Burlington
City of Burlington Office of the City Fire Marshal
In short
City of Burlington Office of the City Fire Marshal issues 1 permit we publish for Burlington, last verified 2026-09-14. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire and Life Safety Inspection | City of Burlington Office of the City Fire Marshal | There is no charge for the initial inspection or for the first re-inspection. A second and any subsequent re-inspection is $75.00 each. A residential time-of-sale inspection, which the City performs under a municipal agreement with the State, is $125.00 for one or two units, plus $50.00 for each unit above two, with each additional re-inspection at $75.00. | per inspection cycle | 2026-09-14 |
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
Fire and Life Safety Inspection
Burlington's structure is unusually forgiving at the front end: §13-22(c) states that 'There is no charge for the initial inspection or the first reinspection… the owner shall be responsible for a reinspection fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the second and any subsequent reinspections.' The cost only begins after two chances to comply. The Fire Marshal issues specialty suppression, water-based suppression, fire pump, kitchen hood suppression, tent and fire alarm permits through the City's OpenGov portal; their fee amounts are not published in the FY2027 fee schedule, Code Chapter 13 or the Fire Marshal's own pages. The only published figure attaching to those permits is a recording fee, described as an 'increase in the assessed recording fee from $10 to $15 under the provisions of 32 VSA § 1671.' A restaurant installing a kitchen hood suppression system should contact the Fire Marshal's office for that permit fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Burlington
- Phone
- (802) 864-5577
- Website
- www.burlingtonvt.gov/181
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.
- Code of Ordinances, City of Burlington, current through Ord. 7-15-26 — Chapter 8 §8-28 (building permit fee and minimum), Chapter 12 §12-26 (electrical), Chapter 19 §§19-2 and 19-18 (licenses and entertainment permits), Chapter 13 §13-22 (fire re-inspection fees), Chapter 23 §23-6 (peddler license fees) and Chapter 25 §25-12 (plumbing)City of Burlington, codified by General Code · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
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