Plumbing Permit Cost Calculator

% of Value Option is calculated purely from Project Value ($) and Project Type -- it never responds to Fixture Count or Fee Structure. Above the $75 minimum floor, raising Project Value moves this figure more than any other input can, but that is not the same as always dominating: below about $3,750 of project value (minor repair/ fixture-add, 2% rate) or about $5,000 (bathroom remodel/new construction, 1.5% rate), the fee sits flat at exactly $75, tied with every other input's zero effect in that band, and raising Project Value changes nothing until it crosses that threshold. Only above the threshold does raising Project Value raise % of Value Option, with Project Type only shifting the underlying percentage rate (2% for minor repair/fixture-add projects, 1.5% for bathroom remodel/new construction).

That Project Type rate shift is easy to read backwards: % of Value Option actually goes DOWN as Project Type crosses from "fixture add/relocate" (1) to "bathroom remodel" (2) -- from $100 to $75 at this calculator's default $5,000 project value -- even though every other fee (Base Permit Fee, Plan Review Fee, Sewer Fee, Processing Surcharge, Review Time) rises with Project Type. Larger, more complex project types pay a lower percentage-of-value rate but a higher flat fee and more required inspections; the two fee-structure options move in opposite directions as project complexity increases. Fee Structure only determines which of the three computed options (flat fee, per-fixture fee, percentage of value) becomes the actual Base Permit Fee charged -- it never changes any of the three underlying option figures themselves, which are always calculated and always displayed regardless of which one you've selected to apply.