Hartford, Connecticut Building Permit Cost Calculator

Hartford charges one construction-cost rate for building, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, sign and temporary structure permits. The charge is $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction cost and $30.26 for every additional $1,000. Demolition is billed separately at $50.00 for the first $1,000 of estimated cost and $30.00 for each additional $1,000. A certificate of occupancy costs $125.00 and a certificate of completion or approval costs $50.00. Permits whose projected cost exceeds one million dollars carry a non-refundable plan review charge equal to ten percent of that projected cost. A separate zoning permit costs $100.00. Connecticut collects a statewide code training and education charge of 26 cents for every $1,000 of construction value, which the state does not apply to demolition or zoning permits. These amounts come from the Licenses and Inspections fee schedule that took effect on August 6, 2018. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Hartford publishes no flat deck permit fee. A deck is priced like any other construction work, at $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction cost and $30.26 for each additional $1,000, under the fee schedule effective August 6, 2018. The city property owner guide directs applicants to obtain zoning approval before applying for the building permit. Accessory uses and accessory structures that do not require site plan review are charged $100.00 under the land use fee schedule. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Electrical permits are named directly in Hartford fee schedule and carry the same construction-cost rate as building permits, $50.26 for the first $1,000 and $30.26 for each additional $1,000. No flat fee is published for individual devices, fixtures or service upgrades. The schedule took effect on August 6, 2018. Connecticut adds a statewide code training and education charge of 26 cents per $1,000 of construction value. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Hartford publishes no fence permit fee. Under the Connecticut State Building Code as summarized in the city property owner guide, a building permit is not required for a fence seven feet high or lower unless it serves as a swimming pool barrier. Where a fence is part of permitted construction the general rate applies, $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction cost and $30.26 for each additional $1,000. A zoning permit, charged at $100.00, may still be required. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Hartford publishes no separate reroofing fee. Roofing is treated as an alteration and billed at the general construction-cost rate of $50.26 for the first $1,000 and $30.26 for each additional $1,000, under the schedule effective August 6, 2018. The Connecticut code training and education charge of 26 cents per $1,000 of construction value applies to reroofing permits. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Hartford publishes no retaining wall permit fee. The city property owner guide states that a building permit is not required for a retaining wall three feet or lower, measured between finished grade at its base and finished grade at its top, unless it carries an added load above or holds back certain flammable liquids. Walls that do need a permit are billed at the general rate of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction cost and $30.26 for each additional $1,000. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Hartford publishes no shed permit fee. The city property owner guide states that a one-story detached shed or similar small accessory building is exempt from a building permit when its floor area stays at or below 200 square feet. Larger accessory buildings are billed at the general construction-cost rate of $50.26 for the first $1,000 and $30.26 for each additional $1,000. Accessory structures that do not require site plan review are charged $100.00 under the land use fee schedule. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.

Hartford publishes no flat water heater permit fee. Replacing a water heater is plumbing work, and plumbing permits carry the same construction-cost rate as building permits, $50.26 for the first $1,000 and $30.26 for each additional $1,000. On an owner-occupied single family home the owner may do the work; other properties require a Connecticut licensed plumber. The schedule took effect August 6, 2018. Re-verified 2026-09-14 from the cited PDF itself: it still prints "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018", and the Department of Development Services page links this exact file as its current fee schedule, so the 2018 effective date is current rather than stale. Confirmed on their own lines: the combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure permit fee of $50.26 for the first $1,000 of construction costs and $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter; Demolition at $50.00 for the first $1,000 and $30.00 thereafter; Certificate of Occupancy $125.00; Certificate of Completion/Approval $50.00; and the Mandatory Plan Review Fee at 10% of total projected cost for permits over $1 million. The $100.00 zoning permit figure was checked by cell geometry rather than by text order, because the Land Use Regulations table places one merged amount cell against four stacked label rows: pdftotext -bbox-layout puts the $100.00 at y=131.5, the centre of the block running from Zoning Permit at y=102.3 to Temporary Liquor Permit at y=162.4, while Permanent Liquor Permit at y=177.5 carries its own $250.00 exactly on its baseline. The $100.00 therefore applies to Zoning Permit and to Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not Requiring Site Plan Review alike, as this row states. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). The Hartford fee schedule (5 pages) was downloaded and read in full with pdftotext -layout. Still headed "*** FEE SCHEDULE **** Effective August 6, 2018" - eight years old - and the construction-cost rate re-reads verbatim: "Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Suppression, Sign, Temporary Structure, Permit Fee | $50.26 for the 1st $1,000 of construction costs. | $30.26 for each $1,000 thereafter", as does the $125.00 Certificate of Occupancy. The three computed examples are arithmetically consistent with that rate ($10,000 gives $50.26 + 9 x $30.26 = $322.60; $12,000 gives $50.26 + 11 x $30.26 = $383.12; $2,000 gives $50.26 + $30.26 = $80.52). SUCCESSOR HUNT DRIVEN TO A DEFINITE ANSWER, NEGATIVE, TWO WAYS: the Department of Development Services page links exactly /v/2/.../fee-schedule.pdf and no other fee document, and GET requests for /v/3/ and /v/4/ of the same path both 302-redirect DOWN to /v/2/ and return the identical 465,098-byte file, so v/2 is the newest version of this asset. NEW SCOPE DEFECT FOUND THIS PASS, RECORDED AND DELIBERATELY NOT WRITTEN IN: two rows (hartford/fence and hartford/building) store a line labelled "Zoning permit = $100.00". The Land Use Regulations table was re-extracted with pdftotext -bbox-layout and the geometry is decisive. The row "Zoning Permit" sits at y=102.3 with NOTHING in the fee column (x approx. 385) on that row. The $100.00 at y=131.5 is vertically centred between the two label lines of the row above-and-below it, "Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures Not" (y=117.4) and "Requiring Site Plan Review" (y=132.0), which is this table's convention - confirmed by "Permanent Liquor Permit" at y=177.5 carrying its $250.00 at the same y. So the $100.00 is the Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures fee, which the hartford/shed and hartford/deck rows already store under that correct label, and the bare Zoning Permit line publishes no amount at all. HUMAN ACTION: drop the "Zoning permit = $100.00" line from hartford/fence and hartford/building, or find Hartford's published zoning permit fee. No figure was rewritten.