Building Permit Fees in Tampa, FL (2026)

City of Tampa Trade Permit Fee Schedule (updated 2/16/2023, effective Oct 1, 2018) (source retrieved Sep 1, 2026). The official typical path is a 1-2 family roofing trade permit.

The fee is a flat amount. A permit is required on that typical path.

The low fee is $181.43, the typical fee is $181.43, and the high fee is $181.43. The official typical project value is $12,000.

Listed assumed valuations are $8,000 low, $12,000 typical, and $22,000 high. Valuation is not an input on this flat trade fee, so those amounts are unused and do not change the $181.43 / $181.43 / $181.43 listed fees.

The published Trade schedule Roofing (1-2 family) line is $177.00. The table excludes the Florida Building Permit Surcharge.

That surcharge is 2.5% of permit value or a $4.00 minimum. 0.025 times $177 is $4.43, and max($4.00, 0.025×177=$4.43) is $4.43.

Trade schedule Roofing (1-2 family) $177.00 plus the Florida Building Permit Surcharge $4.43 equals $181.43.

• Low $8,000: valuation is unused, so the low fee stays $181.43.

Trade schedule Roofing (1-2 family) $177.00 plus max($4.00, 0.025×177=$4.43) equals $181.43, so the low fee is $181.43. The low uses the same roofing path as the typical.

Valuation does not change the trade fee.

• Typical $12,000: valuation is unused, so the typical fee stays $181.43.

Trade schedule Roofing (1-2 family) $177.00 plus the Florida Building Permit Surcharge $4.43 equals $181.43, so the typical fee is $181.43. The $177.00 roofing line and the $4.43 Florida Building Permit Surcharge are included in the $181.43 and are not added again.

• High $22,000: valuation is unused, so the high fee stays $181.43.

The high uses the same roofing path. Trade schedule Roofing (1-2 family) $177.00 plus the Florida Building Permit Surcharge $4.43 equals $181.43, so the high fee is $181.43.

The $181.43 high is the same total as the $181.43 typical and is not added on top of it. A later Construction Services increase had not taken effect on the Sep 1, 2026 retrieval date.

This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $181.43 total.

City of Tampa Trade Permit Fee Schedule (Mechanical HVAC Equal Change-outs) (source retrieved Sep 1, 2026). The official typical path is HVAC Equal Change-outs (1-2 family) plus the Florida Building Permit Surcharge.

The fee is a flat amount. A permit is required on that typical path.

The low fee is $124, the typical fee is $124, and the high fee is $124. The official typical project value is $7,500.

Listed assumed valuations are $5,000 low, $7,500 typical, and $16,000 high. Valuation is not an input on this flat path, so those amounts are unused and do not change the $124 / $124 / $124 listed fees.

HVAC Equal Change-outs (1-2 family) is $120 and is included. Florida Building Permit Surcharge is $4 and is included.

2.5% of $120 = $3.00, which is below the $4.00 minimum, so the surcharge is the $4.00 minimum. $120 + $4 = $124. Walk the two included lines: the $120 trade line plus the $4 surcharge equals the $124 total.

Those two included lines are the only dollars in the $124 total.

• Low $5,000: valuation is unused, so the low fee stays $124.

The low uses the same HVAC Equal Change-outs path as the typical. HVAC Equal Change-outs (1-2 family) $120 plus Florida Building Permit Surcharge $4 equals $124, so the low fee is $124.

Valuation does not change the flat fee.

• Typical $7,500: valuation is unused, so the typical fee stays $124.

HVAC Equal Change-outs (1-2 family) $120 plus Florida Building Permit Surcharge $4 equals $124, so the typical fee is $124. The $120 and $4 lines are included in the $124 and are not added again.

• High $16,000: valuation is unused, so the high fee stays $124.

The high uses the same HVAC Equal Change-outs path. HVAC Equal Change-outs (1-2 family) $120 plus Florida Building Permit Surcharge $4 equals $124, so the high fee is $124.

The $124 high is the same total as the $124 typical and is not added on top of it. The $124 / $124 / $124 band is the same Equal Change-outs path on low, typical, and high.

Equal change-out is the like-for-like 3-ton path. Non-equal / new-duct work uses Mechanical (general) $120, same dollars.

This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $124 total.

Typical/low accessory deck $181.42. High patio-slab/deck $214+$5.35=$219.35.

• Low 2 trades (building+plumbing) 2×$120+2×$4=$248.
• Typical 3 trades (building+electrical+plumbing) $372.
• High 4 trades (+mechanical) $496.