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DeKalb County

DeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Permits, Plan Review & Inspections Division

In short

DeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Permits, Plan Review & Inspections Division issues 2 permits we publish for DeKalb County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Building Permitonly if it applies to youDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Permits, Plan Review & Inspections DivisionA minimum permit fee of $175 plus a $20 technology fee per permit; new construction is priced at the construction cost (per current ICC Building Valuation Data) multiplied by 0.0065 ($6.50 per $1,000); Interior Tenant Finish (move-in as-is) is $175; sign permits are $25 (wall) or $50 (ground/directional) for review plus $50 for inspection; re-inspection fees are $25, $50 or $100 for the first, second or third-and-later re-inspection; after-hours inspection is $50 per hour with a 4-hour minimum.per project2026-10-02
Certificate of OccupancyDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability, Permits, Plan Review & Inspections Division$50 for a standard Certificate of Occupancy; $25 for a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (non-residential only).not applicable (one-time, before a new commercial business license is processed)2026-10-02

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

This permit applies only inside unincorporated DeKalb County; the county's own Permits page states that a project inside any incorporated city is permitted by that city's own office instead. The minimum fee is $175 plus a $20 technology fee per permit; new construction is priced by multiplying the construction cost, per current ICC Building Valuation Data, by 0.0065 ($6.50 per $1,000 of value); an Interior Tenant Finish for a move-in-as-is space is a flat $175; a sign permit review is $25 for a wall sign or $50 for a ground or directional sign, plus a $50 inspection fee; and an after-hours inspection is $50 an hour with a 4-hour minimum. All figures come from the county's 2026 Fee Schedule, last updated June 8, 2026.

Certificate of Occupancy

Any new commercial business location in unincorporated DeKalb County must obtain a Certificate of Occupancy from the Permits, Plan Review & Inspections Division before its business license application is processed. A standard Certificate of Occupancy costs $50; a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, available for non-residential property only, costs $25. The fee is published in the county's 2026 Fee Schedule (last updated June 8, 2026). The county's own Permits page links this ordinance under the label 'Certificate of Occupancy (CO) - Chapter 7,' though the underlying code citation is Chapter 27, Article 7, Division 7 — a labeling inconsistency on the county's own site, not a different requirement.

Contact

Jurisdiction
DeKalb County
Phone
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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.

  1. DeKalb County 2026 Building/Development Services Fee Schedule (last updated 6/8/2026), including the Planning Fee Schedule (SLUP fee) sectionDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. DeKalb County Permits, Plan Review & Inspections pageDeKalb County Department of Planning & Sustainability · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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