Chesapeake
City of Chesapeake Planning Department
In short
City of Chesapeake Planning Department issues 3 permits we publish for Chesapeake, last verified 2026-09-05. 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 Chesapeake Planning Department | $50.00 initial application fee, plus a size tier: 1 to 99 sq ft $60.00; 100 to 299 sq ft $75.00; 300 sq ft or more $100.00. All signs also carry a 2% state levy and a $5 technology fee. | one-time, per sign | 2026-09-05 |
| Conditional Use Permit (childcare and veterinary uses)only if it applies to you | City of Chesapeake Planning Department | $850 per application | issued once per approved use | 2026-09-05 |
| Motor Vehicle Repair — Home Occupation Restriction (Chesapeake)only if it applies to you | City of Chesapeake Planning Department | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-05 |
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
The city's own fee page is ambiguous about whether the $50 initial fee stacks on top of the size tier or is included in it — confirmed verbatim as written, with that ambiguity disclosed rather than resolved by guessing.
Conditional Use Permit (childcare and veterinary uses)
Confirmed directly against the Planning Department's own current fee schedule (dated February 18, 2026). A Level II family day home (5–12 children) needs this CUP with a City Council public hearing; veterinary clinics and hospitals are explicitly banned as a home occupation and, per at least one confirmed Chesapeake case, may also need this same CUP in commercial zones.
Motor Vehicle Repair — Home Occupation Restriction (Chesapeake)
This record describes a zoning restriction, not a license, so there is no fee. The city's own Home Occupations page explicitly names "motor vehicle engine and body repair, renovation, or painting" as a prohibited home-based business; the trade must instead operate on properly zoned commercial or industrial property. Separately, a Marine and Vehicle Repair Garage needs a $50/year Operational Fire Code Permit under City Ordinance 34-6(a).
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Chesapeake
- Phone
- 757-382-6176
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 Chesapeake — Home Occupations, prohibited business typesCity of Chesapeake Planning Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
- City of Chesapeake — Zoning Fees, sign permit tiersCity of Chesapeake Planning Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
- City of Chesapeake Planning Department Fee Schedule, as of February 18, 2026 — Conditional Use Permit feeCity of Chesapeake Planning Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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