Charleston
City of Charleston Department of Planning, Preservation & Sustainability
In short
City of Charleston Department of Planning, Preservation & Sustainability issues 1 permit we publish for Charleston, last verified 2026-09-08. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sign Permit | City of Charleston Department of Planning, Preservation & Sustainability | $100 zoning sign permit; an additional $100 Board of Architectural Review sign/mural quick-review fee applies only within a BAR district | one-time, per sign | 2026-09-08 |
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
Sign Permit
If the sign requires physical construction or electrical work, it may separately trigger the Building & Trade Permit fee table (including a $0.25/amp electrical fee if illuminated) — this combination was not explicitly stated on the sign fee schedule itself.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Charleston
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.charleston-sc.gov/
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 Charleston — Planning, Preservation & Sustainability Fee Schedule (updated February 1, 2024)City of Charleston, Department of Planning, Preservation & Sustainability · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-08
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