Henderson
City of Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center)
In short
City of Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center) issues 5 permits we publish for Henderson, last verified 2026-09-09. 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 Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center) | Combined Building (Table A) plus Fire (Table D) plan-check and inspection fees, banded by ICC occupancy classification and square footage, for a 'Complete' (new-construction) project at the smallest published size tier: a 1,000 sq ft Restaurant is $2,717 plan check plus $3,690 inspection; a 1,000 sq ft Retail Sales and Mercantile space is $2,070 plan check plus $2,523 inspection; a 1,000 sq ft generic 'Business' space (the category coffee shops, salons, fitness studios and veterinary offices fall under) is $2,161 plan check plus $2,796 inspection; a 500 sq ft Day Care facility is $2,333 plan check plus $3,370 inspection; a 1,000 sq ft Repair Garage/Moderate Hazard Storage space is $2,818 plan check plus $2,567 inspection. Fees rise further per additional 100 sq ft and differ again for Shell and Tenant-Improvement/Remodel construction types. Public Works, Community Development and Utilities surcharges of 1%, 9% and 9% respectively apply on top of the base Building plan-check fee. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-09 |
| Sign Permit | City of Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center) | $437 for a wall-mounted sign, illuminated or not, any size; a freestanding illuminated sign is $1,135 up to 400 sq ft of face area plus $981 for each additional 400 sq ft; a freestanding non-illuminated sign is $1,402 up to 400 sq ft plus $637 for each additional 400 sq ft; a temporary sign is $366. | one-time, per sign | 2026-09-09 |
| Kitchen Hood Suppression System Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center) | $103 Building-side installation fee plus $663 Fire-side plan check/inspection fee for a Wet Chemical/Kitchen Hood suppression system, $766 combined. | one-time, per system installation | 2026-09-09 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center) | No fee | one-time, no expiration | 2026-09-09 |
| Fire Review and Inspection of Business License | City of Henderson Building and Fire Safety Department (Development Services Center) | A one-time $44 Fire Review of the business license application plus a $355 Business License Inspection at initial opening (addressed by the initial Fire Operational Permits). Once operating, an ongoing Fire Code Inspection Base Fee applies on an annual, biennial or triennial cycle depending on occupancy type, scaled by square footage from $98 (up to 1,000 sq ft) to $4,900 (1,000,000 sq ft and up). | recurring — annual, biennial or triennial depending on occupancy type for the ongoing inspection; the $44 review and $355 inspection fees are one-time, at initial licensing | 2026-09-09 |
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)
Henderson revised this entire fee schedule effective October 1, 2025 — its first update in twenty years — and the schedule now escalates every January 1 by the prior year's CPI-U for the West Region (NRS Chapter 354). A Day Care facility is priced as its own distinct occupancy category on both the Building and Fire tables, even though no equivalent dedicated business-license classification for childcare could be found (see the header note and the childcare business-license record). Submitted through the City's DSC Online portal.
Sign Permit
This is the Building & Fire Safety Department's structural/electrical sign permit. A separate, additional Planning-side Master Sign Plan review (for a shopping center or multi-tenant site's overall sign program) is $274 under the Community Development Application Fee Schedule; a cheaper Temporary Sales/Promotional Sign Permit ($75) covers a short-term promotional sign instead of a permanent one.
Kitchen Hood Suppression System Permit
Required for a cooking hood suppression system in a restaurant, coffee shop/cafe kitchen, or a food truck's kitchen; applied for through the City's DSC Online portal alongside the kitchen equipment's mechanical/electrical permits.
Certificate of Occupancy
The fee is not published separately for the standard, first-issuance Certificate of Occupancy that closes out new construction: the schedule prices only a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy ($862 Building plus $359 Fire) and a 'Change of occupancy — no building modifications required or completed' fee ($681 Building plus $379 Fire). The original certificate's cost is most likely folded into the building permit's own inspection fee already paid, but the schedule does not say this explicitly, so this record leaves the figure unpublished rather than assumed. Confirm treatment for a specific project directly with Building and Fire Safety (702-267-3630).
Fire Review and Inspection of Business License
Applies broadly across an operating commercial business as part of the general business-license process, distinct from the new-construction Fire Plan Check/Inspection fees charged when a building permit is also being issued. Certain activities carry their own further $98-a-year Operational System Permit on top of this base fee — for example, 'Repair garages' (auto repair) and 'Mobile food preparation vehicle' (food trucks) are each named separately in the same table.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Henderson
- Phone
- (702) 267-3630
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 Henderson Application Fee Schedule — Community Development and Services Department planning-entitlement fees, including the Zoning Verification LetterCity of Henderson, Community Development and Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- City of Henderson Development Services Center Schedule of Fees, effective October 1, 2025 (Table A: Building Plan Check/Inspection New Construction; Table B: Miscellaneous Building Items; Table D: Fire Plan Check/Inspection New Construction; Table E: Fire Prevention Items; Table F: Fire Other Items; Table H: Community Development)City of Henderson, Building and Fire Safety Department / Development Services Center · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
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