Jackson County

Jackson County Public Works, Development Division

In short

Jackson County Public Works, Development Division issues 12 permits we publish for Jackson County, last verified 2026-10-05. 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
Permit	Issuing agency	Fee	Renews	Last checked
Commercial Mechanical Repair Permitonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$125 per permit, Commercial column of the Permit Fees table	per permit	2026-10-05
Commercial Electrical Repair or Upgrade Permitonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$150 per permit, Commercial column of the Permit Fees table	per permit	2026-10-05
Commercial Plumbing or Gas Repair Permitonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$150 per permit, Commercial column of the Permit Fees table (Plumbing/Gas Repair)	per permit	2026-10-05
Commercial Raze Permitonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$150 per permit, Commercial column of the Permit Fees table	per permit	2026-10-05
Soil and Erosion Control Permitonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$500.00 plus $100.00 per acre of disturbed land	not stated in the cited source	2026-10-05
Commercial Building Permit and Plan Review (Valuation Fee)only if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	Permit fee by total valuation of the work, Chapter 54 section 5410.1: $1.00 to $500.00: $25.15. $501.00 to $2,000.00: $25.15 for the first $500.00 plus $3.27 for each additional $100.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000.00. $2,001.00 to $25,000.00: $74.10 for the first $2,000.00 plus $14.98 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000.00. $25,001.00 to $50,000.00: $418.64 for the first $25,000.00 plus $10.81 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00. $50,001.00 to $100,000.00: $688.81 for the first $50,000.00 plus $7.49 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00. $100,001.00 to $500,000.00: $1,063.31 for the first $100,000.00 plus $5.99 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00. $1,000,000.00 and up: $6,001.36 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $3.91 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereon.	per permit	2026-10-05
On-Site Wastewater (Septic) Disposal Permit, New or Replacementonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$250 per permit, for a new on-site wastewater disposal system or a replacement	per permit	2026-10-05
On-Site Wastewater System Evaluation (Existing System)only if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$100 per evaluation of an existing on-site wastewater disposal system	per evaluation	2026-10-05
Zoning and Development Rules, Unincorporated Jackson Countyonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	No fee	not applicable; a scope statement, not a permit	2026-10-05
Commercial Sign Permitonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$150 per permit, Commercial column of the Permit Fees table	per permit	2026-10-05
Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Trade License (Classes A, B and C)only if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	One-time non-refundable application fee of $25, charged for each initial application, plus the license fee for the class at application: Type A license $175, Type B license $175, Type C license $45.	Type A and Type B licenses are valid three years from issuance and renew on payment of the license fee with proof of eight continuing education units; Type C licenses are valid one year and are not renewable unless the holder is enrolled in an apprenticeship or accredited technical program	2026-10-05
Conditional Use Permit Applicationonly if it applies to you	Jackson County Public Works, Development Division	$350 per conditional use application	per application	2026-10-05

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

Commercial Mechanical Repair Permit

The Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet, dated January 2025, lists the Commercial fee for a Mechanical Repair permit at $125. The Residential column of the same table lists $75 and is not used. Chapter 54 section 5411 requires that mechanical work under a county permit be performed by a person holding the appropriate license, and the packet's Commercial Building Permit Procedures require mechanical diagrams with the application. A licensed mechanical contractor pulls this permit for the work, and the trade license is recorded separately.

Commercial Electrical Repair or Upgrade Permit

The Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet, dated January 2025, lists the Commercial fee for an Electrical Repair/Upgrade permit at $150. The Residential column of the same table lists $75 and is not used. Chapter 54 section 5411 requires that electrical work under a county permit be performed by a person holding the appropriate license, or by a person working under the direct supervision of a licensed holder. The packet states that fees are paid by check or money order payable to the Manager of Finance. A commercial building permit for new construction or alteration is a separate record, priced from the valuation table.

Commercial Plumbing or Gas Repair Permit

The Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet, dated January 2025, lists the Commercial fee for a Plumbing/Gas Repair permit at $150. The Residential column of the same table lists $75 and is not used. Chapter 54 section 5411 requires that plumbing work under a county permit be performed by a person holding the appropriate license, or by a person working under the direct supervision of a licensed holder. The fee is set in the packet's Permit Fees table, which is a county publication and is the figure recorded here.

Commercial Raze Permit

The Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet, dated January 2025, lists the Commercial fee for a Raze permit at $150. The Residential column of the same table lists $50 and is not used. The packet requires a site plan that shows the structure to be razed and states that a pumping receipt must be provided at the final inspection once the raze is complete. A raze permit applies to demolition of a structure, and it is separate from the commercial building permit that may follow it.

Soil and Erosion Control Permit

The Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet, dated January 2025, states the Soil & Erosion Control fee as '$500.00 + $100.00/acre of disturbed land,' and its text reads '$500.00 plus $100.00 per acre of disturbed land.' The packet cites Jackson County Code Chapter 241 (Sediment and Erosion) and requires an erosion and sediment control plan with commercial applications. The fee applies to land-disturbing activity for commercial building work in the unincorporated county.

Commercial Building Permit and Plan Review (Valuation Fee)

Chapter 54 section 5410 sets the building permit fee by the fair market value of the work, using the valuation data in the International Conference of Building Officials standard publication, and section 5410.1 prints the fee table above. The band from $500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00 is printed with a garbled upper limit in the code text and is not reproduced in this table; section 5410.1 of Chapter 54 is the source. Section 5410.2 adds a plan review fee of 65 percent of the building permit fee, which does not apply to a single family dwelling, detached garage, utility shed, pole barn, open carport, mobile, modular or manufactured home, swimming pool or deck unless the building official finds the documents are incomplete, changed or more complex. Section 5410.1 doubles the permit fee for unauthorized work. The code adopts the 2018 International Building Code and 2018 International Residential Code.

On-Site Wastewater (Septic) Disposal Permit, New or Replacement

Section 24001.11(a)(12) of the Unified Development Code states that 'The fee for new construction or replacement on-site wastewater disposal permit is two hundred fifty dollars ($250).' The record applies to a business served by an on-site septic system rather than a public sewer. A business connected to a public sewer needs no septic system permit. The Unified Development Code also sets a separate evaluation fee for an existing system, which is recorded as its own record.

On-Site Wastewater System Evaluation (Existing System)

Section 24001.11(a)(12) of the Unified Development Code states that 'The permit fee for evaluating an existing on-site wastewater disposal system shall be one hundred dollars ($100).' The evaluation applies to a septic system already on a property, such as one that serves a business building without a public sewer connection. The fee is separate from the $250 fee for a new or replacement on-site system, which is recorded as its own record.

Zoning and Development Rules, Unincorporated Jackson County

Section 24001.4 of the Unified Development Code states that its provisions 'shall apply to all land, property and development in the unincorporated area of Jackson County.' A business located in the unincorporated area is therefore subject to the code's zoning and development rules, and the Public Works Development Division administers them. The section sets no fee; the zoning fees for conditional uses and on-site wastewater are recorded as their own records. A business inside the limits of an incorporated city is outside this scope and follows that city's own zoning rules.

Commercial Sign Permit

The Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet, dated January 2025, lists the Commercial fee for a Signs permit at $150. The Residential column of the same table lists $100 and is not used. The record covers a sign on a business's own premises. The Unified Development Code prices off-premise signs, which advertise a business located elsewhere, under a separate section, and those fees are not recorded here.

Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Trade License (Classes A, B and C)

Chapter 54 section 5411 requires the appropriate electrical, mechanical or plumbing license for work under a county permit, except owner-occupant work with an affidavit. Section 5411.4(b) sets a one-time non-refundable application fee of $25. Section 5411.4(c) sets the license fee for each class: Type A $175, Type B $175 and Type C $45. Section 5411.5(a) states that a Type A or Type B license is renewed on payment of the license fee in section 5411.4 and a showing of eight continuing education units since issuance or the last renewal, so the renewal fee for those classes is the $175 license fee. Section 5411.5(b) limits Type C licenses to one year. The license applies to contractors who perform electrical, mechanical or plumbing work under a county permit in the unincorporated county.

Conditional Use Permit Application

Section 24001.11(a)(3) of the Unified Development Code states that 'The fee for a conditional use application is three hundred fifty dollars ($350).' The Unified Development Code requires a conditional use permit, under section 24003.21, for a use that a zoning district lists as a conditional use. The record therefore applies to a business only where its use is listed as conditional in its district. The Unified Development Code sets the conditional uses for each district, and this record does not list them. The fee is not waived or refunded, and costs beyond the filing fee are billed to the applicant under section 24001.11(a).

Contact

Jurisdiction: Jackson County
Phone: (816) 881-4649
Website: www.jacksongov.org/Government/Departments/Public-Works

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.

Jackson County Code Chapter 240, Unified Development CodeJackson County, Missouri · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
Jackson County Code Chapter 54, Building Code (August 9, 2023)Jackson County, Missouri · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
Unincorporated Jackson County Building Permits packet (January 2025)Jackson County, Missouri · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05

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