Warren
City of Warren Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering
In short
City of Warren Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering issues 3 permits we publish for Warren, last verified 2026-09-04. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Compliance | City of Warren Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering | $500 for a commercial or industrial certification | issued once per qualifying occupancy; a new one is required at every change of use or occupant | 2026-09-04 |
| Commercial Building Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Warren Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering | A plan review fee plus a separate building permit fee, each scaled by construction value, plus a zoning fee — for example, a $100,000 project totals roughly $1,985 across all three combined, and a $150,000 project roughly $2,475. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-04 |
| Sign Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Warren Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering | $100–$250 $100 for a small freestanding or wall sign up to 20 square feet, $250 above that size, plus a $75 zoning plan review fee required for every ground or wall sign | per sign; a temporary sign permit covers a 30-day period | 2026-09-04 |
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
Certificate of Compliance
Warren calls this a Certificate of Compliance rather than a certificate of occupancy, but it functions identically — no space may be occupied, used, or changed in use until it is issued. A Knox Box for fire department access is required before it can be issued, and the application voids after 60 days for an occupied space or 180 days for a vacant one if not completed in time.
Commercial Building Permit
This fee schedule is dated 2014, and no newer version could be located on the city's own site — treat these figures as provisional and confirm directly with the Building Division before relying on them for a specific project.
Sign Permit
Anyone installing signs commercially must separately hold an Annual Sign Erector's License, a further $75 a year, expiring December 31, requiring its own $250,000/$500,000/$100,000 liability insurance.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Warren
- Phone
- (586) 574-4504
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.
- City of Warren — Certificate of Compliance applicationCity of Warren · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- City of Warren — commercial fee schedule, revised March 27, 2014City of Warren · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- City of Warren — sign permit fee scheduleCity of Warren · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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