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Lucas County Engineer's Office

In short

Lucas County Engineer's Office issues 1 permit we publish for Lucas 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
Lucas County Engineer Development Permits (access, grading and drainage, floodplain, SWPPP, site plan)only if it applies to youLucas County Engineer's OfficeLucas County Engineer's Office Permit Fee Schedule, effective January 13, 2025. Access (driveway) permit: initial review $110.00 plus inspections $100.00, each subsequent review $85.00, appeal or variance $315.00, and a penalty of $525.00 where access is installed before the permit is sought. Grading and drainage, for parcels outside a platted subdivision: small development under 600 sq ft, initial review $110.00 plus inspections $100.00; large development from 600 sq ft to one acre, initial review $300.00 plus inspections $100.00; all subsequent reviews $110.00. Floodplain development permit initial review $110.00, subsequent reviews $80.00, inspections $110.00, with a $300.00 penalty where the permit is not obtained before construction. SWPPP approval, non-residential: initial review $420.00 plus $110.00 per acre developed, not to exceed $1,200.00, subsequent review $210.00, inspections $110.00. Utilities right-of-way general permit for projects under 2,000 ft: initial review $110.00 plus inspections $100.00. Site plan review $645.00 plus $25.00 per acre, any subsequent review $540.00, amendments to approved plans $325.00. Commercial or industrial final plat review $810.00 plus $10.00 per acre. Work performed without an approved LCEO permit is charged three times the initial review or application fee except where a penalty fee is separately stated.per project, per permit; subsequent reviews of the same submission are charged separately at the rates above2026-09-30

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

Lucas County Engineer Development Permits (access, grading and drainage, floodplain, SWPPP, site plan)

A business building, expanding or changing its access or drainage in unincorporated Lucas County deals with the County Engineer as well as with Building Regulations, and the Engineer's own permits page sets the order of operations: applications run through the LCExpress system, and most development plans require approval of all LCEO permits before a building permit is issued. The figures above are from the Lucas County Engineer's Office Permit Fee Schedule effective January 13, 2025, linked as the fee schedule from that page. The structure is consistent across permit types — an initial review fee plus a separate inspection fee, with subsequent reviews charged again — so the cost of a project depends heavily on how many review cycles it takes. Two penalty provisions are worth knowing before work starts: an access permit sought after the access has been installed carries a $525.00 penalty, a floodplain permit not obtained before construction carries $300.00, and any work performed without an approved LCEO permit is charged at three times the initial review or application fee unless a specific penalty is stated. The general permit and most special haul permits carry no charge at this time. Zoning itself is not the Engineer's function: zoning in unincorporated territory belongs to the township under ORC 519.02, and the Engineer's planning section describes itself as working directly with the 11 township zoning departments to provide engineering reviews of proposed site plans, whose requirements are typically stated in the township zoning resolutions.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Lucas County
Phone
419-213-2860

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.

  1. Lucas County Engineer's Office Permit Fee Schedule, Effective January 13, 2025 — access, grading and drainage, sidewalk, floodplain, SWPPP, utility right-of-way, site plan, plat and construction plan review fees, with a penalty of three times the initial review fee for work performed without an approved permitLucas County Engineer's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  2. ORC 519.02 — a board of township trustees may regulate by resolution the uses of land in the unincorporated territory of the townshipOhio Legislative Service Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  3. Permits — the Lucas County Engineer's own permits page, which links the fee schedule, runs all applications through LCExpress, and states that most development plans require approval of all LCEO permits before a building permit is issuedLucas County Engineer's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  4. Planning — the Lucas County Engineer's own page: 'The planning section works directly with the 11 township zoning departments to assist in providing engineering reviews of proposed Site Plans. Site Plan requirements are typically stated in the township zoning resolutions', and all subdivisions follow the Lucas County Subdivision Rules and RegulationsLucas County Engineer's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30

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