Metro Nashville’s Department of Codes and Building Safety posted a current Codes Fee Schedule to nashville.gov in December 2025 (the file’s server timestamp reads December 3, 2025), replacing a fee sheet that had been the department’s public reference since April 22, 2010. The new schedule sets the residential building permit fee at a flat $5.00 per $1,000 of construction valuation, plus a $25 zoning examination fee and a 10 percent codes technology fee, in place of the old tiered scale that started at $28.85 for the first $2,000 of valuation. The dollar figures trace back to a 2022 Metro Council ordinance (BL2022-1215).
Sources
- Metro Codes Fee Schedule, posted December 2025 (accessed 2026-07-25)
- BL2022-1215 legislation record, source of the fee amounts (accessed 2026-07-25)
Get rule-change alerts
We catch permit rule and fee changes in our verification passes and post them to the rule tracker. Get them by email instead.
We may send occasional verified rule-change notes for your area; unsubscribe anytime. See our privacy policy.
Look up your locality
- Tennessee permit rules by locality verified thresholds, fees, and offices