Baltimore
Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development, Permits Office
In short
Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development, Permits Office issues 3 permits we publish for Baltimore, last verified 2026-09-06. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use and Occupancy Permit | Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development, Permits Office | $45 per use, per building or part of a building | issued once per qualifying occupancy | 2026-09-06 |
| Sign Permit | Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development, Permits Office | $1 per square foot, minimum $13 for each consolidated area of signage. | one-time, per sign | 2026-09-06 |
| Commercial Building Permit | Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development, Permits Office | New commercial construction/addition: $20 per 1,000 cubic feet (or fraction) of adjusted gross volume, minimum $250 (new building) or $150 (addition). Commercial alteration/repair: $0.35 per sq ft (or fraction) of affected gross floor area, minimum $150. A tenant fit-out (new demising wall or new-tenant shell space) is billed differently — $12 per $1,000 (or fraction) of estimated cost, minimum $150. A citywide permit tax of 5% of the final cost applies to every permit issued. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-06 |
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
Use and Occupancy Permit
A general minimum fee of $25 applies where no other fee is specified elsewhere in section 109.
Sign Permit
A general minimum fee of $25 applies where no other fee is specified elsewhere in section 109.
Commercial Building Permit
A secondary source (a non-official blog) states the tenant-demising-wall fee is area-based ('$10 per 100 sq ft') — the current official code shows it is actually cost-based ($12/$1,000, min $150); the code figure is used here.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Baltimore
- Phone
- (443) 984-1809
- Website
- permits.baltimorecity.gov/
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.
- Baltimore City Building Code, section 109, Fees (2024 Edition, as amended by Ordinance 24-437 and Ordinance 24-341)City of Baltimore · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-06
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