Frisco
City of Frisco Development Services
In short
City of Frisco Development Services issues 8 permits we publish for Frisco, last verified 2026-08-24. 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 Frisco Development Services | $100 per certificate | does not expire; a new certificate is required on a change of business name, ownership or use | 2026-08-24 |
| Short-Term Rental Permit | City of Frisco Development Services | $300 per year | one year | 2026-08-24 |
| Multi-Family Registration License | City of Frisco Development Services | $10 per unit, per year | one year, prorated on initial issuance | 2026-08-24 |
| Sexually Oriented Business License | City of Frisco Development Services | $750 application fee | renewed annually at $350 | 2026-08-24 |
| Sign Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Frisco Development Services | $75–$150 banner or other sign type | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-24 |
| Commercial Electrical Permit | City of Frisco Development Services | $50 to issue the permit, plus $0.04 per gross square foot for an all-inclusive commercial permit | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-24 |
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Frisco Development Services | 60% of the Table 1-A value: $23.50 to $500 of valuation; $23.50 + $3.05 per $100 to $2,000; $69.25 + $14 per $1,000 to $25,000; $391.25 + $10.10 per $1,000 to $50,000; $643.75 + $7 per $1,000 to $100,000; $993.75 + $5 per $1,000 to $500,000; $3,233.75 + $4.75 per $1,000 to $1,000,000; $5,608.75 + $3.15 per $1,000 above that | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-24 |
| Demolition Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Frisco Development Services | $50 per permit | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-24 |
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
$100 on a change of business name, ownership or use — so a rebrand costs the same as a change of owner. A non-conforming use certificate is $25, which is the cheaper route where the use predates the current zoning and is being documented rather than changed. A temporary building permit is $50 and a structure move permit $50.
Short-Term Rental Permit
$300 to apply and $300 on each annual renewal, with no reduction for renewing — $200 a year less than Arlington charges for the same thing.
Multi-Family Registration License
$10 per unit annually, including initial issuance, which may be prorated, and $10 per unit again on renewal — so a 200-unit complex is $2,000 a year. Reinspection is $100 and a late renewal $150.
Sexually Oriented Business License
$750 to apply, $75 for the license itself and $350 to renew. The application fee is the highest in this dataset and more than twice the renewal — Frisco front-loads the cost onto the application rather than the annual term.
Sign Permit
$75 for a banner and $150 for any other sign type requiring a permit — Frisco charges a single flat rate rather than banding by area the way Arlington and Waco do, which makes a large ground sign markedly cheaper here. A temporary outdoor sales event is $100 and a tent permit $75.
Commercial Electrical Permit
$50 to issue, $10 for a supplemental permit, and $0.04 a gross square foot for the all-inclusive commercial permit against $0.03 residential. Individual items are charged where the all-inclusive route is not used: appliances at $4.75 each, temporary services $23.50, miscellaneous apparatus $18.20, and motors from $4.75 up to 1 HP to $24.60 for 10 to 50 HP. An electrical building meter release is $45.
Commercial Building Permit
Frisco charges 60% of the Table 1-A value rather than the full table, which is easy to miss and makes the city meaningfully cheaper than the raw table suggests — a $1,000,000 project computes to about $5,609 on the table and about $3,365 after the discount. On top sits a $300 non-refundable application fee, and inspections outside normal business hours are $150. Commercial reinspection is $75 against $50 residential, and each plan revision review is $50 an hour.
Demolition Permit
$50 — the cheapest demolition permit of the Texas cities covered here, against $100 in Pasadena and $200 a building in Arlington. A reroof permit is $150, fences $75, and retaining or screening walls $150 per wall with subdivision retaining walls at $300.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Frisco
- Phone
- 972-292-5300
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.
- Permit, Inspection and Miscellaneous Consolidated Fee Schedule, updated 7 October 2025City of Frisco Development Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-24
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