Fayetteville
City of Fayetteville, Development Services Department, Building Safety Division
In short
City of Fayetteville, Development Services Department, Building Safety Division issues 2 permits we publish for Fayetteville, last verified 2026-09-10. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Permit (Commercial) | City of Fayetteville, Development Services Department, Building Safety Division | Priced per $1,000 of the higher of declared or current Building Data Valuation, each subject to a $55 minimum: Commercial Building Permit $6.32/$1,000; Miscellaneous Permit $10.94/$1,000; Electrical and Gas Permits $2.03/$1,000 each; Mechanical Permit $3.31/$1,000; Plumbing Permit $3.04/$1,000. A Plan Review Fee equal to 50% of the permit fee is collected up front on Commercial and Miscellaneous permits, plus a $0.50-per-$1,000 Arkansas Act 474 craft-education surcharge on commercial work. Related flat fees: Plan Review Resubmittal $200 (after the 3rd submittal); Plan Review Revision $450; Pre-Application Review $200; Occupant Load Certificate $150; Demolition Permit (commercial) $183; Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (commercial, 30 days) $342; Footing/Foundation Only (commercial) $350; Appeal to the Construction Board of Adjustment and Appeal $183; Moving Permit $200; Permit Extension $83; Design/Build Fee $1,400 (in addition to permit fees); and Reinspection $125. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-10 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Fayetteville, Development Services Department, Building Safety Division | No fee | one-time, no expiration (a Temporary Certificate is good for 30 days) | 2026-09-10 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Building Permit (Commercial)
Submitted to the Building Safety Division at 125 West Mountain Street through the Civic Access/EnerGov portal. These figures are the City's current, live fee-page numbers; the Building Safety Division's own linked 'Fee Schedule' PDF (Exhibit B) shows lower figures for several of these same line items (for example $117 for commercial demolition and $183 for a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, against $183 and $342 on the live page) — treated here as a superseded document rather than a conflicting current source.
Certificate of Occupancy
The City's own information sheet states plainly that buildings cannot be lawfully occupied without a Certificate of Occupancy, and that water service will be disconnected if a business occupies before one is issued. The published Development Services fee schedule prices only a 30-day Temporary Certificate of Occupancy ($342 commercial); no separate line item for the standard, permanent Certificate of Occupancy appears anywhere in that schedule, so no fee is published for it beyond the underlying building permit itself. Building Safety, Engineering, Planning, Tree & Landscape, Meter Operations, Solid Waste, Sidewalks/Trails and the Fire Marshal's Office may each be required to sign off before the CO issues.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Fayetteville
- Phone
- (479) 575-8238
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Exhibit B — Building Safety Division Fee Schedule (PDF dated in its own metadata to December 2024; several of its dollar figures are lower than, and appear superseded by, the figures now shown on the live Fees page)City of Fayetteville, Development Services Department, Building Safety Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
- Fees — Development Services Department fee schedule, including the Building Safety Permits, Business License Fees, and City Planning Fees tables (current, live schedule reflecting the city's mid-2026 fee-alignment ordinance)City of Fayetteville, Development Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
- IMPORTANT NOTICE — Certificate of Occupancy Information Sheet, citing City Ordinance § 173.01(F)(1) and the water-disconnection consequence of occupying without oneCity of Fayetteville, Development Services Department, Building Safety Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
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