Warwick
City of Warwick Building Department
In short
City of Warwick Building Department issues 5 permits we publish for Warwick, last verified 2026-09-12. 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 Warwick Building Department | No fee | one-time — issued after final inspections confirm code compliance | 2026-09-12 |
| Sign Permit (fee not published)only if it applies to you | City of Warwick Building Department | No fee | not stated in the City's published forms or fee schedule | 2026-09-12 |
| Child Care Facility — Warwick Permit Fees Schedule and State Licenseonly if it applies to you | City of Warwick Building Department | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-12 |
| Building Permit | City of Warwick Building Department | A project-valuation-based fee: $10.00 per $1,000 of valuation for the first $10,000; $100.00 plus $8.00 per $1,000 exceeding $10,000, up to $50,000; and $420.00 plus $6.00 per $1,000 exceeding $50,000, with a $75.00 minimum fee overall. A further add-on applies for the 'State of Rhode Island CE/ADA fee,' printed in the City's own current schedule as '$.002 per thousand of the Project Valuation' (updated as of January 2025) and quoted here as printed; the levy is mandated by R.I. Gen. Laws §23-27.3-108.2, and the Building Department can confirm how it applies the figure to a given project. | one-time, per project; expiration not separately stated in the published schedule | 2026-09-12 |
| Contractor Registration — Rhode Island RICRB Registration Applies (Warwick)only if it applies to you | City of Warwick Building Department | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-12 |
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 standalone Certificate of Occupancy fee is not published in Warwick's current Permit Fees schedule, which lists only the project-valuation building permit brackets, the $75.00 minimum and the State CE/ADA add-on; the Building Department page and its residential and commercial Building Permit checklists state no separate Certificate of Occupancy charge either. A Certificate of Occupancy remains a required close-out step confirming code compliance for new construction or a change of use, issued by the Building Department after final inspections; contact the Building Department at (401) 738-2007 to confirm whether any charge applies beyond the Building Permit fee recorded above.
Sign Permit (fee not published)
The sign permit fee amount is not published on the City's website. The Building Department's 'Building Department Forms' page lists residential and commercial permit checklists, the Permit Fees schedule, a Building Board of Appeals application, a Business License Application and a Project Certification form, with no dedicated sign permit application or fee schedule, and the one-page Permit Fees schedule carries only the project-valuation building permit brackets. The 46-row table in Code of Ordinances §18-2 ('Miscellaneous license fees') lists no sign entry. The City's OpenGov portal carries a Sign Permit application type (Building Department category) whose fee lines are named 'Sign Permit Fee,' 'Levy Fee' and first- and second-offence penalty fees, with the amounts shown only inside the application flow; contact the Building Department at (401) 738-2007 for the current amount. A sign requiring structural or electrical work would separately require the standard Building Permit already recorded above.
Child Care Facility — Warwick Permit Fees Schedule and State License
The City publishes no separate childcare inspection fee. Unlike Cranston's Building Inspection fee schedule (which lists a distinct $75.00 'Day care Inspections' line), Warwick's one-page Permit Fees schedule contains no day-care, school or gym inspection line item, and the City's Human Services page lists associated programs, family services, senior services and transportation services with no childcare or daycare licensing or inspection. A childcare business in Warwick follows the same Building Permit, Zoning Certificate and Zoning Board of Review process recorded on this page for any other commercial use, alongside Rhode Island's state Child Care License (Department of Human Services, Office of Child Care Licensing, recorded on the Rhode Island state page).
Building Permit
Warwick's own current fee schedule states it is 'State Mandated as of July 1, 2018,' with bracket rates that match Rhode Island's own Building Code Commission regulation (510-RICR-00-00-21 §21.12, item 35, 'City of Warwick') — the identical $10.00/$8.00/$6.00-per-$1,000 brackets and $75.00 minimum appear in both documents. These figures are genuinely different from both Cranston's ($20.00/$18.00/$16.00 per $1,000, $75.00 minimum) and Providence's ($23.00/$21.00/$19.00 per $1,000, $125.00 minimum) own city-specific schedules under the same statewide regulation. A separate Building Board of Appeals (also called the Building Code Board of Appeals) fee applies only if a State Building Code decision is petitioned for variation: $50.00 for a one- or two-family residential structure, $250.00 for a commercial structure, per the City's own current application form. Commercial submittals are filed through Rhode Island's own statewide e-permitting portal (permits.ri.us) with plans stamped by a registered architect or engineer.
Contractor Registration — Rhode Island RICRB Registration Applies (Warwick)
The City publishes no local contractor registration fee. Warwick's Building Department Forms page lists permit checklists, the Permit Fees schedule, a Building Board of Appeals application, a Business License Application and a Project Certification form, and links to the RI Contractors Registration Board; the Police Department Licensing Division page lists Concealed Carry, Weapons Carry and Raffle applications. Neither names a local contractor license or registration category. A contractor working in Warwick registers with Rhode Island's state RICRB ($150.00/year, recorded on the Rhode Island state page), an agency headquartered within Warwick's city limits, and pulls the Building Permit recorded on this page for each project.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Warwick
- Phone
- (401) 738-2007
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.
- 510-RICR-00-00-21, Process for Establishing Statewide Building Permit Fees (current amendment effective 12/10/2023), §21.12.28 — the City of Providence's own fee scheduleRhode Island Building Code Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Building Board of Appeals Application — the $50.00 residential/$250.00 commercial fee for a petition to vary the State Building CodeCity of Warwick Building Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Building Department — the department's own current page; no standalone Certificate of Occupancy fee or contractor-registration category is statedCity of Warwick Building Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Building Department Forms — the department's own current list of downloadable forms; no sign permit fee schedule appears among themCity of Warwick Building Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- City of Warwick Permit Fees (State Mandated as of July 1, 2018) — the building permit valuation formula and the 'State of Rhode Island CE/ADA fee' add-onCity of Warwick Building Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Human Services — the department's own current page, with no mention of childcare or daycare licensing/inspectionCity of Warwick · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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