Roof replacement
Fee basis: Based on project value.
Project value for the formula: low $8,000, typical $12,000, high $22,000.
City of Virginia Beach Residential Building Permit Fees, rev. Jul-2025, retrieved Sep 1, 2026. These totals are for the City of Virginia Beach, not Norfolk, Chesapeake, or other Hampton Roads cities.
A like-for-like covering-only reroof on this row is valuation-based, and a permit is required. The official fee band is $127.30 low, $147.70 typical, and $198.70 high.
The official typical project value is $12,000. Listed assumed valuations are $8,000 low, $12,000 typical, and $22,000 high.
The residential alteration permit is $50 plus $5 per $1,000 of job valuation. A like-for-like reroof uses the $25 counter plan review instead of the full $100 residential plan review.
The Virginia 2% state levy applies to the listed permit fees, the alteration line plus the counter plan review, and it is not applied to the technology fee. The technology fee of $10 is on all permits.
Walk the typical valuation first. At $12,000 the alteration line is $50 + $5 x 12 = $110.00.
Counter plan review is $25. The 2% state levy on $110.00 plus $25 is $2.70.
Technology fee is $10. So alteration $110.00 + counter $25 + 2% levy $2.70 + tech $10 = $147.70.
- Low $8,000: the alteration line is $50 + $5 x 8 = $90.00; counter plan review is $25; the 2% levy on $90.00 plus $25 is $2.30; technology fee is $10; alteration $90.00 + counter $25 + 2% levy $2.30 + tech $10 = $127.30.
- High $22,000: the alteration line is $50 + $5 x 22 = $160.00; counter plan review is $25; the 2% levy on $160.00 plus $25 is $3.70; technology fee is $10; alteration $160.00 + counter $25 + 2% levy $3.70 + tech $10 = $198.70.
The $198.70 high is not added on top of the $147.70 typical. The full $100 residential plan review is not used on this like-for-like covering-only path.
Valuation drives the alteration line, not roof square footage. Documented 1,000 / 1,500 / 1,800 sf of roof surface does not change the permit fee.
The four listed lines at the $12,000 typical are the residential alteration permit at $110.00, counter plan review at $25, the Virginia 2% state levy at $2.70, and the technology fee at $10. This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $127.30, $147.70, and $198.70 totals.
City of Virginia Beach, not Norfolk/Chesapeake. Alteration formula used for reroof. Full $100 plan review is not used.
City of Virginia Beach Residential Building Permit Fees, rev. Jul-2025 Retrieved Sep 1, 2026.