Morgantown
City of Morgantown, Code Enforcement Office
In short
City of Morgantown, Code Enforcement Office issues 2 permits we publish for Morgantown, last verified 2026-09-11. 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 Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Morgantown, Code Enforcement Office | $20 one-time zoning review fee, per sign permit application — a separate building permit, with its own fee, is also required for signs costing more than $250 | one-time, per sign permit application | 2026-09-11 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Morgantown, Code Enforcement Office | $65 one-time | one-time — issued for a new occupancy or a change of business | 2026-09-11 |
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
A sign permit (and, for wall, pole, monument, or projecting signs, a plan review submission) is genuinely required before erecting or altering most sign types, per the Zoning Code's own Table 1369.06.01. The City's own current combined Sign Permit and Plan Review application leaves its 'Fee' field blank for internal office completion, consistent with the ordinance's own deferral of permitting fees generally to a separately-maintained 'Plan Review and Permitting Fee Schedule' (Section 1315.03) — but the City's own current Plan Review and Permitting Fee Schedule, effective September 16, 2026, prices the line item 'Zoning Review of Sign Permit Application' at a flat $20.00, filling in that blank. The same Zoning Code table separately confirms that a Building Permit — not merely a Sign Permit — is required in addition for 'signs costing more than $250 which includes labor and materials,' a real, specific dollar threshold; that separate Building Permit carries its own fee under the same fee schedule's general Building Permit formula rather than this $20.00 figure.
Certificate of Occupancy
Required before a Municipal Business License can issue for any business with a physical location inside city limits. The City's own Steps to Starting Your Business page confirms the fee directly: 'a $65 Certificate of Occupancy application fee made out to the City, we accept cash, check or credit.' The application requires a scaled floor plan (8.5 x 11 inches) showing square footage and proposed use, signatures from the Planning Division and Engineering Department, and mandatory inspections by Code Enforcement and the Fire Marshal — the Fire Marshal's own separate $50.00 inspection fee is recorded below as its own record rather than folded silently into this figure.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Morgantown
- Phone
- (304) 284-7401
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.
- 2019 Planning and Zoning Code, City of Morgantown (current through Ordinance 2025-21) — the City's own complete current zoning text, including Section 1315.03 (subdivision filing fees, referencing the City's own Plan Review and Permitting Fee Schedule), Section 1331.06(19) (Day Care Facility Class 2/3 as a home-occupation conditional use), Table 1369.06.01 (sign permits, the $250 building-permit threshold), Section 1379.02 (Conditional Use filing fee), Section 1381.02 (variance fee), and the Definitions article (Automotive Repair Shop, Veterinary Clinic, Barber Shop/Beauty Salon, Personal Services Establishment, Recreation Facility Commercial Indoor, Kennel Commercial, Home Occupation)City of Morgantown, Planning Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
- City of Morgantown Application for Sign Permit and Plan Review — the City's own current combined application, whose 'Fee' field is left blank for internal office completion rather than pre-printed with an amountCity of Morgantown · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
- City of Morgantown Plan Review and Permitting Fee Schedule, effective September 16, 2026 — the City's own current omnibus Development Services/Fire/Engineering fee schedule, pricing a Zoning Review of Sign Permit Application at $20.00, a Conditional Use Application at $150.00, a Variance Application Fee at $150.00, and independently confirming the Zoning Verification Letter at $60.00/hour ($15.00 minimum) recorded separately for Morgantown; linked directly from the City's own Building Permits pageCity of Morgantown, Development Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Code Enforcement — the Office's own current page describing Certificate of Occupancy issuance, building permits, and property maintenance inspectionsCity of Morgantown, Code Enforcement Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
- Steps to Starting Your Business — the City's own current guide, pricing the Certificate of Occupancy at $65.00 and describing the zoning, state license, municipal license, and Certificate of Occupancy sequenceCity of Morgantown · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
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