Building Permit Fees in Nashville, TN (2026)

Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110), Dec 2025 PDF (source retrieved Oct 18, 2026). A 1-2 family reroof uses a valuation fee model, and a permit is required.

The official path is 16.28.110 A.1 for 1-2 family / townhouses. Three lines are included: the building valuation fee at $5 per $1,000, the codes tech fee at 10% of that valuation fee, and a flat $25 zoning examination.

Plan review is exempt for a 1-2 family reroof and is not included in the official typical, low, or high; the plan-review amount is not listed. The official typical project value is $12,000.

Listed assumed valuations are $8,000 low, $12,000 typical, and $22,000 high. Each extra $1,000 of valuation adds $5 of building fee and $0.50 of codes tech (10% of $5), which is $5.50 on the total.

The $25 zoning examination does not change with valuation, so it is the same $25 at low, typical, and high.

• Typical $12,000: $5 × 12 = $60 building valuation + codes tech $6 (10% of $60) + zoning examination $25 = $91, which is the typical fee of $91.

The official $60 building extra and $6 codes tech extra are already inside that $91 and are not added again. The same total is 12 × $5.50 = $66, then $66 + $25 = $91.

• Low $8,000: $5 × 8 = $40 building + codes tech $4 (10% of $40) + zoning examination $25 = $69, which is the low fee of $69.

Building plus tech is 8 × $5.50 = $44, then $44 + $25 = $69. Moving from the $8,000 low to the $12,000 typical adds $4,000 of valuation, which is 4 × $5.50 = $22, and $69 + $22 = $91.

• High $22,000: $5 × 22 = $110 building + codes tech $11 (10% of $110) + zoning examination $25 = $146, which is the high fee of $146.

Building plus tech is 22 × $5.50 = $121, then $121 + $25 = $146. Moving from the $12,000 typical to the $22,000 high adds $10,000 of valuation, which is 10 × $5.50 = $55, and $91 + $55 = $146.

At the official assumed valuations of $8,000, $12,000, and $22,000, the $5-per-$1,000 rule plus 10% codes tech plus the flat $25 zoning examination produces $69, $91, and $146. What is included is the building valuation fee, the 10% codes tech fee, and the flat $25 zoning examination.

What is not included is plan review. Confirm with Metro Nashville Codes if your reroof is treated as residential construction valuation under the Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110).

Like-for-like HVAC is often mechanical-only, so the fee you are most likely to pay is the $75 gas/mechanical minimum. Metro Nashville Codes 16.16.400 sets that $75 minimum for each gas/mechanical permit, and that minimum is what this row records for both the low and the typical: the low fee is $75 and the typical fee is $75.

The fee model is flat, and no assumed valuation is listed, so the typical total stays that $75 mechanical permit. The same $75 is the mechanical piece inside the high band.

It is included in the $188; it is not added again on top of $188. The building permit path kicks in when a building permit is also required.

Metro Nashville Codes 16.28.110 records the building valuation stack at $113. That stack is $5 per $1,000, plus 10% codes tech, plus a $25 zoning examination.

The high band adds that stack to the mechanical minimum: $75 + $113 = $188, which is the high fee of $188. The $188 total applies when both the gas/mechanical permit and the building permit are required.

If the job stays mechanical-only, the official total remains $75. What stays out of those figures: the on-file $69 building-path low example is an alternate.

It is the amount on the building valuation path line, and it is not included in the $75 low or the $75 typical. It is not the $113 stack in the $188 high.

A separate electrical permit may apply, but no electrical amount is listed, so electrical is not in the low, typical, or high. Confirm the path with Metro Codes before you file.

The schedule on this row is the Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110 / 16.16.400), Dec 2025 PDF, retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Ask whether your replacement is mechanical-only at the official $75, or whether a building permit is also required so the official total is $75 + $113 = $188.

Leave the $69 alternate out of both figures, and do not add an electrical charge; no electrical amount is listed on this row.

Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110), Dec 2025 PDF (source retrieved Oct 6, 2026). Rechecked against that PDF on Oct 6, 2026.

The fee model is valuation for a new deck, and a permit is required. The path is 16.28.110 A.1 for 1-2 family and townhouses: the building valuation fee is $5.00 per $1,000 of total valuation, the codes tech fee is 10% of that building valuation fee, and zoning examination is a flat $25.

Those three lines are included. Plan review is exempt for a 1-2 family new deck under plans-examination exception G.2.a (one- and two-family dwelling building permits) and is not included in the official typical, low, or high.

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

• Low $8,000: $40 building at $5 per $1,000, plus $4 codes tech at 10% of $40, plus $25 zoning examination, equals $69.
• Typical $12,000: $60 building at $5 per $1,000, plus $6 codes tech at 10% of $60, plus $25 zoning examination, equals $91.
• High $19,200 is not an exact thousand.

Section A.1 states $5.00 per $1,000 of total valuation and does not print a separate partial-thousand rate. The official high counts the $200 above $19,000 as a whole thousand, the same thousand-or-fraction unit the commercial valuation table in A.2 prints as thousand or fraction thereof: 20 thousands at $5 equals $100 building, codes tech is 10% of $100 which is $10, and zoning examination stays $25, so $100 + $10 + $25 = $135.

A prorated 19.2 thousands is not the official total. The building and codes tech extras stay the typical $60 and $6; they are not a second high fee.

Confirm with Metro Nashville Codes if your deck is treated as residential construction valuation under the Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110).

• Typical $35,000: $5 × 35 = $175 building valuation + codes tech $17.50 (10% of $175) + zoning examination $25 + plumbing permit minimum $75 = $292.50, which is the typical fee of $292.50.

Metro Nashville Codes Fee Schedule (16.28.110), Dec 2025 PDF (source retrieved Oct 18, 2026). The official path is a kitchen remodel on 16.28.110 A.1 for 1-2 family / townhouses, plus the 16.12.220 plumbing minimum.

The fee is based on the project valuation. A permit is required on that path.

The low fee is $182.50, the typical fee is $292.50, and the high fee is $512.50. The official typical project value is $35,000.

Listed assumed valuations are $15,000 low, $35,000 typical, and $75,000 high. The building valuation fee is $5 per $1,000 of valuation.

Codes tech is 10% of that valuation fee. Zoning examination is a flat $25.

The plumbing permit minimum is a flat $75. Those four lines are included at low, typical, and high.

The official the fee amount on the building valuation extra is $175, the typical component at $35,000. The codes tech extra amount is $17.50, 10% of that $175.

Zoning examination amount is $25 and plumbing permit minimum amount is $75; both are flat at low, typical, and high. Those four fee amounts are included in the $292.50 and are not added again on top of it.

• Low $15,000: $5 × 15 = $75 building valuation + codes tech $7.50 (10% of $75) + zoning examination $25 + plumbing permit minimum $75 = $182.50, which is the low fee of $182.50.

That $182.50 is not added on top of the typical.

• High $75,000: $5 × 75 = $375 building valuation + codes tech $37.50 (10% of $375) + zoning examination $25 + plumbing permit minimum $75 = $512.50, which is the high fee of $512.50.

The $512.50 high is not added on top of the $292.50 typical. At the official assumed valuations of $15,000, $35,000, and $75,000, the $5-per-$1,000 building fee plus 10% codes tech plus the flat $25 zoning examination plus the flat $75 plumbing minimum produces $182.50, $292.50, and $512.50.

Plan review is exempt for 1-2 family and is not included in the official typical, low, or high; the plan-review amount is not listed. The schedule's $11 per fixture above the plumbing minimum is not in these totals because fixture count is not in this dataset.

A separate Title 16 electrical permit is not included; the amount is not published in the fee schedule from the building-fee PDF, so electrical amount is not listed and is not in the low, typical, or high. Confirm current Metro Nashville Codes fees before filing.

This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $182.50, $292.50, and $512.50 totals.