,200 high. The $85 floor covers construction cost through $11,000.
Above $11,000, add $3 per $1,000 of construction cost ($3 per additional $1,000), and round that cost up to the next $1,000 before counting the steps. Walk the typical job first.
- Typical $12,000 is already an exact thousand and is $1,000 over $11,000, so the step count is 1. $85 + $3 x 1 ($12,000 - $11,000) = $85 + $3 = $88.00.
That $88.00 is the official typical fee.
- Low $8,000 is still through $11,000, so it stays on the $85 floor and the official low fee is $85.00.
No $3 step is added at $8,000.
- High $19,200 is not an exact thousand.
It rounds up to the next $1,000, which is $20,000. The amount above $11,000 is then $20,000 - $11,000 = $9,000, which is 9 steps. $85 + $3 x 9 ($20,000 - $11,000) = $85 + $27 = $112.00.
That $112.00 is the official high fee. The $88.00 typical is not added on top of the $85.00 low, and the $112.00 high is not added on top of the $88.00 typical.
In short, the band is the $85 floor, then $88 / $112 at the typical and high construction costs. A 16x20 deck is 320 square feet.
That typical-job size, and the 200 and 400 square foot comparison sizes, do not change this valuation table. Deck square footage drives the installed-job cost model.
It does not change the permit line; valuation does. The $10 state-licensed-contractor add-on is not stacked on these listed totals.
This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $85.00 / $88.00 / $112.00 totals.
City of Greensboro. Residential alterations and additions column. $85 through $11,000 then $3 per additional $1,000 (construction cost rounded up to the next $1,000). $10 state-licensed-contractor add-on is not stacked.