Yonkers
City of Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings
In short
City of Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings issues 3 permits we publish for Yonkers, 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 Occupancy | City of Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings | New construction or alteration of a non-residential, commercial or industrial use: $250 for each floor, including basement, cellar and mezzanine, plus $250 for each individual tenant space or use, for each certificate or partial certificate. Existing non-residential commercial construction: $175 for each tenant space or use. | issued once per qualifying occupancy; a temporary certificate costs the same fee and runs up to 180 days, with that fee charged again for each further 30-day extension | 2026-09-04 |
| Sign Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings | $150 plus $1 per square foot of face area for a non-illuminated sign, or $175 plus $1.25 per square foot if illuminated. Annual renewal runs $100 plus 75 to 85 cents per square foot depending on illumination. | annual renewal required after the initial installation permit | 2026-09-04 |
| Commercial Building Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings | A $250 filing fee, plus $15 per $1,000 of estimated construction cost up to $1,000,000, and $12 per $1,000 above that. | one-time, per project | 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 Occupancy
A newly erected building may not be occupied or used, in whole or in part, until the Department of Housing and Buildings issues a certificate of occupancy (Code section 56-40); a building enlarged, extended or altered needs one before it is occupied after the work, or within 30 days of completion if occupancy continued during the work (section 56-43). No change of occupancy or use inconsistent with the last certificate may be made, and in an existing building a change of occupancy needs a certificate that the building meets zoning and the building codes for the proposed new use (section 56-45). The certificate is issued within 10 days of a written application once a final inspection finds the work complete in accordance with the building permit and the codes and the zoning chapter has been complied with; an applicant other than the owner must also file the owner's notarized authorization (section 56-41). The per-floor-plus-per-tenant-space fee applies to certificates, including partial certificates, for new construction or alteration of a non-residential, commercial or industrial use, while a certificate for existing non-residential commercial construction is $175 for each tenant space or use. A temporary certificate costs the same as the full certificate for up to 180 days, with that fee charged again for each further 30-day extension, and a copy of an existing certificate costs a flat $10.
Sign Permit
An illegal installation is billed at twice the total permit fee, and a late renewal adds a flat $200 penalty within the first 30 days, $300 more after that.
Commercial Building Permit
A reinspection costs $250 the first time and $500 for every one after that — a real incentive to get the work right before calling for the next inspection.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Yonkers
- Phone
- (914) 377-6500
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.
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 47-5 — sign permit feesCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 56-18 — building permit feesCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 56-40 — certificate of occupancy required before occupancy or useCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 56-41 — issuance and filing of certificates of occupancyCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 56-42 — certificate of occupancy feesCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 56-43 — buildings enlarged, extended or alteredCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Yonkers Code of Ordinances section 56-45 — change of occupancyCity of Yonkers, mirrored by eLaws · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
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