Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County Board of Health

In short

Cuyahoga County Board of Health issues 12 permits we publish for Cuyahoga County, last verified 2026-09-30. 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
CCBH Rabies Vaccination Tags for Veterinary Practices	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	$1 per tag ordered from CCBH, with O-rings included for each tag — the CCBH Rabies Vaccination Tag Order Form prints 'No. of Tags ___ @ $1.00 each' and supplies vaccination certificates at no charge; payment is by cheque or C.O.D.	a standing operating duty rather than a license, with tags ordered from CCBH as a practice needs them; there is no application and no expiry date	2026-09-30
Food Service Operation / Retail Food Establishment License	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Per the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2026, Rev 12.30.2025), by risk level and floor area. COMMERCIAL, per year, under 25,000 sq ft: Level 1 $260, Level 2 $284, Level 3 $490, Level 4 $606; 25,000 sq ft and over: Level 1 $348, Level 2 $364, Level 3 $1,140, Level 4 $1,204 — each total being the local fee ($232, $256, $462, $578, $320, $336, $1,112, $1,176) plus the $28 state fee. NON-COMMERCIAL, per year, under 25,000 sq ft: Level 1 $130, Level 2 $142, Level 3 $245, Level 4 $303; 25,000 sq ft and over: Level 1 $174, Level 2 $182, Level 3 $570, Level 4 $602 — each total being the local fee ($116, $128, $231, $289, $160, $168, $556, $588) plus the $14 state fee. A license renewed after 1 March carries a mandatory 25 per cent late penalty.	annual; CCBH states that 'Annual food license renewal applications are mailed in January of each year for renewal before March 1. Licenses renewed after March 1 will be assessed a mandatory 25% late penalty.'	2026-09-30
Mobile Food License	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Per the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2026): High Risk Mobile $408 per year ($380 local plus $28 state) and Low Risk Mobile $218 per year ($190 local plus $28 state). A renewal filed after 1 March carries the same mandatory 25 per cent late penalty as a fixed premises.	annual, on the same renewal cycle as a fixed operation; CCBH states that 'Mobiles licensed by our agency must renew their license and schedule an annual inspection at least 10 days prior to their first event each year'	2026-09-30
Private Water System Permits (business premises on a well, spring, pond, cistern or hauled water)only if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Per Exhibit A, CCBH Private Water Program Fees, effective 7 November 2022. The schedule prints a separate row for a '1, 2, or 3 family dwelling' and for a property 'other than a 1, 2, or 3 family dwelling'; a business premises is priced on the non-dwelling row. Installation permit, other than a 1, 2 or 3 family dwelling, $600.00 (a combined $526.00 CCBH plus $74.00 state). Conversion of an existing well to a private water well, other than a dwelling, $615.00, against $560.00 on the dwelling row. Alteration of a well $300.00, sealing of a well $125.00 and installation or decommissioning of a temporary hauled water tank $125.00, each the same on both rows. Potable water sample $130.00 and resample $80.00. Water hauler registration $230.00, hauler vehicle inspection $210.00 for the primary vehicle and $25.00 for each additional vehicle. Contractor construction and knowledge assessment inspection $60.00. Variance $245.00. An administrative late fee of 25 per cent is added to the specified fee.	per permit for installation, conversion, alteration and sealing work; the water hauler registration and its vehicle inspections are annual, and the sampling fees are charged per sample taken	2026-09-30
Vending Machine Licenseonly if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	$9.62 per year, per vending machine location as priced on the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule — a combined amount of $3.62 local plus $6.00 state	annual, renewed on the same cycle as CCBH's other food licenses, with renewal applications mailed in January for renewal before 1 March and a mandatory 25 per cent late penalty after that date	2026-09-30
Food Facility Plan Review	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Standard plan review $500, as printed on the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule under the heading 'FACILITY PLAN REVIEW (RISK LEVELS 1-4)'. The expedited option is charged on top rather than instead: CCBH's 2026 Food Facility Plan Review Application states 'Standard Plan Review - $500' and 'Expedited Plan Review (optional) - $1000 + Standard plan review fee', which is how the schedule's $1,500 expedited total arises.	a one-off review preceding the license application, with CCBH reviewing 'the plans within 30 days of complete submission', or, where the expedited fee is paid, 'within 3 business days of complete submission'; approval is followed by a pre-licensing inspection	2026-09-30
Temporary Food Licenseonly if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	$64 per day of operation for a commercial operator, as printed on the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule effective 1 January 2026; a non-commercial operator pays $32 per day	per event; CCBH states that 'Licenses can be issued for up to five consecutive days' and that applications 'must be applied for 10 days prior to the event'	2026-09-30
Body Art Facility Permit (tattooing, piercing, microblading)only if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Per the fee table printed on CCBH's Application to Operate a Body Art Facility, revised March 2024 and linked today as the programme's permit application: Type I, body piercing only facility, $600.00 per year; Type II, tattooing only facility, $600.00 per year; Type III, combination body piercing and tattooing facility, $700.00 per year; Type IV, time limited body piercing or tattooing not to exceed 7 days, $150.00 plus $25.00 for each additional day.	annual for a Type I, II or III facility; a Type IV time-limited permit runs for the event, 'not to exceed 7 days'. The fee is payable with the application and, once submitted for review, is non-refundable	2026-09-30
CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registrationonly if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	$100 per calendar year, alongside a $25,000 CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registration Bond, a certificate of liability insurance naming CCBH as insured or additional insured, and proof of a current Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board plumbing contractor's license; a returned cheque is charged at $10	one calendar year — the 2026 registration application states 'Term of Registration: Registration expires on December 31 of each calendar year'	2026-09-30
CCBH Plumbing Permit, Plan Review and Inspectiononly if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Separate residential and commercial columns throughout, per the CCBH Plumbing Program Fees sheet and the 2026 CCBH Plumbing Plan Review and Permit Application Form, which prints the same worksheet. RESIDENTIAL: basic permit application $100; each fixture, trap or appliance $10; plan review only $60 for 1–20 fixtures and $70 for 21 or more; reinspection $50. COMMERCIAL: basic permit application $200; each fixture, trap or appliance $15; plan review only $150 for 1–20 fixtures and $200 for 21 or more; reinspection $100. Installation of a hot water tank alone, with no plan review necessary, is $60. A permit total is the basic permit application fee plus the per-fixture charge from the form's 91-line fixture schedule, plus any plan review fee. CCBH states that 'Early installation without a permit will result in a doubling of all fees.'	per project rather than per year; the permit covers the work described in the approved application, and CCBH states that 'In the event a plumbing permit is cancelled and a refund is requested prior to any field inspections, a refund will be issued less the plan review fee, if applicable. No refund will be issued once a field inspection has been conducted.'	2026-09-30
Public Swimming Pool, Spa or Special Use Pool Licenseonly if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Per the table headed 'Pool and spa fees effective April 1, 2024' on CCBH's own Swimming Pools and Spas page: primary pool $600, primary spa $600, primary special use pool $600; each additional pool, spa or special use pool at the same address as a primary one $375; a primary pool, spa or special use pool that is government-operated or operated by a tax-supported school $325; and each additional one at the same address where both are government-operated or operated by a tax-supported school $300.	annual; CCBH states that 'Applications for all previously licensed pools and spas are mailed during the first week of April' and that 'The deadline to return the application without a late fee is April 30'	2026-09-30
Sewage Treatment System Contractor Registration (installer, service provider, septage hauler)only if it applies to you	Cuyahoga County Board of Health	Per the 2026 CCBH Application for Sewage Treatment System Contractor Registration: $160.00 for each registration type — hauler registration, installer registration and service provider registration are each $160.00 — plus $50.00 for each hauler vehicle permit. The form computes the total as 'Number of Registrations: ___ X $160.00' and 'Number of Vehicle Permits: ___ X $50.00'.	one calendar year — the 2026 application states 'Registrations Expire on December 31st of Each Year'; a service provider inspection must be scheduled during the registration year	2026-09-30

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

CCBH Rabies Vaccination Tags for Veterinary Practices

A veterinary practice in Cuyahoga County outside the City of Cleveland issues CCBH rabies tags at the point of vaccination and buys them from CCBH by the tag. CCBH states the underlying vaccination rule and its own territory in one sentence: 'All dogs, cats and ferrets residing in our jurisdiction (the entire county except for the City of Cleveland) are required to be vaccinated against the rabies virus when they turn 4 months old.' The duty that falls on the clinic follows from it — 'Animals are required to be issued a CCBH rabies vaccination tag after receiving the rabies vaccination at a local veterinary office or clinic', and 'Local veterinarians can obtain the required rabies tags from CCBH for a modest fee.' The amount behind that phrase is printed on the face of CCBH's own 2025 Rabies Vaccination Tag Order Form, which computes 'No. of Tags ___ @ $1.00 each = $___ (O-rings included for each tag)' and lists 'Number of Vaccination Certificates (no charge)', with payment by cheque or C.O.D. That form is the order form CCBH links today from both its Animal Bites and Rabies Prevention page and its Forms and Applications index, and it carries a 2025 document date. Alongside the tags there is a reporting clock a practice should have in its procedures: CCBH states that 'State and local regulations require that all animal bites, scratches and rabies exposure incidents be reported to the local health department within a 24-hour period.' The instrument behind all of this is the CCBH Rabies Control Regulations, which CCBH links as its adopted document on reporting, quarantine and rabies vaccination requirements. This is an operating duty with a per-tag charge rather than a license, so there is no application form to file and no renewal date to diarise.

Food Service Operation / Retail Food Establishment License

Every restaurant, cafe, food-selling store and childcare centre with on-site food service outside the City of Cleveland licenses with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and the amounts above are read from CCBH's 2026 Food Protection Program Fee Schedule, headed 'Effective January 1, 2026' with a revision date of 12.30.2025. That schedule is adopted rather than proposed: the CCBH board agenda of 17 December 2025 records, under 'BOARD ORDERS, RULES, FEES OR REGULATIONS', 'RESOLUTION (2025-116) To amend the Cuyahoga Board of Health's Food Protection Program Fees pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code Sections 3717.25 and 3717.45'. Which figure applies turns on three things the schedule prices separately — the state risk level (four classes for a permanent facility, documented in CCBH's Levels of Risk 2026), whether the operation is under or over 25,000 square feet, and whether it is commercial or non-commercial — and every total on the schedule is the local fee plus a state fee of $28 on a commercial line or $14 on a non-commercial one, which CCBH collects and transmits. CCBH adds that 'Annual license fees are determined through a state-mandated cost methodology process. Fees are subject to change each year.' Plan approval comes first: CCBH states that 'New food and mobile operations must have plan approval prior to submitting a license application.' Address matters before any of this is used. CCBH's Food Licensing page states that 'In Cuyahoga County, CCBH licenses and inspects all facilities that sell food at the retail level, except for those operating in the City of Cleveland. For information about locations in the City of Cleveland, please call 216.664.2300 to speak with the Cleveland Department of Public Health.' Two suburbs run the other way and are priced from this schedule: Shaker Heights' own FAQ states that 'On January 1, 2018, the City of Shaker Heights closed its Health Department and joined the Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH),' and Cleveland Heights' own page states that 'Through a contract with the City of Cleveland Heights, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health provides health services for Cleveland Heights residents.'

Mobile Food License

A food truck, trailer or cart licenses once, where it is based, and can then trade across the state: CCBH states that 'Mobiles obtain an annual license from the local health jurisdiction in which their business headquarters is located' and that a mobile licensed anywhere in Ohio 'can operate anywhere in the State of Ohio.' The test for a mobile is therefore the headquarters address, which is a different test from the one for a temporary license, where CCBH looks at the event's location — the two must not be conflated. The two rates above are read from CCBH's 2026 Food Protection Program Fee Schedule, effective 1 January 2026, and each total is the local fee plus the $28 state fee CCBH collects and transmits: $380 plus $28 for a high risk mobile and $190 plus $28 for a low risk one. Risk is assigned on the state two-class mobile scheme documented in CCBH's Levels of Risk 2026. Timing is the part operators most often miss: CCBH requires the annual inspection to be booked before trading resumes each year — 'If you have a mobile license, please contact our office at 216.201.2000 after submitting your renewal application. We need to schedule your first annual inspection prior to operating' — and adds that 'Licensed mobiles will also be inspected at any events where they participate.' CCBH's 2026 Mobile Unit Plan Review Application recognises five unit types: knock-down mobile, pre-packaged non-perishable push-cart, push-cart, self-sufficient vehicle or trailer, and vehicle or trailer that is not self-sufficient; that plan review is mandatory before a unit opens, and CCBH publishes no amount for it, so the facility plan review fee is not applied to a mobile here. A truck headquartered inside the City of Cleveland licenses with the Cleveland Department of Public Health instead, which CCBH's Food Licensing page reaches on 216.664.2300.

Private Water System Permits (business premises on a well, spring, pond, cistern or hauled water)

A business outside the City of Cleveland whose premises draws on a well, spring, pond, cistern or hauled water rather than a public main deals with CCBH's Private Water Program, which states that 'CCBH issues permits for the development of new private water systems, the alteration of existing systems and well sealing. These systems are inspected and sampled as part of the approval process.' The amounts are read from Exhibit A, CCBH Private Water Program Fees, effective 7 November 2022, the document CCBH links today from its Forms and Applications page as 'Private Water System Fees (effective November 7, 2022)'. That table is a two-column schedule and should be read as one: almost every line is duplicated for a '1, 2, or 3 family dwelling' and for a property 'other than a 1, 2, or 3 family dwelling', and a commercial premises takes the second of those. On the installation permit the two rows happen to carry the same $600.00 total, built as $526.00 to CCBH plus a $74.00 state fee; on a conversion they diverge, at $615.00 for a non-dwelling against $560.00 for a dwelling. Alteration at $300.00, sealing at $125.00 and a temporary hauled-water tank at $125.00 are the same on both rows. Sampling is charged separately at $130.00 for a potable water sample and $80.00 for a resample. A business that has water delivered rather than drawn is also touching the hauler side of the programme, where registration is $230.00 with vehicle inspections at $210.00 for the primary vehicle and $25.00 for each additional one. The schedule adds an 'Administrative Late Fee – 25% added to specified fee', which OAC 3701-28-06(F)(2) allows a board of health to charge where construction, alteration or conversion began before a permit issued or hauling began before registration and vehicle inspection, and which ORC 3709.09(D) applies to any fee payment received after the day it was due. In practice this record is narrow: most commercial premises in the county are on public water, and these permits reach the minority that are not, concentrated in the two townships and outlying villages.

Vending Machine License

A gym, workshop, waiting room or shop that puts a food or beverage vending machine on its premises outside the City of Cleveland takes a vending machine license from the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. The amount is the smallest on CCBH's schedule and is easy to overlook precisely because of that: the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule, effective 1 January 2026, prices it at $3.62 local plus $6.00 state, a combined $9.62 a year, with the state portion collected by CCBH and transmitted on. It sits on the same renewal calendar as every other CCBH food license — CCBH states that 'Annual food license renewal applications are mailed in January of each year for renewal before March 1. Licenses renewed after March 1 will be assessed a mandatory 25% late penalty.' The licensed unit is the machine, so an operator with several machines is priced on each of them rather than once for the site. As with the rest of CCBH's food programme, the City of Cleveland is served by the Cleveland Department of Public Health instead, which CCBH's Food Licensing page reaches on 216.664.2300.

Food Facility Plan Review

Building or remodelling a food facility outside the City of Cleveland starts with CCBH's plan review, not with the license: CCBH states that 'New food and mobile operations must have plan approval prior to submitting a license application.' The standard fee is $500 on the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule effective 1 January 2026, under the heading 'FACILITY PLAN REVIEW (RISK LEVELS 1-4)'. The expedited figure is additive, which is the detail most easily misread from the schedule's $1,500 line: CCBH's own 2026 Food Facility Plan Review Application prints 'Standard Plan Review - $500' and 'Expedited Plan Review (optional) - $1000 + Standard plan review fee', so paying to expedite means $1,500 in all and buys a review 'within 3 business days of complete submission' against the standard 30 days. Plans go in 'at least 30 days prior to construction' with the completed application, two complete sets of facility drawings, the menu, food safety training certificates and the fee. The municipal layer comes first in the sequence: CCBH instructs applicants to 'Please ensure all inspections from the local fire department and building department are completed before contacting CCBH for a pre-licensing inspection,' so the city or township building and fire sign-off precedes the county health step. The heading on the plan-review line is the permanent-facility risk classes, and CCBH's separate 2026 Mobile Unit Plan Review Application states no amount, so this $500 is not the price of reviewing a food truck.

Temporary Food License

A stall, cart or truck selling food at a festival, market or fair in Cuyahoga County outside the City of Cleveland takes a temporary license for that event, priced per day: the 2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule effective 1 January 2026 sets $64 a day for a commercial operator and $32 a day for a non-commercial one, and CCBH states the basis plainly — 'Vendors pay per day of operation.' A license covers a run of up to five consecutive days: 'Licenses can be issued for up to five consecutive days.' The paperwork has a hard lead time — 'They must be applied for 10 days prior to the event' — and the license itself is handed over on site: 'Temporary licenses are issued at the event once the vendor passes inspection.' Which health jurisdiction issues it depends on the event, not the vendor: CCBH states that 'Temporary food vendors obtain licenses through the health jurisdiction in which the event is located,' and, for events inside the city, 'For events held in the City of Cleveland, please contact the Cleveland Department of Public Health at 216.664.2300.' That is the opposite test from the one for a mobile license, which follows the business headquarters. Events can trigger more than food licensing: CCBH notes that 'Campgrounds, animal venues, and temporary body art facilities at these events may also require inspection and licensing by our agency,' the last of which is the Type IV time-limited body art permit, a separate CCBH license with its own fee.

Body Art Facility Permit (tattooing, piercing, microblading)

A salon that tattoos, pierces, microblades or applies permanent or semi-permanent make-up outside the City of Cleveland needs a CCBH body art facility permit; an ordinary hair or nail salon has no trigger for it. The figures come from the fee table printed on CCBH's own Application to Operate a Body Art Facility, the form CCBH links today from its Tattoo and Body Piercing programme page under the heading 'Permit Application'; that form carries a revision date of March 2024, which is the date the amounts should be read against. Payment comes before review, and there is no refund for a change of mind: 'The following application must be completed in its entirety, with the appropriate fee submitted before plans will be accepted for review. Once submitted for review, the application fee is non-refundable.' Once plans are accepted, CCBH states that 'When such plans are accepted by the Board of Health they shall be acted upon within thirty (30) days of receipt.' The scope is wider than the word 'tattoo' suggests: CCBH states that 'Microblading and other forms of permanent and semi-permanent make-up are considered tattooing', citing the OAC 3701-9-01 definition, and that 'In Cuyahoga County, tattooing of any kind for compensation may only be performed in an approved body art facility by artists who have had proper training in the art and can document current completion of courses in first aid and bloodborne pathogens.' It also states that 'Under state law, microblading is prohibited at facilities that do not have approval from both the city in which it operates and the local health department,' and invites operators to call 216.201.2000 about the approval process. The municipal layer feeds directly into the county application: the submittal list requires 'Written verification from zoning authority and building department having jurisdiction that the building has been zoned and approved for the business use.'

CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registration

A plumbing contractor working in the part of Cuyahoga County that CCBH covers registers with CCBH each calendar year in addition to holding a state license. The $100 registration fee appears in two current CCBH documents that agree with each other: the fee sheet CCBH links as 'Plumbing Program Fees', headed 'PLUMBING PROGRAM FEES / Effective July 1, 2012', and the 2026 CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registration Application Form, uploaded in December 2025, which reprints it for the 2026 registration year. The 2012 heading is the date of the scheme rather than of a lapsed document: the authorising instrument, the CCBH Plumbing Regulation, carries the same 'Effective 7.1.2012, Amended 9.1.2012' line and leaves the amounts to the Board under §7.3, and the figures are reprinted on CCBH's 2026 forms. Registration is not the only condition — the 2026 form requires that 'Applicant must submit a $25,000 CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registration Bond', that 'Applicant must provide a certificate of liability insurance showing the Cuyahoga County Board of Health as insured or as an additional insured entity', and that 'Applicant must provide proof of current plumbing contractor's license issued by the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board' — and it collects the named signatory agents authorised to act for the company. A returned cheque is charged at $10. Where this registration bites is narrower than the county: CCBH states that 'Through our plumbing program, we oversee work conducted in nine local communities', and its programme page splits them by work type — residential plumbing work in Olmsted Township and Chagrin Falls Township, and commercial plumbing work in Linndale, Olmsted Township, Valley View, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Chagrin Falls Township, Gates Mills, Hunting Valley and Moreland Hills. The Regulation supplies the rule that makes those lists fit together: §1.1 applies it in communities 'within the jurisdiction of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health' and provides that 'This regulation shall not apply to those municipal jurisdictions who exercise enforcement authority for plumbing.' Regulation §3.1 exempts an owner of a single-, two- or three-family dwelling who resides or intends to reside there and does the work in that same dwelling.

CCBH Plumbing Permit, Plan Review and Inspection

Fitting out a kitchen, salon, clinic or workshop in one of the communities CCBH covers draws a CCBH plumbing permit, and the price is a two-column schedule that must not be flattened: commercial work is charged at roughly twice the residential rate at every line. CCBH states the trigger as 'Plumbing system installation inspections are required when plumbing systems are installed in all new homes or businesses, or when systems are altered in existing homes or businesses. A permit to do this plumbing work must be obtained from our agency.' The amounts sit on the CCBH fee sheet headed 'Effective July 1, 2012' and, line for line, on CCBH's own 2026 Plumbing Plan Review and Permit Application Form, uploaded in December 2025 and titled for the 2026 permit year, which prints 'Basic Permit Application Fee … $100 Residential / $200 Commercial', 'Hot Water Tank Only (No Plan Review Necessary) … $60', 'Plan Review Only - Residential … $60 1–20 Fixtures / $70 21 or more Fixtures', 'Plan Review Only - Commercial … $150 1–20 Fixtures / $200 21 or more Fixtures', 'Reinspection Fee (If Deemed Necessary by Inspector) … $50 Residential / $100 Commercial', and per-fixture totals at $10 residential and $15 commercial. The 2012 date on the fee sheet is the date of the scheme — the CCBH Plumbing Regulation carries the same 'Effective 7.1.2012, Amended 9.1.2012' line — and the 2026 worksheet is what carries the figures into the current year. An applicant can submit plan review only, permit only, or both. Submittal and conduct rules matter on site: the 2026 instructions state that 'Unless advised otherwise, one (1) complete set of architectural drawings and four (4) additional sets of 'plumbing only' drawings are required to be initially submitted along with the plan review fee', with up to 30 days allowed for review, and that 'a stamped, Approved set of plumbing plans must be present at the job at all times. Inspections will not be conducted if the plans are not on site.' Starting early is expensive: 'Early installation without a permit will result in a doubling of all fees.' Scope is the first thing to check — CCBH's residential programme reaches Olmsted Township and Chagrin Falls Township, its commercial programme reaches Linndale, Olmsted Township, Valley View, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Chagrin Falls Township, Gates Mills, Hunting Valley and Moreland Hills, and the Regulation provides at §1.1 that 'This regulation shall not apply to those municipal jurisdictions who exercise enforcement authority for plumbing.'

Public Swimming Pool, Spa or Special Use Pool License

A gym, health club or studio outside the City of Cleveland that operates a pool, spa or hot tub serving four families or more is licensed annually by CCBH; a studio with neither a pool nor a spa has nothing to license here. CCBH sets the trigger: 'A license is required for any pool or spa serving four families or more, which includes apartments, hotels, condominiums, homeowner associations, health clubs, as well as municipal facilities.' The amounts above are published on CCBH's own live programme page under its own heading, 'Pool and spa fees effective April 1, 2024' — a county fee page with a stated effective date rather than an undated document. Pricing is per water body, not per site, so a club with a lap pool and a spa pays the $600 primary rate for the first and $375 for the second at the same address, while the reduced $325 and $300 rates apply where the operator is a government body or a tax-supported school. The calendar is fixed and renewal is driven by CCBH rather than by the operator: applications go out in the first week of April and are due back by 30 April, and CCBH notes that 'When renewing a license to operate a swimming pool, state code requires local health departments to charge a late fee for any application/fee postmarked after April 30,' without printing the amount of that late fee. One step in a pool project is not a county one at all: CCBH states that the plan review form 'must be submitted to the Ohio Department of Health prior to the construction of any new public swimming pool, or prior to a substantial alteration of an existing public swimming pool, such as the replacement of barrier fencing', so plan review goes to the state. Running duties include a weekly operation report with water-chemistry records, injury and incident reporting, and notification to the Ohio Department of Health when pumps, filters, disinfection systems, feeders or safety vacuum release systems are replaced with a different make or model.

Sewage Treatment System Contractor Registration (installer, service provider, septage hauler)

A contractor who installs, services or hauls from sewage treatment systems registers with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for each year and for each role performed. CCBH states the rule from the state code on the face of its own form: 'All persons performing duties as a sewage treatment system installer, service provider, or septage hauler shall be registered with each Local Health District where they will be working (OAC 3701-29-03)' — so a firm working across county lines registers in each district, and a firm doing two of the three jobs pays $160 twice. The amounts are printed on CCBH's 2026 Application for Sewage Treatment System Contractor Registration, uploaded in December 2025, at $160.00 per registration type with a further $50.00 for each septage hauler vehicle permit. Registration is conditional on a substantial evidence pack rather than payment alone: the certificate of passing the required Ohio Department of Health examination, 'Proof of General Liability Insurance (not less than $500,000.00)', proof of a statewide surety bond, proof of qualifications to service proprietary systems and components, a letter naming the systems to be serviced including any registration to conduct point-of-sale inspections, 'Proof of completion of a minimum of 6 CEU hours approved by ODH', and a Septage Hauler Truck Inspection Report for each vehicle. Registrations expire on 31 December each year, so a firm starting late in the year renews within months rather than getting a rolling twelve months. This registration is about sewage treatment systems and is distinct from both the CCBH plumbing contractor registration and the Public Works sewer contractor's license, each of which a contractor may also need.

Contact

Jurisdiction: Cuyahoga County
Phone: 216.201.2000
Website: ccbh.net/

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.

2026 CCBH Application for Sewage Treatment System Contractor Registration — $160 per registration type, $50 per hauler vehicle permit, the 31 December expiry, the ODH examination certificate, $500,000 general liability insurance, statewide surety bond and 6 ODH-approved CEU hoursCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
2026 CCBH Food Protection Program Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2026), Rev 12.30.2025 — the 16 commercial and non-commercial license rows with their local and state columns, the mobile, temporary and vending lines and the plan review linesCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
2026 CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registration Application Form — the $100 registration fee, the 31 December expiry, the $25,000 CCBH Plumbing Contractor Registration Bond, the liability insurance and OCILB license prerequisites and the $10 returned-cheque feeCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
2026 CCBH Plumbing Plan Review and Permit Application Form — the worksheet reprinting the basic permit, per-fixture, hot water tank, plan review and reinspection figures in residential and commercial columns for the 2026 permit yearCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
2026 CCBH Plumbing Plan Review and Permit Instructions — the drawing sets required, the thirty-day review allowance, the approved-plans-on-site duty and the refund ruleCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
2026 Food Facility Plan Review Application — CCBH's own form: 'Standard Plan Review - $500' and 'Expedited Plan Review (optional) - $1000 + Standard plan review fee', the 30-day and 3-business-day review clocks and the 30-days-before-construction submission ruleCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Animal Bites and Rabies Prevention — CCBH's own page: the four-month vaccination rule for the entire county except the City of Cleveland, the duty to issue a CCBH rabies tag at the veterinary office, and the 24-hour bite reporting ruleCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Application to Operate a Body Art Facility, revised March 2024 — CCBH's own form printing the Type I to Type IV fee table, the non-refundable rule and the thirty-day decision clockCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Body Art, Tattoos and Piercings — CCBH's own programme page, linking the Application to Operate a Body Art Facility as its permit application and stating that microblading and other permanent and semi-permanent make-up count as tattooingCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
CCBH Board of Health agenda, 17 December 2025 — Resolution 2025-116 amending the Food Protection Program fees under ORC 3717.25 and 3717.45, and Resolution 2025-137 on the ServSafe course feeCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
CCBH Plumbing Regulation, effective 7.1.2012, amended 9.1.2012, re-published December 2025 — §1.1 jurisdiction and the clause that it 'shall not apply to those municipal jurisdictions who exercise enforcement authority for plumbing', §§3–4 registration and bonding, §7 fees, and the homeowner exemptionCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
CCBH Rabies Vaccination Tag Order Form (2025) — 'No. of Tags ___ @ $1.00 each', O-rings included with each tag, and vaccination certificates supplied at no chargeCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
City of Shaker Heights FAQ — 'On January 1, 2018, the City of Shaker Heights closed its Health Department and joined the Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH)'City of Shaker Heights, Ohio · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Exhibit A — CCBH Private Water Program Fees, Effective November 7, 2022 — separate dwelling and non-dwelling rows for installation, conversion, alteration and sealing, plus sampling, hauler registration, vehicle inspection, variance and the 25 per cent administrative late feeCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Food Licensing — CCBH's own programme page: the Cleveland exception, the January renewal mailing, the 1 March renewal date, the 25 per cent late penalty and the plan-approval prerequisiteCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Forms and Applications — CCBH's own index of current programme forms and fee documents, including the sewage treatment system contractor registration, the private water system fee table and the rabies tag order formCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Health Services — the City of Cleveland Heights' own page: 'Through a contract with the City of Cleveland Heights, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health provides health services for Cleveland Heights residents'City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Levels of Risk 2026 — CCBH's document setting out the four state risk levels for permanent food facilities and the two levels for mobilesCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Plumbing — CCBH's own programme page: the nine local communities, the residential and commercial community lists by inspector, the permit trigger, the drawing submittal rules and the doubling of fees for work started without a permitCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Plumbing Program Fees, headed 'Effective July 1, 2012' and re-posted by CCBH in December 2025 — registration, per-fixture, basic permit, hot water tank, plan review and reinspection amounts in separate residential and commercial columnsCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Private Water Wells Program — CCBH's own page: permits for the development of new private water systems, the alteration of existing systems and well sealing, with inspection and sampling as part of the approvalCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Special Events and Festival Operation — CCBH's own page: the ten-day application lead time, the five-consecutive-day temporary license, the per-day basis, the event-location test for temporaries and the headquarters test plus ten-day inspection rule for mobilesCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
Swimming Pools and Spas — CCBH's own programme page carrying the table headed 'Pool and spa fees effective April 1, 2024', the four-families-or-more trigger, the April application cycle and the Ohio Department of Health plan-review stepCuyahoga County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30

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