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FEE SCHEDULE OF THE CITY OF DURHAM
ORDINANCE 15981
This edition of the Fee Schedule was revised August 2, 2022. It reflects City Council actions through August 1, 2022.
Ordinances adopted after August 1, 2022 that change the Fee Schedule are available at the City Clerk's office. To
obtain any of those ordinances, call 919-560-4166; TTY 919-560-4809; or email City.Clerk@durhamnc.gov
Ordinances can be searched on this webpage:
https://cityordinances.durhamnc.gov/PublicAccess/DatasourceTemplatelinksUpdate1.aspx
Previous revisions of the Fee Schedule are listed at the end of the Fee Schedule.
Please see the Introduction below to learn which fees, charges, rates, taxes, etc. are included in the Fee Schedule.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 1-101. Interest applicable to certain delinquent debts
Part 1-102. Civil penalties not affected by the Fee Schedule
Chapter 2 - Primary implementing department: Budget and Management Services
Part 2-101. Voluntary Annexation Petitions
Chapter 3 - Primary implementing department: City Clerk
Part 3-101. Filing fees for candidates to municipal office
Part 3-102. Mailing or delivery of meeting notices
Chapter 4 - Primary implementing department: City-County Inspections
Part 4-101. Building fees
Part 4-102. Reserved
Part 4-103. Temporary electrical service
Part 4-104. Electric wiring and equipment
Part 4-105. Mechanical (heating and air) code-related
Part 4-106. Plumbing
Part 4-107. Surcharge for paper application
Parts 4-108 - 111. Reserved
Part 4-112. Impact fees imposed on new construction. Please see the note in Part
4-112 for how to find the tables that show these impact fees.
Part 4-113. Technology surcharge
Chapter 5 - Primary implementing department - Neighborhood Improvement Services
Part 5-101. Housing code re-inspection
Part 5-102. Administrative fee for failure to respond to order
Part 5-103. Administrative fee for failure to correct prohibited conditions
Part 5-104. Administrative fee for noncompliance with an order made by an
administrator under the Nonresidential Building Code
Part 5-105. Interest rate for cleaning property of weeds, trash, etc.
Part 5-106. Reserved
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Part 5-107. Housing Appeals Board compensation
Chapter 6 - Primary implementing department: City-County Planning.
Part 6-101. General fees
Part 6-102. Traffic Impact Analyses and Transportation Special Use Permits
Chapter 7 - Primary implementing department: Finance
Part 7-101. Motor vehicle license tax
Part 7-102. Privilege license reissuance, duplicates, and letters of verification
Part 7-103. Privilege license taxes on service establishments and businesses
(effective only until 7-1-2015)
Part 7-104. Privilege license taxes on retail and wholesale merchants (effective only
until 7-1-2015)
Part 7-105. Privilege license taxes on manufacturers (effective only until 7-1-2015)
Note: Many privilege license tax amounts are contained in city code sections 30-
260ff. and generally were effective only until 7-1-2015
Part 7-106. Gross-receipts tax on short-term lease or rental of heavy equipment
Part 7-107. Gross-receipts tax on the short-term lease or rental of vehicles at retail
Part 7-108. Reserved
Part 7-109. Reserved
Part 7-110. Charges for returned and denied payments
Chapter 8 - Primary implementing department: Fire
Part 8-101. Interest
Part 8-102. Permits, inspections, and reviews
Chapter 9 - Primary implementing department: General Services Department
Chapter 9A - Primary implementing department: General Services Department, through the
Cemeteries Division
Part 9A-101. Interest
Part 9A-102. Cemetery charges
Chapter 9B - Reserved
Chapter 9C - Primary implementing department: General Services Department, through the
Urban Forestry Division
Part 9C-101. Replacement trees
Chapter 10 - Primary implementing department: Office of Public Affairs
Part 10-101. Fees for Providing Copies of Public Records
Chapter 11 - Primary implementing department: Parks and Recreation Department
Part 11-101. Durham Bulls Athletic Park rental fees
Part 11-102. Fees and charges in general
Chapter 12 - Primary implementing department: Police Department
Part 12-101. Fingerprint cards and photographs
Part 12-102. Immobilization
Part 12-103. Precious metal dealers
Part 12-104. Police-Initiated Nonconsensual Tow Fees
Part 12-105. Reserved
Part 12-106. Wrecker Dispatch Fee
Chapter 13 - Primary implementing department: Public Works
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Chapter 13A - Reserved
Chapter 13B - Primary implementing department: Public Works, through Engineering
Part 13B-101. Water meter testing
Part 13B-102. Reserved
Part 13B-103. Interest on assessments
Part 13B-104. Permits for inspections of utility installations in public rights-of-way
Part 13B-105. Public Works re-inspection
Part 13B-106. Construction drawing review
Part 13B-107. Development-related permits, agreements, and fire flow tests
Part 13B-108. Assessment rates and frontage charges
Part 13B-109. Water and sewer engineering connections
Part 13B-110. Copies of certain items
Part 13B-111. Single-permit, one-time inspections not otherwise provided for
Part 13B-112. Payment-in-lieu for sidewalks
Part 13B-113. Curb, gutter, driveway, sidewalk, and wheelchair ramp construction;
inspection of streets and water and sewer mains
Part 13B-114. Interest rate on construction for water and sewer service
Part 13B-115. Utility surcharge for Lick Creek Basin 25 or utility basins that
discharge into Basin 25
Part 13B-116. Processing fees for submission of application for consideration of
proposed alternate materials, design, or methods
Chapter 13C - Primary implementing department: Public Works, through Stormwater Services
Part 13C-101. Stormwater permit and surety fees
Part 13C-102. Stormwater services charges on developed land
Part 13C-103. Stormwater service charges - miscellaneous
Part 13C-104. Stormwater linear-foot inspection
Part 13C-105. Animal collection and disposal
Part 13C-106. Street sweeping and flushing
Chapter 13D - Reserved
Chapter 13E - Primary implementing department: Public Works, through Street Maintenance
Chapter 14 - Primary implementing department: Solid Waste Management
Part 14-101. Municipal Solid Waste
Part 14-102. Bulky items collection
Part 14-103. Roll-off container rental
Part 14-104. Reserved
Part 14-105. Reserved
Part 14-106. Container charges and service fees
Part 14-107. Commercial collections rental fees and service charges
Part 14-108. Reserved
Part 14-109. Reserved
Part 14-110. Yard waste products
Part 14-111. Remedial fees for violations
Part 14-112. Interest
Part 14-113. Definitions
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Chapter 15 - Primary implementing department: Water Management
Part 15-101. Deposits for water service
Part 15-102. Service initiation fee
Part 15-103. Capital facilities fees
Part 15-104. Rates for water service, sewer service, and water and sewer service
Part 15-105. Disposal of domestic septage
Part 15-106. Surcharge for use of sewers
Part 15-107. Monitoring charge; testing charges
Part 15-108. Location visits
Part 15-109. Extraction and restoration
Part 15-110. Standard credit after erroneous termination
Part 15-111. Vacancy charges
Part 15-112. Program administration fees
Part 15-113. Reserved
Part 15-114. Reserved
Part 15-115. Reconnection after violation of mandatory restrictions
Part 15-116. Backflow preventer permit and backflow preventer testing and minor
repairs
Part 15-117. Interest rate on capital facilities fees for water and sewer connections
Part 15-118. Administrative fee for testing and inspection of backflow preventers
Part 15-119. Disconnection and reconnection fees for sewer only customers
Part 15-120. Hydrant meter deposits and rental rates
Part 15-121. Water meter and lock tampering
Part 15-122. Electronic filing fee for submittal of test reports for backflow
preventers
Chapter 16 - Primary implementing department: Technology Solutions through the GIS Division
Part 16-101. Reserved
Part 16-102. Customized Service
Part 16-103. Printing of GIS DATA at Public Access Stations
Part 16-104. GIS Data Distribution
Chapter 17 - Primary implementing department: Transportation
Part 17-101. Fixed route and paratransit
Part 17-102. Fixed-route TRANSPASS pricing schedule
Part 17-103. Passenger vehicles for hire: miscellaneous
Part 17-104. Driver's permits
Part 17-105. Exclusive-ride service maximums
Part 17-106. Sinking or trust fund
Part 17-107. Parking Fees
Part 17-108. Special Events Parking Fees
Part 17-109. Temporary use of street rights-of-way by contractors and parking for
extended periods in limited time zone parking spaces
Part 17-110. Shared active transportation system permittees
Part 17-111. Election Day public transit system fare
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Introduction
This Fee Schedule is issued pursuant to city code section 1-3. In general, it is intended to include fees,
charges, rates, taxes, etc. charged by the City of Durham when a dollar amount has been specified pursuant to City
Council action. The Fee Schedule includes minimum and maximum charges where those have been set.
In many instances, it will be necessary to refer to city code provisions in order to determine when a fee,
charge, rate, tax, etc. is to be imposed. The Fee Schedule generally includes a citation to the applicable city code
provisions.
Section A. The Fee Schedule is intended to include
i. tax rates (except as noted in section B of this Introduction);
ii. utility and other public enterprise rates;
iii. limits on fares, rates, and charges that may be charged by passenger vehicles for hire;
iv. filing fees for candidates to municipal office; and
v. other fees, charges, rates, taxes, etc. to be charged or imposed by the City.
Section B. The Fee Schedule does not include
i. assessments under sections 7781 of the charter or G.S. 160A-216 et seq., other than interest on
assessments;
ii. ad valorem property taxes;
iii. most privilege license taxes (also called business taxes); however, the Fee Schedule generally includes
privilege license taxes adopted pursuant to division 7 (Privilege License Taxes Not Related to or
Restricted by State Law) of chapter 30 of the city code; also, the Fee Schedule includes fees (as
contrasted with taxes) adopted pursuant to article V (Privilege License Taxes) of the city code;
iv. charges specifically named "civil penalty" or "civil penalties";
v. charges for infractions or criminal violations, including misdemeanors; and
vi. other charges not yet incorporated into the Fee Schedule. Only City Council action can authorize the
repeal of City fees, charges, rates, taxes, etc., so the fact that a fee, charge, rate, tax, etc., does not
appear in the Fee Schedule does not necessarily mean that it is not in effect.
The historical and source references in the Fee Schedule are intended to help the reader find Council actions
that addressed the fees, charges, etc., but any inaccuracies in the references will not affect the validity of any fees,
charges, etc.
"PR" in historical and source references indicates the "Parent Request" number in Onbase Client, the City's
agenda review computer program, where one can find relevant City Council agenda material.
As provided by city code sections 1-2 and 1-10, "City Manager" includes the City Manager's designee, and
when a particular subordinate of the City Manager (such as a department head) is specified, designees are
automatically included. Therefore, the Fee Schedule does not use the phrase "or designee" or similar references to
designees of the City Manager or of other subordinates of the City Manager.
If an "Under Construction" notice appears, consult the appropriate City department.
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The rates, charges, fees, fares, taxes, and limits set out in this Fee Schedule shall apply.
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 1-101 (Interest applicable to certain delinquent debts)
(a) Imposition of interest for delinquent debt. The City Council of the City of Durham has found that it is in the
public interest to impose late payment charges on certain delinquent and past-due general billing accounts
because such charges may help ensure that the accounts are paid on time. A rate of interest of 8% simple
interest per year from the date of delinquency shall be imposed on debts in this Fee Schedule where the City
Council's intention to impose this Part 1-101 is manifest. A provision stating substantially "The provisions of
Part 1-101 (Interest applicable to certain delinquent debt) apply to [the indicated obligations]" shall be a
non-exclusive and sufficient method to show that manifest intention. The date of delinquency shall be the
date described by the ordinance, resolution, or other legal authority establishing when the debt is delinquent
or past-due. If an ordinance, resolution, or other legal authority does not establish the date of delinquency,
then the debt shall be delinquent 60 days after the debt is payable. For purposes of this Part, a debt includes
charges, penalties and fees.
(b) Grace period on debts that were delinquent before January 23, 2008. Subpart (a) applies to debts that
become delinquent beginning January 23, 2008. Subpart (a) shall also apply to debts that were delinquent
before January 23, 2008 but only to the extent they remain delinquent on February 22, 2008.
(c) Security deposits. The City Manager may require security deposits of $200.00 or more on any or all
commercial credit accounts on which the City Council's intention to impose this Part 1-101 is manifest.
Source: resolution 9527, adopted 1-22-2008.
Part 1-102 (Civil penalties not affected by the Fee Schedule).
This Fee Schedule is not intended to affect or limit the imposition of charges that are denominated as "civil
penalties."
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Chapter 2 - Primary implementing department: Budget and Management Services
Part 2-101 (Voluntary Annexation Petitions).
The fee for submitting a Voluntary Annexation Petition is $250.00, to be paid at the time of submittal.
Source: resolution 9259, Onbase PR 1932, adopted 6-20-2005.
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Chapter 3 - Primary implementing department: City Clerk
Part 3-101 (Filing fees for candidates to municipal office).
BACKGROUND.
1. North Carolina General Statutes section 163-294.2(e) requires that municipal governing boards fix the
amount of the required filing fees in nonpartisan elections.
2. The amount of such filing fees may not be less than $5.00 nor more than one percent of the annual salary of
the office sought.
3. The annual salary of the Mayor of the City of Durham at the time of Council action setting filing fees was
$26,037.54.
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4. The annual salary of each Council Member of the City of Durham at the time of Council action setting filing
fees was $22,117.75.
FINDING BY COUNCIL. It is the finding of the City Council that a filing fee of one percent of the annual salary of the
office sought, as of the time of Council action setting filing fees, is a fair and reasonable filing fee.
Section 1. Pursuant to G.S. section 163-294.2(e) the filing fee for the office of Mayor is fixed at $260.37.
Section 2. Pursuant to G.S. section 163-294.2(e) the filing fee for the office of Council Member is fixed at $221.17.
Source: ordinance 15116, Onbase PR 11905, adopted 6-5-2017.
Part 3-102 (Mailing or delivery of meeting notices).
The fee charged to persons other than the media, who request notice of meetings (other than meetings on a
schedule of regular meetings), is $10.00 per calendar year. No fee is charged for notices sent by email.
Editor's note: This Part 3-102 was not placed in the Fee Schedule by the City Council. It is included in the Fee
Schedule only as a convenience. These fees are set by N.C.G.S. section 143-318.12(b)(2).
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Chapter 4 - Primary implementing department: City-County Inspections
Part 4-101 (Building fees).
Pursuant to city code section 10-50(a), the following schedule of fees applies to permits required by city code
section 10-48:
All building plan reviews will require a plan review fee at the time of building plan application submittal. The
amount of the plan review fee will be subtracted from the cost of the building permit fee at the time of permit
issuance. If the building permit application exceeds six months with no activity, the building permit application will
be voided, and the plan review fee will not be refunded.
Schedule A.
New residential Dwellings (One-and Two-Family, Including Townhouse Unit Ownership).
Building Permit Fee
Plan Review Fee
Up to 1200 sq. ft. (gross area)
$146.00
$146.00
1201 to 1800 sq. ft.
325.00
146.00
1801 to 2400 sq. ft.
400.00
146.00
2401 to 3000 sq. ft.
456.00
146.00
3001 to 3600 sq. ft.
537.00
146.00
3601 to 4200 sq. ft.
650.00
146.00
4201 to 5000 sq. ft.
740.00
146.00
5001 sq. ft. and over
810.00
146.00
Schedule B.
New Multifamily Residential Buildings (Apartments, Condominiums, Triplex, and Fourplex).
Building Permit Fee
Plan Review Fee
First unit
$300.00
$450.00
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Each additional unit,
per building
150.00
no additional fee
Schedule C.
Accessory Buildings
Building Permit Fee
Plan Review Fee
No footing
$50.00
$50.00
Footing
100.00
50.00
Schedule D.
Copy of contract may be required to determine the cost basis for calculating fees.
Residential Renovations and Additions
Plan Review Fee
Additions
0 to $10,000.00no footing (add $50.00 if footing required)
$125.00
$10,001.00 and overno footing
(add $50.00 if footing required)
125.00
Interior renovations
0 to $10,000.00
125.00
$10,001.00 and over
125.00
Schedule E.
Nonresidential Buildings - Cost will be based on construction contracts unless a reason is identified to base
cost on other information:
0 to $5,000.00
$104.00
$104.00
$5,001.00 to $50,000.00
104.00
104.00
plus, per thousand or fraction thereof over $5,000.00
7.80
$50,001 to $100,000.00
456.00
230.00
plus, per thousand or fraction thereof over $50,000.00
6.60
$100,001.00 to $500,000.00
786.00
400.00
plus, per thousand or fraction thereof over $100,000.00
4.32
Over $500,000.00
2,513.00
1,300.00
plus, per thousand or fraction thereof over $500,000.00
1.25
Schedule F.
Miscellaneous:
Mobile home (unit installation and
foundation)
$150.00
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Modular unit (unit installation and
foundation)
200.00
Moving permit (including new
foundation)
125.00
Demolition permit:
Up to 5,000 sq. ft.
75.00
Over 5,000 sq. ft. (no
additional
cost per thousand)
150.00
Demolition associated with a
forthcoming permit
75.00
Residential reroofing (addition)
75.00
Commercial roofing/reroofing:
0 to $20,000.00
100.00
Over $20,000.00
150.00
Residential decks (single and two-
family)
100.00
Change of occupancy permit (if no building permit is otherwise required/no construction
necessary)
50.00
Reinspection fees:
Not ready for inspection
100.00
8 or more code violations
found
100.00
2
nd
reinspection
100.00
3
rd
reinspection
200.00
4
th
reinspection
300.00
Re-stamp Plans or replacement copy of digital plans, fee per plan
20.00
Change of address, PID, or PID on permits (building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and/or
fire), fee per trade
10.00
Issuance of duplicate placard
5.00
Work begun without a permit
Double Fee
Voiding of permits (no maximum)
15% of
permit
cost
Stocking -approval
100.00
Partial occupancy approval
-200.00
Posting of occupancy (not associated with a permit)
50.00
Homeowner's recovery fund
10.00
Change of impervious surface on a permit
250.00
Plans Review - re-review (applies to each trade re-review)
1
st
re-review
No charge
2
nd
re-review
200.00
Each re-review thereafter
300.00
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Floodplain Development Permit (Small): Floodplain Development Permit initiated through the
Inspections Department that does not require review of a flood study or approval by an elected
body.
150.00
Floodplain Development Permit (Large): Floodplain Development Permit initiated through the
Inspections Department that requires review of a flood study or approval by
an elected body.
500.00
Schedule G:
Fire Prevention Construction Permits and Plans Review Fees:
Emergency Responder Radio Coverage (ERRC) Systems Permit
$65.00
Gate and Barricade Permit
65.00
Smoke Control or Smoke Exhaust System Fees
Smoke Control/Smoke Exhaust System Permit
65.00
Smoke Control/Smoke Exhaust System Review Fee
70.00
Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems Fees
Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems Permit
65.00
Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems Review Fee
70.00
Building plans review
53.00
Sprinkler plans review
60.00
Fire alarm plans review
70.00
Other plans review
53.00
Fire protection construction permits
65.00
Schedule H:
Enhanced Plan Review - This is a face to face meeting in our office whereby the owner's design/construction team
and the Inspections Department staff meet over the construction drawings and work collectively to make the
drawings code compliant. This is an optional plan review service that helps construction projects needing to meet
financing deadlines and other timetables:
An Enhanced Plan Review fee of $600.00 is required for reserving an appointment (will be applied to
the total cost of the review).
Cancellations must be made at least 3 business days prior to the scheduled appointment. The
Enhanced Plan Review fee can be refunded (minus 15% handling) or applied toward future scheduled
appointments.
Cancelling the review after the deadline (3 business days), the Enhanced Plan Review fee of $600.00
will not be refunded or applied to future Enhanced Plan Reviews.
All Enhanced Plan Review fees, based on the calculated time taken to complete the review, must be
paid at the conclusion of the review.
Enhanced Plan Review fees do not contribute towards permit fees.
$600.00 per hour (minimum 1 hour)
$150.00 per 15 minute increments
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Schedule I:
After Hours Inspections - Scheduling after hours inspections requires 24 hour notice to the Chief
Inspector/Supervisor of the applicable trade. After hours inspections are scheduled based solely on the availability
of an inspector. The fee must be paid at the time the inspection is scheduled.
$125.00 per hour - Minimum of two hours directly following work hours.
$125.00 per hour - Minimum of three hours if the inspector has to leave their home to perform the
inspection.
Source: ordinance 15302, Onbase PR 12558, adopted 6-18-2018.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-30 and section 6-31.
Part 4-102 (Reserved).
Editor's Note: Part 4-102 (Sign Fees) was repealed by Ordinance 15302, Onbase PR 12558, adopted 6-18- 2018.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-33.
Part 4-103 (Temporary electrical service).
Pursuant to city code section 10-53(a), the fee for an application for permit for temporary electrical service is
$100.00, and the fee for each additional inspection is $50.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-34.
Part 4-104 (Electric wiring and equipment).
Pursuant to city code section 10-114(a), the following schedule of fees applies to the inspection of electric wiring
and equipment within or on any building, structure or premises in the city:
Schedule A:
New Residential (One-and Two-Family, Including Townhouse Unit Ownership):
Multifamily Residential (Apartments, Condominium, Triplex and Fourplex):
100 amp to 200 amp service
$156.00
400 amp service
187.00
Schedule B:
Outlets:
Outlets for lights, receptacles and switches, which are installed on general-purpose branch circuits having 2
or more outlets, except for main service switches and feeder distribution switches, small appliances of less
than 500 watts or motor drivers of one-eighth horsepower or less as kitchen or hood fans, bell ringing
transformers, etc.:
1 to 10 outlets
$21.00
Each additional outlet
0.83
Schedule C:
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Fixtures:
1 to 10 fixtures
$21.00
Each additional fixture
0.83
Schedule D:
Motors and Generators of One-Sixth Horsepower or Larger:
Electric motors and generators:
Minimum charge
$18.00
Each motor
3.22
Additional charge per hp or fraction thereof, applied against total hp
0.62
Schedule E:
Branch Circuits Supplying Appliances, Devices or Equipment:
Disposal under 1 hp
$10.90
Dryers and dishwashers
10.90
Electric water heaters or boilers
10.90
Electric signs and outline lighting
First circuit
10.90
Each additional circuit for same sign
3.22
Electric heat:
Wall or baseboard heaters, first unit
10.90
Each additional unit
3.95
Electric unit heaters:
First kW
10.90
Each additional kW
1.56
Electric furnaces, duct heating units, supplementary or auxiliary units installed in ducts
or plenums:
First kW
10.90
Each additional kW
1.56
All other devices, appliances or equipment which are installed on individual
branch circuits and not covered in other schedules, each
10.90
Schedule F:
Miscellaneous Wiring Not Covered in Schedules A, B, C, D, E:
Lampholders for marquise and/or festoon lighting
$55.00
Service equipment as determined by ampacity of buses in equipment.
Up to 100 amperes
34.00
Each additional 100 amperes or fraction thereof
6.97
Transformers, dry or liquid type, each:
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Up to 45 kVA
33.00
46 to 150 kVA
43.00
Over 150 kVA
55.00
Feeders of all types:
Each feeder up to 100 amps
10.90
Additional charge per 100 amps or fraction thereof applied
against total ampacity after
deducting 100 amps per feeder
1.56
Schedule G:
Miscellaneous:
Solar panel inspections
Residential
$100.00
Commercial roof top
150.00
Commercial ground-mounted
150.00
Commercial ground-mounted, charge per trip for 3
rd
and
subsequent inspections
50.00
Service or saw poleone inspection only
65.00
Service or saw poleextra inspection, each
47.00
(instead of 2
nd
, 3
rd
, and 4
th
reinspection fees
listed below in this Schedule G)
Temporary service connectioncommercial
150.00
Mobile homeone inspection
65.00
Mobile homeextra inspection, each (instead of
47.00
2
nd
, 3
rd
, and 4
th
reinspection fees listed below in this Schedule
G)
Modular unit
69.00
Commercial reinspection
65.00
Minimum electrical permit fee
65.00
Reinspection fees:
Not ready for inspection
100.00
5 or more code violations found
100.00
2
nd
reinspection
100.00
3
rd
reinspection
200.00
4
th
reinspection
300.00
HVAC replacement - one inspection
65.00
HVAC replacement - additional inspections, each (instead of 2
nd
, 3
rd
, and 4
th
reinspection fees
50.00
listed above in this Schedule G)
Double fee
Work begun without a permit
Voiding of permits (no maximum)
15% of permit
cost
Minimum fee for any permit requiring a rough-in inspection:
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Commercial
150.00
Residential
100.00
Schedule H:
After Hours Inspections - Scheduling after hours inspections requires 24 hour notice to the Chief
Inspector/Supervisor of the applicable trade. After hours inspections are scheduled based solely on the
availability of an inspector. The fee must be paid at the time the inspection is scheduled.
$125.00 per hour - Minimum of two hours directly following work hours.
$125.00 per hour - Minimum of three hours if the inspector has to leave their home to perform the
inspection.
Editor's note: The last line above ("$125.00 per hour - Minimum of three hours...the inspection.") is not indicated
as additional text in ordinance 15302.
Editor's note: The provisions of Part 1-101 (Interest applicable to certain delinquent debt) apply to all charges for
inspection permits imposed under this Part.
Source: ordinance 15302, Onbase PR 12558, adopted 6-18-2018.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-87.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-113 and section 6-116.
Part 4-105 (Mechanical (heating and air) code-related)
Pursuant to city code section 10-173(a), every person who obtains a permit prescribed by city code section 10-
172(a) shall pay to the city a fee for inspection of the work authorized by the permit according to the following
schedules:
Schedule A:
Residential (One- and Two-Family, including Townhouses and Condominiums, -per Dwelling Unit or Side):
Installation of a heating/cooling system with any concealed ductwork or
component
$125.00
Replacement or conversion of a heating/cooling system - 1
st
inspection
65.00
Subsequent inspections, each (instead of 2
nd
,
50.00
3
rd
, and 4
th
reinspection fees listed below in Schedule G)
Installation of fireplace stoves, factory-built fireplaces, floor furnaces and wall
furnaces
52.00
Gas piping
65.00
Fuel lines
65.00
Schedule B:
Multifamily Residential (Apartments, Triplexes, and Fourplexes):
Installation of a heating/cooling system
(each dwelling unit)
$100.00
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Replacement or conversion of a
heating/cooling system
65.00
Subsequent inspections, each (instead of 2
nd
, 3
rd
, and 4
th
reinspection
fees listed
below in Schedule G)
50.00
Schedule C:
Nonresidential heating/cooling: Installation of heating/cooling system, including boiler, furnace, duct heater,
unit heater, air handling units and air distribution system:
Upfits, per sq. ft. (minimum $98.00, maximum -
$3,000.00)
$0.058
Heating system in total BTU input per floor, or per individual system:
0 to 150,000
$131.00
150,001 to 300,000
205.00
300,001 to 500,000
290.00
500,001 to 1,000,000
426.00
1,000,001 to 2,500,000
510.00
2,500,001 to 5,000,000
644.00
5,000,001 to 10,000,000
774.00
Over 10,000,000
929.00
Replacement of any component of heating/cooling system such as
furnace, boiler, unit heater, duct heater, condensate receiver, feedwater
pump, etc.
70.00
Schedule D:
Commercial Cooling (With Separate Distribution System):
Installation of a complete cooling system, including the distribution system and air handling units, with
either a condenser, receiver, cooling tower, or evaporative condenser coils.
Cooling or chiller in total tons:
0 to 25 tons
$83.00
Over 25 tons
166.00
Replacement of any component of cooling system
83.00
Schedule E:
Commercial Ventilation and Exhaust Systems:
Installation of ventilation and/or exhaust systems, including fans, blowers, and duct systems for the
removal of dust, gases, fumes, vapors, etc.:
Total motor horsepower:
0 to 5
$72.00
6 to 15
111.00
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16 to 25
178.00
26 to 50
219.00
Over 50
262.00
Schedule F:
Hood for commercial type cooking, per hood
$150.00
Minimum fee for any heating/cooling permit or ventilation
65.00
Schedule G:
Miscellaneous:
Reinspection fees:
4 or more code violations
$100.00
Not ready for inspection
100.00
2
nd
reinspection
100.00
3
rd
reinspection
200.00
4
th
reinspection
300.00
Work begun without a permit
Double Fee
Voiding of permits (no maximum)
15% of permit cost
Schedule H:
After Hours Inspections - Scheduling after hours inspections requires 24 hour notice to the Chief
Inspector/Supervisor of the applicable trade. After hours inspections are scheduled based solely on the
availability of an inspector. The fee must be paid at the time the inspection is scheduled.
$125.00 per hour -
Minimum of two hours directly following work hours.
$125.00 per hour -
Minimum of three hours if the inspector has to leave their home to
perform the inspection.
Source: ordinance 15302, Onbase PR 12558, adopted 6-18-2018.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-113 and section 6-116.
Part 4-106 (Plumbing)
Pursuant to city code section 10-202(a), the following fee schedule is adopted in connection with plumbing work:
Schedule A:
New Residential Construction; One-and Two-Family, and Townhouse Unit Ownership; Installation of New
Plumbing Fixtures, Building Water and Sewer Service:
All dwellings
$170.00
> See Note 1.
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Schedule B:
New Multifamily Construction (Three-and Four-Family Apartments); Installation of New Plumbing Fixtures,
Building Water and Sewer:
Per fixture
$6.24
Minimum, per building
127.00
> See Note 1.
Schedule C:
New Nonresidential; Installation of New Plumbing Fixtures, Building Water and Sewer:
Per fixture
$7.90
Minimum (without water and sewer)
187.00
Minimum (with water and sewer)
265.00
> See Note 1.
Schedule D:
Additions, Residential and Nonresidential; Installation of New Plumbing Fixture:
Building sewer and water
$65.00
1-7 fixtures
94.00
8-15 fixtures
119.00
Over 15 fixtures (per fixture)
7.90
> See Note 1.
Schedule E:
Fixture Replacement; No Change to Rough-in:
1 to 4 fixtures
$65.00
5 fixtures and over:
Per fixture
6.86
Electric water heater (permit
required)
65.00
> See Note 1.
Schedule F:
Miscellaneous:
Residential sprinkler permit
$170.00
Gas piping
65.00
Mobile home
65.00
Modular unit
78.00
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Not listed above but has water or sewer connection
65.00
Reinspection fees:
4 or more code items
$100.00
Not ready for inspection
100.00
1st reinspection
100.00
2nd reinspection
200.00
3rd reinspection
300.00
Work begun without a permit
Double fee
Voiding of permits (no maximum)
15% of permit cost
> See Note 1.
Schedule G:
After Hours Inspections - Scheduling after hours inspections requires 24 hour notice to the Chief
Inspector/Supervisor of the applicable trade. After hours inspections are scheduled based solely on the
availability of an inspector. The fee must be paid at the time the inspection is scheduled.
$125.00 per hour - Minimum of two hours directly following work hours.
$125.00 per hour - Minimum of three hours if the inspector has to leave their home to perform the
inspection.
Note 1: For inspections under all Schedules in this Part 4-106: When due to the length of water or sewer work
more than two trips are required, an additional charge for each trip after the second trip is imposed, of $50.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-113, section 6-116, and section 6-134.
Part 4-107 (Surcharge for paper application).
A $5.00 surcharge will be added to the total fee for each plumbing, electrical, or mechanical application that is
submitted manually (paper submittal) as opposed to an electronic submittal (paperless submittal).
Parts 4-108—4-111 (Reserved).
Part 4-112 (Impact fees imposed on new construction).
Impact fees pursuant to city code section 30-84(b) shall be as follows:
Editor's note: The tables showing the Street Impact Fee Schedule, the Open Space Land Impact Fee Schedule, and
the Parks and Recreation Facility Impact Fee Schedule are in a separate document, which is titled "Fee Schedule
Tables, Part 4-112." The July 10, 2009 version of that document contains the most recent changes. That document
can be found at the same place on the Internet where you opened this document.
These four footnotes apply to the Street Impact Fee Schedule:
1. Square footage shall be calculated according to gross floor area (the area within the inside perimeter of
the exterior walls, with no deduction for corridors, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other
features, exclusive of court and vent shafts).
2. Student - the total student capacity of any school or any addition to an existing school.
3. A standard based on acreage refers to the total land and water surface area of any lot or lots on which
any primary, accessory, or incidental use or portion thereof is located.
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4. Hotels or motels that contain any convention or civic center shall, in addition to paying street impact
fees based on rooms, also pay the street impact fee based on general recreation for the civic center or
convention center.
Part 4-113.
Source: Part 4-113 was repealed by ordinance 14604, Onbase PR 9802, adopted 5-5-2014.
These source notes apply to Chapter 4.
Source: ordinance 13592, Onbase PR 5022, adopted 5-5-2008; ordinance 13801, Onbase PR 6139, adopted 5-18-
2009; ordinance 14122, Onbase PR 7728, adopted 5-16-2011; ordinance 14604, Onbase PR 9802, adopted 5-5-
2014.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code chapter 25, in particular city code section 25-3(a)-(b).
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Chapter 5 - Primary implementing department - Neighborhood Improvement Services
Part 5-101 (Housing code re-inspection).
The following re-inspection fees shall be charged pursuant to city code section 10-241(c)(2):
First re-inspection if it shows the dwelling still to be noncompliant
$50.00
Second re-inspection if it shows the dwelling still to be noncompliant
$75.00
Third re-inspection if it shows the dwelling still to be noncompliant
$100.00
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-158(r)(6).
Part 5-102 (Administrative fee for failure to respond to order).
The administrative fee charged pursuant to city code section 10-241(c)(1) is $250.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 6-158(r)(5).
Part 5-103 (Administrative fee for failure to correct prohibited conditions.)
The administrative fee charged pursuant to city code section 26-191 is $250.00.
Source: For historical reference, see ordinance 13337 and 1982 city code section 10-131.
Part 5-104 (Administrative fee for noncompliance with an order made by an administrator under the
Nonresidential Building Code).
The administrative fee charged pursuant to city code section 10-320(d) is $250.00.
Source: ordinance 13717, Onbase PR 5452, adopted 10-20-2008.
Part 5-105 (Interest rate for cleaning property of weeds, trash, etc.).
The interest rate on costs to the city of cleanup work is 8% per annum.
Editor's note: This Part 5-105 was not placed in the Fee Schedule by the City Council. It is included in the Fee
Schedule only as a convenience. The reader's attention is directed to city charter section 63 and city code section
26-187.
Part 5-106 (Reserved).
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Source: ordinance 14232, Onbase PR 8234, adopted 3-5-2012 and 3-8-2012; repealed entirely by ordinance 14936,
Onbase 11113, adopted 6-6-2016.
Part 5-107 (Housing Appeals Board compensation).
The compensation provided for in section 10-238 of the city code is $25.00.
Source: ordinance 14273, Onbase PR 8504, adopted 6-4-2012.
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Chapter 6 - Primary implementing department: City-County Planning
Part 6-101 (General fees)
Section 1
A. Zoning Map Change (Rezoning). Base fees shall be calculated based on the type of application (zoning map
change without a development plan, text-only development plan, or graphic development plan) plus the per-
acre fee, if noted, for the acreage rounded up to the next whole acre.
1. Rezoning without a Development Plan, 5 Acres or Less: $1,000.00 per case, plus additional fees for
advertising, letter notice, signs, and technology. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the request is
not consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
2. Rezoning without a Development Plan, 5 Acres or More: $2,000.00 per case, plus additional fees for
advertising, letter notice signs, and technology. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the request is
not consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
3. Text-Commitment-Only Development Plan, 5 Acres or Less: $2,000.00 per case, plus additional fees for
advertising, letter notice, signs, and technology. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the request is
not consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
4. Text-Commitment-Only Development Plan, 5 Acres or More: $3,500.00 per case, plus additional fees
for advertising, letter notice, signs, and technology. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the request
is not consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
5. Modifications to Text Commitments on Existing Development Plans (this can only be used for changing
text; changing or adding graphics is charged at the applicable Development Plan rate listed below):
$1,500.00 per case, plus additional fees for advertising, letter notice, signs, and technology.
6. Graphic Development Plan: $4,500.00, plus $65.00 per acre, rounded up, plus additional fees for
advertising, letter notice, signs, and technology. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the request is
not consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
7. Development Plan as Site Plan or Preliminary Plat: Half of zoning base fee, plus half of the site plan or
preliminary plat base fee, plus $100.00 Engineering Zoning Review, plus technology fees on the total,
plus additional fees for advertising, letter notice, and signs. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the
request is not consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
8. Engineering Zoning Review: $100.00, in addition to the applicable zoning map change fee, plus
technology fees.
B. Consolidated Annexation.
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1. All Consolidated Annexation, except as in Section 1, Paragraph B.2, Below: $800.00 per case, plus
additional fees for advertising, letter notice, signs, recordation, and technology. This does not include
fees for any other associated application.
2. Consolidated Annexation of One Single-Family or Two-Family Residential Lot: $400.00 base fee, plus
additional fees for advertising, letter notices, signs, recordation, and technology. This does not include
fees for any other associated application.
C. Comprehensive Plan Amendment.
1. Future Land Use Map Plan Amendment, Not Associated with a Zoning Map Change: $2,100.00 per case,
plus additional fees for technology, advertising, letter notice, and signs, as applicable.
2. Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment: $3,000.00 per case, plus additional fees for technology,
advertising, letter notice, and signs, as applicable.
D. Development Agreement (per N.C. Gen. Stat. 160D, Art. 10), $7,000.00 per case, plus additional fees for
advertising, letter notice, signs, and technology. Recordation fees are the responsibility of the applicant. This
does not include any other fees associated with other applications that may be required as part of the
development of the property.
E. Board of Adjustment Applications.
1. Appeal of an Administrative Decision: $300.00 per case, plus additional fees for technology, letter
notice, and signs, as applicable.
2. Single-Family and Two-Family Projects (variances, minor special use permits, etc.) and Reasonable
Accommodations Requests: $475.00 per case, plus additional fees for letter notice, signs, recordation
fees for special use permit orders, and technology.
3. Wireless Communication Facilities, Minor Special Use Permit: $3,165.00 per case, plus additional fees
for letter notice, signs, recordation fees, and technology; plus $5,000.00 for independent professional
consultant review.
4. All Other BOA Applications, Not Listed Elsewhere in This Section: $1,300.00 per case, plus additional
fees for letter notice, signs, recordation fees for special use permit orders, and technology.
F. Major Special Use Permit Applications.
1. Transportation Special Use Permit: $2,025.00 per case, plus additional fees for letter notice, signs,
recordation, and technology.
2. Wireless Communication Facilities Major Special Use Permit: $3,165.00 per case, plus additional fees
for letter notice, signs, recordation, and technology; plus $5,000.00 for independent professional
consultant review.
3. All Other Major Special Use Permit Applications: $2,025.00 per case, plus additional fees for letter
notice, signs, recordation, and technology.
G. Site Plans.
Site Plan Type
Fee Amount
1. Administrative Site Plan - Level 1, defined as a site
plan requiring only Planning Department and
Inspections Department review.
$210.00, plus technology fees
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2. Administrative Site Plan - Level 2, defined as a site
plan with a maximum of 500 square feet of new
impervious surfaces added, no changes in stormwater
management, no more than 1,000 square feet of new,
habitable building area, and less than 12,000 square
feet of land disturbance.
$650.00, plus technology fees
3. Administrative Site Plan - Level 3, defined as a site
plan with a maximum of 500 square feet of new
impervious surfaces added, no changes in stormwater
management, greater than 1,000 square feet of new,
habitable building area, and less than 12,000 square
feet of land disturbance:
$1,800.00, plus technology fees
4. Administrative Site Plan - Level 4, defined as a site
plan that does not meet the definitions of a Level 1,
Level 2, Level
3, or Major Site Plan, and proposes:
a. From 0 to 5,000 square feet of new, habitable
building area.
$4,300.00, plus technology fees
b. From 5,001 to 10,000 square feet of new,
habitable building area.
$5,300.00, plus technology fees
c. From 10,001 to 50,000 square feet of new,
habitable building area.
$7,800.00, plus technology fees
d. From 50,001 to 100,00 square feet of new,
habitable
building area.
$10,800.00, plus technology fees
e. Greater than 100,000 square feet of new,
habitable building area.
$4,300.00, plus $45.00 per 1,000 square feet (rounded
up), plus technology fees
f. A site plan for a development of new lots with
no more than 5,000 total square feet of incidental
nonresidential development (see Example A in G.7.e).
$4,300.00, plus $45.00 per new lot, plus technology
fees
g. A site plan with a mixture of nonresidential or
multifamily buildings totaling more than 5,000 square
feet
and new lots, such as townhomes or other residential
lots (see Example B in G.7.f).
$4,300.00, plus $45.00 per new lot; plus, the new,
habitable building area total fee from G.4.a-G.4.e,
according to the total
square footage of the building(s); plus technology fees
on the total
5. Major Site Plan
$5,500.00, plus $65.00 per 1,000 square feet (rounded
up), or $65.00 per new lot, whichever is the higher
fee, plus technology fees on the total, plus additional
fees for letter notice
6. Development Plan as Site Plan
Half of zoning base fee, plus half of the site plan base
fee, plus FLUM inconsistency fee, as applicable, plus
$100.00 Engineering Zoning Review, plus additional
fees for
technology on the total, plus advertising, letter notice,
and signs
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7. Notes for Section 1.G. Site Plans:
a. All new building square footage shall be rounded up to the next whole number and applies to the entire,
habitable square footage (area) within nonresidential, multifamily, and mixed use buildings.
b. Structured parking, accessory buildings, and service areas within a building are considered habitable
building area.
c. Townhomes and other single buildings on multiple lots require the per-lot fee.
d. Open space and common area lots are considered new lots being created.
e. Example A: Calculation of fees for a 50-lot townhome development with common building and 3 open
space lots, proposed on one existing lot.
1) 50 new townhome lots + 3 open space lots - 1 existing lot = 52 lots x $45.00 = $2,340.00.
2) + $4,300.00 base application fee - $6,640.00.
3) + 4% technology fees on the subtotal ($6,640 x 0.04 = $265.60).
4) Total Fee = $6,905.60.
f. Example B: Calculation of fees for a 50-lot townhome development with common building and 3 open
space lots proposed on an existing lot, plus a 10,000 square foot nonresidential building on a new lot:
1) Calculate the townhome portion, including the common building, as in Example A, for a total of
$6,905.60
2) Add $5,300.00 + 4% technology fees for nonresidential building area = $5,512.00.
3) Total fee = $6,509.60 + $5,512.00 = $12,417.60.
g. Site plans which do not require an initial re-review will be reimbursed 33% of the original review fee, not
including the technology fee.
H. Floodplain Reviews:
1. Floodplain As-Built Review: Review of floodplain development permit as-built documentation when
construction is complete, and prior to a Certificate of Completion or final approval: $100.00 base fee
per phase of construction, plus technology fees.
2. Floodplain Building Permit Review: Review of a building permit application on a parcel with floodplain,
to confirm whether a floodplain development permit is required or not: $90.00, plus technology fees.
The only exceptions are: a) when a new Floodplain Development Permit is required as a result of this
review (see H.4-H.6, below), and b) if the building permit goes through the enhanced review process
(see H.3, below).
3. Enhanced Floodplain Building Permit Review: Review of a building permit application that is associated
with an enhanced building permit review on a parcel with floodplain, to confirm whether a floodplain
development permit is required: $150.00, plus technology fees.
4. Floodplain Development Permit, Large: A Floodplain Development Permit, initiated through the
Planning Department, that requires review of proposed development in the floodplain, and that
requires review of a flood study, no-rise certification, CLOMR, or LOMR, etc.: $600.00, plus technology
fees.
5. Floodplain Development Permit, Medium: A Floodplain Development Permit, initiated through the
Planning Department, that requires review of proposed development that obstructs or modifies the
floodplain without increasing the dimensions of the floodway and non-encroachment areas, and that
requires review and approval of flood hazard calculations or an engineer's certification: $340.00, plus
technology fees.
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6. Floodplain Development Permit, Small: A Floodplain Development Permit, initiated through the
Planning Department, that requires review of proposed development in the floodplain, and that does
not modify or obstruct floodway or non-encroachment areas: $150.00, plus technology fees.
I. Subdivision Plats.
1. Exempt Plat or Right-of-Way Withdrawal Plat: $150.00, plus technology fees.
2. Major Final Plat: $850.00, plus $45.00 per new lot, plus technology fees; plans which do not require an
initial re-review will be reimbursed 33% of the original review fee, not including the technology fees.
3. Minor Plat, defined as the subdivision of land into six lots or less that does not require right-of-way
dedication, does not require new utilities or the extension of utilities, does not require stormwater
management, and does not require a preliminary plat: $250.00 plus technology fees.
4. Preliminary Plat: $4,300.00 base fee, plus $45.00 per new lot, plus technology fees, plus additional fees
for letter notice on projects requiring governing board approval; plans which do not require an initial
re-review will be reimbursed 33% of the original review fee, not including the technology fees.
5. Preliminary Plat Amendments: $1,000.00 plus technology fees.
6. Development Plan as Preliminary Plat: Half of zoning base fee, plus half of the preliminary plat base
fee, plus $100.00 Engineering Zoning Review, plus technology fees on the total, plus additional fees for
advertising, letter notice, and signs. Add $1,000.00, plus technology fees, if the request is not
consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map.
J. Landscape Extensions:
1. Major Nonresidential or Multifamily on One Lot, defined as greater than 25,000 square feet in gross
floor area: $300.00 per lot, plus technology fees.
2. Minor Nonresidential or Multifamily on One Lot, defined as less than or equal to 25,000 square feet in
gross floor area: $150.00 per lot, plus technology fees.
3. Residential: $75.00 per lot, plus technology fees.
K. Site Compliance.
1. Site Compliance Inspection Fees:
a. First Site Compliance Inspection for All Building Permits, Except Attached Units on Individual Lots:
$100.00 per building permit, plus technology fees for first inspection.
b. First Site Compliance Inspection of Attached Units on Individual Lots (Applies to Duplexes,
Triplexes, and Townhouses): $25.00 per building permit, plus technology fees for first inspection.
c. Street Tree in the Right-of-Way: $100.00 per building permit (which includes two inspections
maximum), plus technology fees. Additional re-inspections will be $50.00 each, plus technology
fees.
2. Site Compliance Re-Inspection Fees:
a. Site Compliance Re-Inspection for All Building Permits, Except Attached Units on Individual Lots:
i. First Re-Inspection: $100.00 per building permit, plus technology fees.
ii. For each subsequent re-inspection, the total fee per building permit under this subsection
will increase by $104.00, including the technology fees. (For example, the total fee per
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building permit for the first re-inspection will be $104.00; the total fee per building permit
for the second re-inspection will be $208.00; and the total fee per building permit for the
third re-inspection will be $312.00.)
b. Site Compliance Re-Inspection of Attached Units on Individual Lots (Applies to Duplexes,
Triplexes, and Townhouses):
i. First Re-Inspection: $25.00 per building permit, plus technology fees.
ii. For each subsequent re-inspection, the total fee per building permit under this subsection
will increase by $26.00, including the technology fees. (For example, the total fee per
building permit for the first re-inspection will be $26.00; the total fee per building permit
for the second re-inspection will be $52.00; and the total fee per building permit for the
third re-inspection will be $78.00.)
L. Historic Preservation Fees.
1. Historic District Designation: $20,000.00 per application, plus additional fees for advertising, letter
notice, signs and technology.
2. Historic Landmark Designation: $800.00 per application, plus additional fees for advertising, letter
notice, recordation, and technology.
3. Historic Signs: $150.00 per sign, plus additional fees for advertising, letter notice, and technology.
Applications associated with projects begun or completed without required approval pay double the
application base fee plus technology fees.
4. Major Works Certificate of Appropriateness, Historic Preservation Commission Review: $150.00 base
fee per application, plus $100.00 additional charge if demolition or new construction is proposed, or
$200.00 if both demolition and new construction are proposed for the same project, plus additional
fees for letter notice, signs, and technology. Applications associated with projects begun or completed
without required approval pay double the application base fee plus technology fees.
5. Master Certificate of Appropriateness, Historic Preservation Commission Review: $300.00 per
application, plus additional fees for letter notice, signs, and technology. Applications associated with
projects begun or completed without required approval pay double the application base fee plus
technology fees.
6. Minor Works Certificate of Appropriateness, Staff Review: $75.00 per application, plus technology fees.
Applications associated with projects begun or completed without required approval pay double the
application base fee plus technology fees.
M. Signage.
1. Banner Plan Review Only: $75.00 per banner, plus technology fees.
2. Common Signage Plan Review: $175.00, plus technology fees.
3. Permanent Signs Requiring Permits, as defined by the Durham UDO: $75.00 per sign, plus technology
fees. Applications associated with projects begun or completed without required approval pay double
the application base fee plus technology fees.
4. Temporary Signs Requiring Permits, as defined by the Durham UDO: $50.00 per sign, plus technology
fees. Applications associated with projects begun or completed without required approval pay double
the application base fee plus technology fees.
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5. Sign Compliance Inspection Fee: $50.00 for each inspection and re-inspection, plus technology fees.
N. Street or Alley Closing: $850.00, plus additional fees for advertising, letter notice, signs, recordation, and
technology.
O. Street, Alley, or Driveway Renaming: $600.00, plus additional fees for advertising, letter notice, signs,
recordation, and technology, in addition to reimbursement for all street sign replacement costs.
P. Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment: $3,000.00, plus additional fees for advertising and
technology.
Q. Planning Department Development Services:
1. Architectural Review, as Required by the Durham UDO: $210.00, plus technology fees.
2. Copies - Large Format: $1.00 per square foot, plus technology fees. (For example: a 3-foot by 6-foot
map equals 18 square feet for a copying charge of $18.00, plus technology fees equals $18.72).
3. Custom Letters, Maps, and Reports: $100.00, plus technology fees.
4. Departmental Publications: Copies of publications on hand: $5.00, plus technology fees. Reproductions
or new publications will be priced according to costs, plus technology fees.
5. Due Diligence Property Information: $25.00 per lot, plus technology fees.
6. Formal Letter of Interpretation: $40.00, plus technology fees.
7. Home Occupation Permit: $25.00, plus technology fees.
8. Multi-Departmental Pre-Submittal Meetings: $265.00 per hour, with a one-hour minimum charge, plus
technology fees.
9. Off-Site File Retrieval Fee: $20.00 per hard-copy file, plus technology fees, when plan is available on-
site in digital format at the time of the request. When plan is not available in digital format, there is no
charge.
10. Outdoor Seating Permit: Application for initial annual permit, changes to initial permit, or to re-apply if
permit is not renewed each year - $250.00, plus technology fees; Renewal of annual permit prior to
expiration - $100.00, plus technology fees.
11. Planning Review of Building Permit: $40.00 per building permit, plus technology fees.
12. Property Report for One Single-Family or Two-Family Residential Lot: $40.00, plus technology fees.
13. Property Report for Nonresidential or Multifamily Lot: $80.00, plus technology fees.
14. Street (Mobile) Vendor Registration and Annual Renewals: $10.00 per cart or truck, plus technology
fees.
15. Temporary Use Permit: $100.00 per use, plus technology fees.
R. Vested Rights Determination: $5,000.00 application fee, plus additional fees for advertising, letter notice,
signs, and technology.
S. Watershed Determination: $2,500.00 application fee, plus technology fees.
T. Temporary Right-of-Way Closure: $125.00 base fee, plus applicable fees as follows, plus technology fees
applied to the total fee.
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1. Roadway Closure: Major Thoroughfare - $70.00 per day per lane; All Other City Streets - $20.00 per day
per lane.
2. Sidewalks, Parking Spaces, and Loading Zones or Loading Spaces in Design Districts: Sidewalks - $10.00
per day; Unmetered, on-street parking space, loading zone, or loading space - $5.00 per day per space;
Metered, on-street parking spaces - equivalent to the cost of the metered parking, per space, per day.
3. Sidewalks, Parking Spaces, and Loading Zones or Loading Spaces in All Other Districts: Sidewalks - $2.00
per day; Unmetered, on-street parking space, loading zone, or loading space - $2.00 per day per space;
Metered, on-street parking spaces - equivalent to the cost of the metered parking, per space, per day.
U. Additional Fees.
1. Table of Additional Fees by Planning Application Type. Note that fees listed in the following Table U.1
include technology fees. An "x" in the table means the Additional Fee Category is not applicable to the
Application Type.
Application Type
Advertising
(Published)
Letter Notice
Each Sign
*
Other Fees
(Type)
a. Annexation, All Except a
1-Family or 2-Family Lot
$479.00
$499.00
$104.00
*
$54.08
(Recording)
b. Annexation of One 1-
Family or 2-Family Lot
$196.00
$99.00
$104.00
*
$54.08
(Recording)
c. Appeal of an
Administrative Decision
x
$55.00
$104.00
*
x
d. Board of Adjustment
Reasonable Accommodation
or Variance
x
$55.00
$104.00
*
x
e. Board of Adjustment -
Minor Special Use Permit
x
$55.00
$104.00
*
$32.24
(Recording)
f. Certificate of
Appropriateness - Major or
Master
x
$55.00
$104.00
*
x
g. Comprehensive Plan Map
Amendment (Stand-Alone
Only, with No Rezoning)
$479.00†
$99.00
$104.00
*
with Tier
Change
x
h. Comprehensive Plan Text
Amendment
$718.00
x
x
x
i. Development Agreements
$479.00†
$99.00
$104.00
*
(Recording)
j. Historic District
Designation
$479.00†
$99.00
$104.00
*
x
k. Historic Landmark
Designation
$479.00†
$99.00
x
$32.24
(Recording)
l. Landmark Sign
Designation
$240.00
$55.00
x
x
m. Major Preliminary Plat or
Major Site Plan
x
$55.00
x
x
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n. Major, Transportation,
and WCF Special Use
Permits (All)
x
$55.00
$99.00
$32.24
(Recording)
o. Preliminary Plat or Site
Plan as Development Plan
$479.00†
$99.00
$104.00
*
x
p. Street or Alley Permanent
Closing
$479.00†
$55.00
$104.00
*
$54.08
(Recording)
q. Street, Alley, or Driveway
Renaming
$479.00†
$55.00
$104.00
*
$54.08
(Recording)
r. Unified Development
Ordinance Text Amendment
$718.00
x
x
x
s. Vested Rights
Determination
$240.00†
$55.00
$104.00
*
x
t. Zoning Map Change (All)
$479.00†
$99.00
$104.00
*
x
>u. Footnotes to Section 1, Table U.1:
* Properties with multiple frontages require at least one sign per road or street frontage. If
additional signs are necessary to adequately notify neighbors, additional signs will be charged for
at the time of case intake.
** Recording fees are set by the Durham County Register of Deeds, and may be increased if
needed to cover recordation of additional sheets. Recording fees listed include a $5.00 digital
recording fee plus technology fee.
† If the case must be heard by both governing boards, the newspaper advertising fees are
increased by $479.00 to $958.00.
2. Technology Surcharge on All Fees Listed with the Notation, "Plus Technology Fees": Addition of 4% of
the listed fee. Technology fees are not refundable unless payment is made incorrectly or the case is
withdrawn prior to any review.
V. Re-Review Fees, Applicable to All Development Applications: Half of filing fee, plus technology fees,
applicable at time of 2nd re-review (3rd staff review of project) and charged for each subsequent review.
Editor's note: The Mobile Vendor Registration and Annual Renewals fees are pursuant to city code section 54-
91(n). Additionally, the text appearing in this section 1 of Part 6-101 is as city council approved it, without editing.
Source : ordinance 15827, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-21-2021
Section 2 (Administrative Reductions).
Administrative reductions of the fees in this Part for review of a submitted development application may be made
in writing by the Planning Director or designee when the Director determines that the time, effort, and processing
by staff will be substantially reduced compared to what is required for a typical review that it would be inequitable
to charge the standard fee for such review.
The fee charged shall be roughly proportionate to the cost of staff time and other required measures, as
determined at the absolute discretion of the Planning Director.
Editor's note: Part 6-101 appears as adopted by the City Council, without editorial changes.
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Source: ordinance 15635, Onbase PR 14002, adopted 6-15-2020.
Part 6-102 (Traffic Impact Analyses and Transportation Special Use Permits).
The fees to be charged by the City-County Planning Department for development review undertaken by the City of
Durham Department of Transportation shall be as follows:
A. Traffic Impact Analysis, fewer than 1,000 peak hour trips: $4,000, plus technology surcharge of 4%, plus
surcharges for Advertising, Letter Notice and Sign.
B. Traffic Impact Analysis, equal to or greater than 1,000 peak hour trips: $6,000, plus technology
surcharge of 4%, plus surcharges for Advertising, Letter Notice and Sign.
C. Transportation Special Use Permit: $1,800, plus technology surcharge of 4%, plus surcharges for
Advertising, Letter, Notice and Sign.
D. Traffic Impact Phasing Analysis, fewer than 1,000 peak hour trips: $2,000, plus technology surcharge of
4%.
E. Traffic Impact Phasing Analysis, equal to or greater than 1,000 peak hour trips: $3,000, plus technology
surcharge of 4%.
Source: ordinance 14987, Onbase PR 11164, adopted 6-20-2016.
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Chapter 7 - Primary implementing department: Finance
Part 7-101 (Motor vehicle license tax).
The license tax on motor vehicles charged pursuant to city code section 30-60 is $15.00. Editor's note: The tax was
$10.00. The increase to $15.00 was effective October 1, 2009.
Source: City Charter section 46.1; N.C.G.S. 20-97; SL 2009-166; ordinance 13905, Onbase PR 6486, adopted 9-21-
2009; ordinance 13947, Onbase PR 6785, adopted 12-21-2009.
Part 7-102 (Privilege license reissuance, duplicates, and letters of verification).
The fee to reissue a license pursuant to city code section 30-188(2) is $2.00. The fee for a duplicate license
pursuant to city code section 30-189 is $5.00. The fee for a letter of verification pursuant to city code section 30-
190 is $5.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code Appendix A sections 19, 20, and 20.1.
Part 7-103 (Privilege license taxes on service establishments and businesses).
The schedule under city code section 30-342 is:
For annual gross receipts not exceeding $15,000.00 per annum, the tax is $50.00. For each $1,000.00 or fraction
thereof in excess of $15,000.00, the additional tax is $0.50. The maximum tax under section 30-342 for each
separate location, regardless of the amount of gross receipts, is $8,000.00.
Editor's note: Because of a change in State law, the tax imposed by this Part 7-103 ceased to apply as of 7-1-2015.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code Appendix A section 72.
Part 7-104 (Privilege license taxes on retail and wholesale merchants).
The schedule under city code section 30-343(a) (retail merchants) is:
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For annual gross receipts not exceeding $15,000.00 per annum, the tax is $50.00. For each $1,000.00 or
fraction thereof in excess of $15,000.00, the additional tax is $0.50.
The schedule under city code section 30-343(b) (wholesale merchants) is:
For annual gross receipts not exceeding $100,000.00 per annum, the tax is $50.00. For each $1,000.00 or
fraction thereof in excess of $100,000.00, the additional tax is $0.25. The maximum tax under section 30-
343(b) for each separate location, regardless of the amount of gross receipts, is $2,500.00.
Editor's note: Because of a change in State law, the tax imposed by this Part 7-104 ceased to apply as of 7-1-2015.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code Appendix A section 73(a)-(b).
Part 7-105 (Privilege license taxes on manufacturers).
The schedule under city code section 30-344(a) is:
For annual gross receipts not exceeding $15,000.00 per annum, the tax is $50.00. For each $1,000.00 or
fraction thereof in excess of $15,000.00, the additional tax is $0.50. The maximum tax under section 30-
344(b) for each separate location, regardless of the amount of gross receipts, is $2,500.00.
The annual tax for separate support offices pursuant to city code section 30-344(c) is $50.00. The schedule
under city code section 30-344(d) (manufacturers selling at retail) is:
For annual gross receipts not exceeding $15,000.00 per annum, the tax is $50.00. For each $1,000.00 or
fraction thereof in excess of $15,000.00, the additional tax is $0.50.
Editor's note: Because of a change in State law, the tax imposed by this Part 7-105 ceased to apply as of 7-1-2015.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code Appendix A section 74.
Part 7-106 (Gross-receipts tax on short-term lease or rental of heavy equipment).
The rate imposed pursuant to city code section 30-32 is 0.8 percent.
Source: ordinance 13730, Onbase PR 5594, adopted 10-23-2008.
Part 7-107 (Gross-receipts tax on the short-term lease or rental of vehicles at retail).
The rate imposed pursuant to city code section 30-20 is 1.5 percent.
Editor's note: This Part 7-107 was not placed in the Fee Schedule by the City Council. It is included in the Fee
Schedule only as a convenience. The reader's attention is directed to city code section 30-20.
Part 7-108 (Reserved).
Part 7-109 (Reserved).
Part 7-110 (Charges for returned and denied payments).
(a) Processing fee for a check on which payment has been refused by the payor bank because of insufficient
funds or because the drawer did not have an account at that bank: $25.00
(b) Processing fee for payment denials on all other forms of payment, including but not limited to credit cards,
debit cards, and e-checks: $25.00
Source: ordinance 14776, Onbase PR 10520, adopted 6-15-2015.
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Chapter 8 - Primary implementing department: Fire
Part 8-101 (Interest).
The provisions of Part 1-101 (Interest applicable to certain delinquent debt) apply to all charges imposed under
Chapter 8 of this Fee Schedule.
Part 8-102 (Permits, inspections, and reviews).
Pursuant to city code section 46-86(a), fees for the issuance of permits shall be as follows:
(a) Permit Fee.
Aerosol products
$75.00
Amusement buildings
75.00
Aviation facilities
75.00
Blasting (Explosives) 60 Day Permit
300.00
Bonfire (1 day)
150.00
Carbon dioxide systems >100 lbs
75.00
Carnivals and fairs
150.00
Cellulose nitrate plastic
75.00
Combustible fibers/dust
75.00
Compressed gases
75.00
Construction burning (30 days)
300.00
Covered mall buildings
150.00
Cryogenic fluids
75.00
Discharge of fireworks/pyrotechnics (1 day)
175.00
Dry cleaning plants
150.00
Exhibits and trade shows
150.00
Flammable/combustible liquids
150.00
Fumigation and thermal insecticide fogging (15 days)
150.00
Hazardous materials permitted per NC Fire Code requirements in excess of exempt quantities. In this category,
gallons apply to liquids, and pounds apply to solids and gases.
Class AUp to 500 gallons/pounds
150.00
Class B>500 gallons/pounds
350.00
High piled combustible stock >500 sq. ft
75.00
Installation or removal of (per site) AGST or UGST Tank
300.00
Liquid/gas fueled vehicles/equipment in assembly
150.00
Lumber yards >100k board feet
150.00
Magnesium >10 lbs
150.00
Industrial ovens
150.00
Places of assembly
75.00
Repair garage servicing vehicles
150.00
Tent (30 days >800 sq. ft. closed >1800 sq. ft. open), per tent
150.00
Tire rebuilding plant
150.00
Welding and Cutting (365 days)
75.00
Junk yards/waste handling/scrap yards
150.00
All other permits required by technical code not listed above
75.00
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(b) Inspection:
(1) In general. Inspection fees based upon gross square footage shall be charged to businesses for required
periodic fire inspections. Inspections based upon gross square footage shall be conducted on the
following schedule by occupancy type:
1 Year Inspections
- Residential
- Institutional
- Hazardous
- High Rise
- Any occupancy that is protected with a fire protection system (to include tenants that are protected)
- All daycares, charter, and private schools
2 Year Inspections
- Any occupancy that is not protected with a fire protection system and is not included in the 1 year
inspection list above.
An additional fee as follows shall be applied on all subsequent occasions where a business must be re-
inspected because it did not comply with the code during the first inspection. 1st Re-inspection- $50.00, 2
nd
Re-inspection-$100, 3
rd
Re-inspection-$200. Re-inspection fees for construction inspection types will be
based on the square footage in the rate table below per re-inspection.
Inspection fee rates are set forth below:
Square Feet
Cost
Up to 999
$50.00
1,000 to 2,499
70.00
2,500 to 9,999
110.00
10,000 to 49,999
190.00
50,000 to 99,999
325.00
100,000 to 249,999
450.00
250,000 to 499,999
600.00
500,000 and Above
750.00
Complaint investigation, life safety w/violation, First
Offense (Per Calendar Year)
$500.00
Second Offense (Per Calendar Year)
750.00
Third Offense & Subsequent Offenses (Per Calendar Year)
1000.00
Complaint investigation, all others
100.00
Working without a permit, First Offense (Per Calendar
Year)
500.00
Second Offense (Per Calendar Year)
750.00
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Third Offense & Subsequent Offenses (Per Calendar
Year)
1000.00
(2) Commercial cooking hood inspection fees. An annual fee of $75.00 Per Hood (acceptance test only)
shall be charged for the inspection of commercial cooking hoods and fire extinguishment systems. A
fee of $75.00 Per Hood shall be charged when the owner, at the time of the initial inspection, has failed
to fully install the hood and fire extinguishment system.
(3) No fee for foster homes. No fee shall be charged under this section for the inspection of homes which
have been designated as foster homes by the appropriate county Department of Social Services or for
the inspection of homes as part of the procedure administered by said department of social services
for the qualification or certification of new foster homes.
Source: ordinance 15494, Onbase PR 13291, adopted 6-17-2019.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 9-27(a)(6).
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Chapter 9 - Primary implementing department: General Services Department
Chapter 9A - Primary implementing department: General Services Department, through the Cemeteries Division
Part 9A-101 (Interest).
The provisions of Part 1-101 (Interest applicable to certain delinquent debt) apply to all charges imposed under
Chapter 9A of this Fee Schedule.
An interest rate of 9% is charged on the outstanding balance of installment sales of lots and columbarium niches in
the city owned cemeteries made under city code section 14-78(a).
Editor's note: The second paragraph of this Part 9A-101, relating to interest on sales of lots and columbarium
niches, was not placed in the Fee Schedule by the City Council. It is included in the Fee Schedule only as a
convenience. The reader's attention is directed to city code section 14-78(a).
Editor's note: See also Part 9A-102 Section 14, relating to interest, and city code section 14-26 (promotional
pricing).
Part 9A-102 (Cemetery charges).
Pursuant to city code section 14-25:
Section 1 Interment - Urn burial (below ground below ground, 8:00 AM until 9:00 PM):
a.) Monday through Friday
$450.00
b.) Saturday
550.00
c.) Sunday and holidays
700.00
>Section 2 Interment - grave, crypt, or mausoleum (8:00 AM until 9:00 PM):
a.) Monday through Friday until 4:00 p.m.
$800.00
b.) Saturday
1,10.00
c.) Sunday and holidays
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>This section's weekday (Monday through Friday) interment fee is waived for infant remains. "Infant
remains" refers to the remains of an infant who was 3 years old or younger at death. The fee for infant
remains on a Saturday is $600.00 and on a Sunday or holiday is $700.00.
Section 3 Cemetery lot charges:
a.) Non-monument lot - Standard
grave space for an adult or youth
$1,200.00
grave space for an infant or an urn
600.00
b.) Non-Monument lot - Premier
grave space for an adult or youth
$1,400.00
grave space for an infant or an urn
700.00
c.) Monument Lot
grave space for an adult or youth
$1,400.00
grave space for an infant or an urn
700.00
>Section 4 Transfer lot fee and/or Disinterment fee:
a.) Administrative charge for each instrument of disinterment or transfer
$150.00
b.) Disinterment fee for an adult grave space
1,200.00
c.) Disinterment fee for an infant/urn grave space
800.00
c.) Disinterment fee for columbarium niche
150.00
>Section 5 Interment-columbarium niche (above ground, 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM):
a.) Monday through Friday
$150.00
b.) Saturday
300.00
c.) Sunday and holidays
400.00
Section 6 Columbarium niche charge.
Double niche (space for two urns)
$2,000.00
Single niche (half of double, space for one urn):
1,000.00
Section 7 Overtime charges (additional interment charge when city employees required to work past 4:00 p.m.:
a.) Weekdays (Monday through Friday, per half hour)
$100.00
b.) Weekend or holidays (per half hour)
150.00
Section 8
Floral arrangement fee
$10.00
Section 9
Duplicate deed charge:
$25.00
Section 10
Fees for setting individual markers, companion markers, VA markers, etc.:
a.) Concrete base and installation for bronze veteran's marker
$75.00
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b.) Setting fee for private or veteran's single granite or marble
marker
60.00
c.) Setting fee for private companion or double individual marker
150.00
d.) Permit fee to set monuments or mausoleums
65.00
e.) Fee for forming and pouring concrete for mausoleum or
monument foundations, per cubic foot
15.00
f.) Application fee for variance
150.00
Section 11 Fees for cleaning and reconditioning cemetery markers, monuments, crypts, mausoleums:
a.) Companion markers
$90.00
b.) Individual grave markers
50.00
c.) Monuments
150.00
d.) Crypts (per individual crypt)
200.00
e.) Mausoleums (per niche)
200.00
Section 12 The purchase price of miscellaneous cemetery products (e.g., vases) is the City's total cost to acquire
the miscellaneous cemetery product multiplied by a markup rate of up to 150%, except for the sale of
mausoleums.
Section 13
The fee for planting or removal of ornamentals, trees, shrubs,
etc., per plant
$25.00
Section 14
Interest rate on outstanding balances is 8% per year.
Editor's note: See also city code section 14-26 (promotional pricing) and city code section 14-27 (sales
commission offer to funeral homes and crematories).
Source: ordinance 14269, Onbase PR 8496, adopted 6-4-2012.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 7-29.
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Chapter 9B Reserved
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Chapter 9C - Primary implementing department: General Services Department, through the Urban Forestry
Division
Part 9C-101 (Replacement trees).
Pursuant to city code section 26-227, the fee for a permit to remove city tree and for city to plant replacement is
$100.00. Pursuant to city code section 26-228(b), the fee for the City to plant a replacement city tree is $100.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 21-8 and section 21-9(a).
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Chapter 10 - Primary implementing department: Office of Public Affairs
Part 10-101 (Fees for Providing Copies of Public Records).
Section 1 For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply.
(a) Actual cost is the sum of the direct, chargeable costs related to the copying, as determined by generally
accepted accounting principles, but excluding costs that would have been incurred if a request to copy
the record had not been made.
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(b) Burdensome copying is copying records in response to a request that requires extensive use of
information technology resources, or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by City personnel.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Larger than standard size original is an original page longer than 11 inches in one dimension or longer
than 17 inches in the other dimension.
(e) Non-paper copying is copying records using any format, such as CD-ROM, floppy diskette, or other data
storage, that does not use a photocopy machine to produce copy images.
(f) Personnel Costs are determined at an hourly rate equal to the employee's gross salary during the
applicable fiscal year divided by the number of hours worked by that employee during that fiscal year.
(g) Standard size copy is an 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14, or 11 x 17 inch copy made from an original page that is not
longer than 11 inches in one dimension and not longer than 17 inches in the other dimension.
Section 2 All fees established by this Part shall apply to any person who requests copies of City records, other than
persons acting on behalf of the City.
Section 3
(a) Except as provided otherwise, the following charges shall be made for copies:
Ink on copy
Size of paper of copy
(inches)
Fee per page
black
8.5 x 11
3 cents
black
8.5 x 14
4 cents
black
11 x 17
5 cents
color
8.5 x 11
65 cents
color
8.5 x 14
75 cents
color
11 x 17
$1.00
The City Council finds that the amounts listed in this section are the actual costs. Copying will generally be made 2-
sided when reasonably practicable. A 2-sided copy shall be charged as two pages.
(b) If the copying is burdensome, Section 6 shall apply instead of this section.
(c) In the future, if the City Manager finds that any actual cost has changed, he shall modify the fees provided
for in this section accordingly.
Section 4 The City Manager is authorized to charge fees for copying larger than standard size originals. The fees
shall be at the amounts that the City Manager finds to be the actual cost. If the copying is burdensome, Section 6
shall apply instead of this section.
Section 5 The fee for non-paper copying shall be the cost to the City of the medium onto which the copy is made. If
the copying is burdensome, Section 6 shall apply instead of this section.
Section 6 The City Manager is authorized to charge fees for burdensome copying. The fee for burdensome copying
shall be at the amounts that the City Manager finds to be equal to the actual cost of duplication, including the cost
of equipment, materials, and personnel. The City Manager shall also charge a service charge on burdensome
copying requests equal to the lesser of $25.00 or 15% of the actual cost of duplication. The fees authorized in this
section shall apply to burdensome copying instead of the fees authorized in Section 3, Section 4, or Section 5.
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Section 7 In addition to all other applicable fees, there shall be a fee of 50 cents per certification by the City Clerk
or an assistant City Clerk.
Section 8 The City Manager may waive any fees authorized by this Part when the fees that would be charged are
too small to be worth processing. The City Manager may promulgate rules and procedures to carry out this section.
Source: resolution 9312, Onbase PR 2390, adopted 12-5-2005.
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Chapter 11 - Primary implementing department: Parks and Recreation Department
Part 11-101 (Durham Bulls Athletic Park rental fees).
The following rental fees for the DBAP, for uses other than minor league baseball games, are as provided in this
Part:
Per Game
Per Tournament
Day
Section 1. Baseball Uses
BASE CHARGES:
Youth Recreational League Baseball
$500
$1,000
Adult Recreational League Baseball
$500
$1,000
Collegiate/Olympic Baseball
$650
N/A
Additional Charges:
(as deemed applicable by City Staff)
Security Fee Per Officer Per Hour
$18
Field Lighting Fee Per Hour
$25
Note: Collegiate/Olympic Baseball
Tournaments are classified as Special
Baseball Events. (See Special Baseball
Events fees.)
Section 2. Picnics
Per Picnic
BASE CHARGES:
All Groups
$250
ADDITIONAL CHARGES:
(as deemed applicable by City Staff)
Security Fee Per Officer Per Hour
$18
Field Lighting Fee Per hour
$25
Note: Use of playing field will be an
additional charge to groups hosting
picnics. Applicable fee under Baseball Uses
will apply.
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Section 3. Special Baseball Events
Per Day
BASE CHARGES:
Collegiate/Olympic
Baseball Tournaments
$1,300
Other Special Baseball Events
$1,300
ADDITIONAL CHARGES:
(as deemed applicable by City Staff)
Security Fee Per Officer Per Hour
$18
Field Lighting Fee Per Hour
$25
Stadium Cleanup Fee Per Day
$1,530
Percentage of Event Revenues
Negotiated
Note: The percentage of event revenues
retained by the City will be negotiated on a
case by case basis.
Section 4. Concerts and Other Special
Events
Per Day
BASE CHARGES:
Non-Profit Organizations
$1,000
For-Profit Organizations
$2,500
ADDITIONAL CHARGES:
(as deemed applicable by City Staff)
Security Fee Per Officer Per Hour
$18
Field Lighting Fee Per Hour
$25
Stadium Cleanup Fee Per Day
$1,530
Percentage of Event Revenues
Negotiated
Note: The percentage of event revenues
retained by the City will be negotiated on a
case by case basis.
>Source: resolution 8101, adopted 6-19-1995.
Part 11-102 (Fees and charges in general).
CITY OF DURHAM
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
FEE SCHEDULE
Effective: June 1, 2017
RECREATION PROGRAM FEES
RECREATION PROGRAM CATEGORY
ACTIVITY
FEE
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Aquatics
Challenges - CPR/AED (each)
$28.00
Aquatics
Challenges - Lifeguard Training (each)
$83.00
Aquatics
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
$88.00
Aquatics
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer - Review
$50.00
Aquatics
CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Text
$13.00
Aquatics
Guard Start
$22.00
Aquatics
Lifeguard Instructor
$209.00
Aquatics
Lifeguard Training
$190.00
Aquatics
Pocket Masks {Non-resident fees are not applicable
(NR n/a)}
$10.00
Aquatics
Swimming Lessons
$52.00
Aquatics
Swimming Lessons: Adaptive (per 1/2 hour)
$52.00
Aquatics
Swimming Lessons: Infant and Pre-School Aquatic
Program (IPAP)
$46.00
Aquatics
Swimming Lessons: Private (per ½ hour)
$22.00
Aquatics
Swimming Lessons: Semi-Private (2 students) (per ½
hour)
$33.00
Aquatics
Triathlon Swim Training
$61.00
Aquatics
Water Safety Instructor
$209.00
Athletic Leagues
Basketball ages 18+ (1 league; 6 max)
$375.00
Athletic Leagues
Basketball ages 18+ (2 leagues; 18 max)
$495.00
Athletic League
Basketball ages under 18 (per player)
$28.00
Athletic League - Special Programs
Basketball League - Special Programs (per player)
$28.00
Athletic Leagues
Flag Football ages under 18 (per player)
$28.00
Athletic Leagues
Soccer - Women's ages 30+
$535.00
Athletic Leagues
Soccer - Women's Open ages 17+
$795.00
Athletic Leagues
Soccer ages under 18 (per player)
$39.00
Athletic Leagues
Softball ages 18+ (additional sanctioning fees may be
charged)
$475.00
Athletic Leagues
Volleyball - COED - ages 18+
$80.00
Athletic Leagues
Volleyball - Women's - ages 18+ (with officials)
$240.00
Athletic Leagues
Late Fee - ATHLETICS (per person per sport) (NR n/a)
$10.00
Athletic Programs
Tournament (generic) (per person)
$5.00
Athletic Programs
Tournament (generic) (per team)
$75.00
NOTE: USTA Fees - the following USTA programs will only list the fees assessed by the City of Durham Parks and
Recreation Department. USTA will assess additional fees including a "NC Head tax" and other fees associated
with Active.net
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 18 & Over Tennis League
$12.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 40 & Over Adult League
$12.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 55 & Over Adult League
$4.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 65 & Over Adult League
$0.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 18 & Over Mixed Doubles League
$5.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 40 & Over Mixed Doubles League
$5.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 55 & Over Mixed Doubles League
$3.00
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Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 65 & Over Mixed Doubles League
$0.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA Tri-Level
$12.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 18 & Over Singles League
$3.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 40 & Over Singles League
$3.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 55 & Over Singles League
$3.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 65 & Over Singles League
$0.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 18 & Over Doubles Combo League
$5.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 40 & Over Doubles Combo League
$5.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 55 & Over Doubles Combo League
$3.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA 65 & Over Doubles Combo League
$0.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
USTA JTT (per person)
$12.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
Durham Tennis Tournament Doubles
$14.00
Athletic (USTA) Leagues
Durham Tennis Tournament Singles
$27.00
Care Programs
Fun Days (10.5 hours)
$26.00
Care Programs
Camps - per week
$132.00
Care Programs
After School (annual) Prorate based upon registration
date
$1,188.00
Care Programs
Late Pickup Fee (every 15 minutes or fraction thereof)
(NR n/a)
$20.00
Clinics and Workshops
Workshops - Basic (up to 2 hours) (No special supplies
required)
$1.00
Clinics and Workshops
Instructional Clinic - Basic
$6.00
Clinics and Workshops
Instructional Clinic - Intermediate
$8.00
Clinics and Workshops
Instructional Clinic - Advanced
$11.00
Instructional Classes
Basic Level: Per Course Hour (Youth, Teen, and Senior)
(supply fee may be added if needed)
$1.50
Instructional Classes
Intermediate Level: Per Course Hour (Youth, Teen, and
Senior) (supply fee may be added if needed)
$2.00
Instructional Classes
Advanced Level: Per Course Hour (Youth, Teen, and
Senior) (supply fee may be added if needed)
$2.50
Instructional Classes
Basic Level: Per Course Hour (Adult) (supply fee may
be added if needed)
$4.00
Instructional Classes
Intermediate Level: Per Course Hour (Adult) (supply
fee may be added if needed)
$5.00
Instructional Classes
Advanced Level: Per Course Hour (Adult) (supply fee
may be added if needed)
$6.00
Fitness
Fitness Training - 2-party - per session (50 minutes) -
per person
$22.00
Fitness
Fitness Training - 3-party - per session (50 minutes) -
per person
$17.00
Fitness
Fitness Training - Individual - per session (50 minutes)
$33.00
Ropes Course - Low Challenge
Youth and Teens (ages 18 and under) - 1/2 Day
$20.00
Ropes Course - Low Challenge
Youth and Teens (ages 18 and under) - Full Day
$33.00
Ropes Course - Low Challenge
Adult - 1/2 Day
$30.00
Ropes Course - Low Challenge
Adult - Full Day
$40.00
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Ropes Course - Low Challenge
Corporate Groups - 1/2 Day
$40.00
Ropes Course - Low Challenge
Corporate Groups - Full Day
$50.00
Ropes Course - High Ropes
1/2 day ( Youth and Teens - ages 18 and under)
$25.00
Ropes Course - High Ropes
1/2 day (Adult (ages 19+), Corporate)
$45.00
Ropes Course - High Ropes
1/2 day (Nonprofit and Higher Educational Groups)
$40.00
Ropes Course - Combo Package
(Half day High Ropes Course, Half
Day Low Activities)
Youth and Teen (ages 18 and under)
$40.00
Ropes Course - Combo Package
(Half day High Ropes Course, Half
Day Low
Activities)
Adult (ages 19+), Corporate
$60.00
Ropes Course - Combo Package
(Half
day High Ropes Course, Half Day
Low Activities)
Nonprofit and Higher Educational Groups
$55.00
Trips
Field Trips - 1/2 day (Trips less than 5 hours) - Adults
$6.00
Trips
Field Trips - Day (Trips more than 5 hours) - Adults
$12.00
Trips
Field Trips - Specialty trips - Adults (such as beach
excursion, mountain explorations, etc.) are
determined on a trip by trip basis utilizing DPR's trip
formula for cost recovery (to include transportation,
admissions, food, lodging, and other expenses
associated with the specific trip). Fees will be
determined based on actual cost per person.
TBD
RECREATION ADMISSION FEES
ACTIVITY
FEE
Daily Activity Pass: (includes indoor
pool, exercise equipment, and
fitness programs) Note: some
items may be age restricted
Daily Pass - Youth, Teen
0.00
Daily Activity Pass: (includes indoor
pool, exercise equipment, and
fitness programs) Note: some
items may be age restricted
Daily Pass - Seniors
3.00
Daily Activity Pass (includes indoor
pool, exercise equipment, and
fitness programs)
Daily Pass - Adult
4.00
Aquatics
Outdoor Pools: Youth, Teen
0.00
Aquatics
Outdoor Pools: Seniors
2.00
Aquatics
Outdoor Pools: Adult
3.00
City Lakes
Bank Fishing (per day)
3.00
City Lakes
Battery Rental (per day) (NR n/a)
11.00
City Lakes
Boat/Canoe Rentals (per 6 hours)
6.00
City Lakes
Electric Motor Rental (per 6 hour rental) (NR n/a)
11.00
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City Lakes
Motor Boat Launching
6.00
City Lakes
Non-Motor Boat Launching
5.00
City Lakes
University Seasonal Launching Fee (NR n/a)
500.00
Outreach
Dog Park - replacement tag (NR n/a)
5.00
Outreach
Dog Park Fee - multiple dogs (per additional dog)
15.00
Outreach
Dog Park Fee (per dog)
17.00
Outreach
Baby Sitting Service Fee - per hour
3.00
Mature Adults
Senior Fitness - Per Class
1.00
Racquetball
Per court per hour
8.00
Special Events
Senior Holiday Party (per person)
15.00
Special Events - Mature Adults
Senior Games: Early Bird Registration
12.00
Special Events - Mature Adults
Senior Games: Registration
14.00
RECREATION PASS SALE FEES
ACTIVITY
FEE
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Adult Recreational Swim/Lap Swim: 10
Visits
$27
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Adult Recreational Swim/Lap Swim: 25
Visits
$64
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Adult Recreational Swim/Lap Swim: 50
Visits
$120
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Wellness plus Open Recreational Swim/Lap
Swim: Per Month (Unlimited; Expires 30 Days From
Purchase)
$40
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Senior - Recreational Swim/Lap Swim: 10
Visits
$18
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Senior - Recreational Swim/Lap Swim: 25
Visits
$43
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Senior - Recreational Swim/Lap Swim: 50
Visits
$80
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Water Exercise Class: 10 Visits
$36
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Water Exercise Class: 25 Visits
$85
Aquatics
Pass Sales: Water Exercise Class: 50 Visits
$160
Athletics
Pass Sales: Adult Pickleball: 10 Visits
$27
Athletics
Pass Sales: Adult Pickleball: 25 Visits
$64
Athletics
Pass Sales: Adult Pickleball: 50 Visits
$120
RECREATION PASS SALE FEES
ACTIVITY
FEE
Athletics
Pass Sales: Senior Pickleball: 10 Visits
$18
Athletics
Pass Sales: Senior Pickleball: 25 Visits
$43
Athletics
Pass Sales: Senior Pickleball: 50 Visits
$80
Fitness
Pass Sales: Corporation Play Pass: 50 Passes
$250
Wellness Pass - Per Month. Provides Access To
Unlimited Land- Based Group Fitness And Mind/Body
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Fitness
Classes (Including Zumba, Boot Camp, Dance Fusion,
Total Body, Yoga, And African Relaxation). Use Of
Weights And Fitness Equipment. Open Gym.
$20
Mature Adults
Pass Sales: Mature Adult Activity : 10 Visits
$9
Mature Adults
Pass Sales: Mature Adult Activity: 25 Visits
$21
Mature Adults
Pass Sales: Mature Adult Activity: 50 Visits
$40
RECREATION SPECIAL EVENT FEES
ACTIVITY
FEE
Special Events
Bimbé: Vendor (Food) Deposit (refundable)
50.00
Special Events
Bimbé: Vendors (Artist) (per day)
50.00
Special Events
Bimbé: Vendors (Educational/Non-Profit) (per day)
30.00
Special Events
Bimbé: Vendors (Food) (per day) (drink sales allowed)
250.00
Special Events
Earth Day and Latino Festival: Deposit (refundable)
50.00
Special Events
Earth Day and Latino Festival: Vendors (Artist) (per
day)
50.00
Special Events
Earth Day and Latino Festival: Vendors
(Educational/Non-Profit) (per day)
30.00
Special Events
Earth Day and Latino Festival: Vendors (Food) (per
day)
125.00
Special Events
Earth Day and Latino Festival: Vendors (Non-Food)
(per day)
100.00
Special Events
Summer Music Festival: Vendors (Food) (per concert)
50.00
Special Events
Summer Music Festival: Vendors (Nonfood) (per
concert)
25.00
Special Events
Vendor Booth Fee: (Recreation Center Events and
other events not specified elsewhere) - Events 5 hours
or longer
35.00
Special Events
Vendor Booth Fee: (Recreation Center Events,
Barktoberfest, and other events not specified
elsewhere) - Events lasting less than 5 hours
25.00
FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT
RENTALS
SPACE/SERVICE
FEE
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RECREATION CENTERS (Edison Johnson Aquatic Center, Edison Johnson Recreation Center, Holton Career and
Resource Center, I. R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills, W. D. Hill Recreation Center and the
Weaver Street Recreation Center)
Recreation Centers
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) (NR n/a)
$15.00
Recreation Centers
Food Fee (Assessed when food/beverages served) (NR
n/a)
$25.00
Recreation Centers
Security Deposit (refundable) (without alcohol) (NR
n/a)
$200.00
Recreation Centers
All rentals with Admission Fees or Ticket Sales (NR
n/a)
$200.00
Recreation Centers
Custodial/Maintenance Fee (per 50 guests) with max
@ $200.00 per rental (NR n/a)
$25.00
Recreation Centers
Security and additional fees determined at time of
rental (based on direct costs). City of Durham and
other agencies, government or private, may require
other permits, security services or equipment for the
rental activity. Acquisition of
these extra services and equipment is the renter's
responsibility and expense.
TBD
Recreation Centers (only available
at Holton Career and Resource
Center)
Auditorium (per hour) Friday - Sunday & Holidays
$120.00
Recreation Centers (only available
at Holton Career and Resource
Center)
Auditorium (per hour) Monday - Thursday
$100.00
Recreation Centers
Single Meeting Room (per hour)
$30.00
Recreation Centers
Gymnasiums (per hour)
$60.00
Recreation Centers
Gym Floor Covering - required for gymnasium rentals
where tables and chairs will be used (NR n/a)
$40.00
Recreation Centers
Non-Operational Hours (extra fee) (per hour)
$15.00
SPECIAL USE FACILITIES (Armory; Forest Hills Clubhouse; Lake Michie Boathouse, McCown Mangum House,
Spruce Pine Lodge; and West Point on the Eno amphitheater)
Special Use Facilities
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) without
alcohol (NR n/a)
$15.00
Special Use Facilities: (only
locations specified to allow serving
of alcohol in City Ordinance)
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) with alcohol
(NR n/a)
$50.00
Special Use Facilities (excludes
Armory)
Security Deposit (refundable) (without alcohol) (NR
n/a)
$200.00
Special Use Facilities (excludes
Armory)
Deposit (refundable) With Alcohol (NR n/a)
$250.00
Armory
Deposit (refundable) Without Alcohol (NR n/a)
$300.00
Armory
Deposit (refundable): With Alcohol (NR n/a)
$350.00
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Special Use Facilities
Food Fee (Assessed when food/beverages served) (NR
n/a)
$25.00
Special Use Facilities
All rentals with Admission Fees or Ticket Sales (NR
n/a)
$200.00
Special Use Facilities
Custodial/Maintenance Fee (per 50 guests) with max
@ $200.00 per rental (NR n/a)
$25.00
Special Use Facilities
Security and additional fees determined at time of
rental (based on direct costs). City of Durham and
other agencies, government or private, may require
other
permits, security services or equipment for the rental
activity. Acquisition of these extra services and
equipment is the renter's responsibility and expense.
TBD
Armory
Monday - Thursday (per hour) (4 hour minimum
required)
$50.00
Armory
Friday - Sunday & Holidays (per hour) (6 hour
minimum required)
$60.00
Armory
Meeting Rooms only (per room - per hour) (4 hour
minimum required)
$25.00
Forest Hills Clubhouse
Monday thru Sunday (per hour) (3 hour minimum
required)
$30.00
Lake Michie Boathouse
Monday thru Sunday (per hour) (3 hour minimum
required)
$30.00
McCown Mangum House Rental
Monday thru Thursday (per booking)
$100.00
McCown Mangum House Rental
Friday-Sunday & Holidays (per booking)
$200.00
Spruce Pine Lodge
Friday-Sunday & Holidays (per hour) (minimum 6
hours required)
$50.00
Spruce Pine Lodge
Monday - Thursday (per hour) (minimum 6 hours
required)
$40.00
West Point on the Eno
Amphitheater
Friday - Sunday & Holidays (per hour) (minimum 6
hours required)
$25.00
West Point on the Eno
Amphitheater
Monday - Thursday (per hour) (minimum 6 hours
required)
$20.00
ATHLETIC FIELDS AND
COURTS
Athletic Fields and Courts
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) (Seasonal -
does not apply if renter is only reserving a one-time
usage of a field) (NR n/a)
$15.00
Athletic Fields and Courts
Rescheduling Fee; amendments to booking permit
after permit has been issued (Fee is per amendment
requested) (NR n/a)
$5.00
Athletic Courts
Outdoor Courts - per hour
$5.00
Athletic Fields
Artificial Turf Fields: Day: Without Lights (per hour)
$40.00
Athletic Fields
Artificial Turf Fields: Night: With Lights (per hour)
$60.00
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Athletic Fields
Fields (all other): Day: Without Lights (per hour)
$20.00
Athletic Fields
Fields (all other): Dragging and Lining per field per
event (NR n/a)
$10.00
Athletic Fields
Fields (all other): Night: With Lights (per hour)
$40.00
Tennis Courts
Rental (per hour/court)
$3.00
Concession Building
Rental - per hour
$10.00
CAMPSITES
Campsites (Lake Michie)
Lake Michie Campsites: Group (per night)
$20.00
Campsites (Lake Michie)
Lake Michie Campsites: Individual (per night)
$10.00
EQUIPMENT
Equipment Rental
Ballfield bases (1 set) per day
$50.00
Equipment Rental
Deposit (refundable) - ballfield bases (per set rented)
(NR n/a)
$200.00
Equipment Rental
Racquetball Equipment Rental (per hour)
$2.00
Equipment Rental
Wallyball Equipment Rental (per hour)
$4.00
Equipment Rentals
Deposit (refundable) - mobile stage (NR n/a)
$300.00
Equipment Rentals
Deposit (refundable) - Scoreboard (NR n/a)
$300.00
Equipment Rentals
Mobile Stage - Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable)
15.00
Equipment Rentals
Mobile Stage - Commercial Rate (per day)
$600.00
Equipment Rentals
Mobile Stage - Nonprofit and Government (Durham)
(per day)
$300.00
Equipment Rentals
Picnic Kits (Per Day) Rental
$30.00
Equipment Rentals
Picnic Kits: Damage Deposit (refundable) (NR n/a)
$50.00
EVENT FIELDS & TRAILS
Event Fields & Trails
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) (NR n/a)
$15.00
Event Fields & Trails
Deposit (refundable) (NR n/a)
$100.00
Event Fields & Trails
All rentals with Admission Fees or Ticket Sales (NR
n/a)
$200.00
PICNIC SHELTERS
Picnic Shelter Rentals
Tier 1: Friday - Sunday & Holidays {Forest Hills Park,
Hillside Park (Large), Pineywood Park, Twin Lakes Park
(Large)}
$105.00
Picnic Shelter Rentals
Tier 1: Monday - Thursday {Forest Hills Park, Hillside
Park (Large), Pineywood Park, Twin Lakes Park (Large)}
$80.00
Picnic Shelter Rentals
Tier 2: Friday - Sunday & Holidays {Cook Road,
Edgemont Park, Elmira Park, Garrett Road Park, Long
Meadow Park, Northgate Park (Medium), Orchard
Park, River Forest Park, Sherwood Park, Solite Park,
Twin Lakes Park (Medium), Valley Springs Park, West
Point on the Eno (Medium), Whippoorwill
Park}
$75.00
Picnic Shelter Rentals
Tier 2: Monday - Thursday {Cook Road, Edgemont
Park, Elmira Park, Garrett Road Park, Long Meadow
Park, Northgate Park (Medium), Orchard Park, River
Forest Park, Sherwood Park, Solite Park, Twin Lakes
$50.00
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Park (Medium), Valley Springs Park, West Point on the
Eno (Medium), Whippoorwill Park}
Picnic Shelter Rentals
Tier 3: Friday - Sunday & Holidays {All other Shelters:
American Village Park, Burton Park, C.M. Herndon
Park, C.R. Woods Park, Campus Hills Park, Crest Street
Park, Duke Park, East Durham Park, East End Park,
Hillside Park (Small), Holt School Road Park, Lakeview
Park, Lyon Park, Morreene Road Park, Northgate Park
(Small), Old Farm Road Park, Oval Drive Park, Red
Maple Park, Rockwood Park, Sandy Creek Park, Spruce
Pine Lodge/Lake Michie Recreation Area, Trinity Park,
Unity Village Park, Walltown Park, West Point on the
Eno Park (Small), White Oak Park, Wilkins Road
Park/Lake Michie
Recreation Area, Wrightwood Park}
$55.00
Picnic Shelter Rentals
Tier 3: Monday - Thursday {All other Shelters:
American Village Park, Burton Park, C.M. Herndon
Park, C.R. Woods Park, Campus Hills Park, Crest Street
Park, Duke Park, East Durham Park, East End Park,
Hillside Park (Small), Holt School Road Park, Lakeview
Park, Lyon Park, Morreene Road Park, Northgate Park
(Small), Old Farm Road Park, Oval Drive Park, Red
Maple Park, Rockwood Park, Sandy Creek Park, Spruce
Pine Lodge/Lake Michie Recreation Area, Trinity Park,
Unity Village Park, Walltown Park, West Point on the
Eno
Park (Small), White Oak Park, Wilkins Road Park/Lake
Michie Recreation Area, Wrightwood Park}
$30.00
PLAZAS (CCB Plaza)
Plazas
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) without
alcohol (NR n/a)
$15.00
Plazas
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) with alcohol
(NR n/a)
$50.00
Plazas
Deposit (refundable) With Alcohol (NR n/a)
$200.00
Plazas
Deposit (refundable) Without Alcohol (NR n/a)
$100.00
Plazas
Rental (per hour) (4 hour minimum required)
$10.00
SWIMMING POOLS
Swimming Pool Rentals
Group (operational hours) Up to 10 Participants (per 2
hours) (only during rec swim)
$25.00
Swimming Pool Rentals
Lane (non-operational hours) (per Lane per hour)
$11.00
Swimming Pool Rentals
Lane (operational hours) (per Lane per hour)
$9.00
Swimming Pool Rentals
Private (non-operational hours) Up to 40 Participants
(per hour)
$70.00
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Swimming Pool Rentals
Private (operational hours) Up to 40 Participants (per
hour)
$50.00
Swimming Pool Rentals
Rental Application Fee (nonrefundable) (NR n/a)
$15.00
FEE ADJUSTMENTS
New Programs/Administrative Adjustments
New programs developed within the fiscal year shall have fees established based upon the direct cost to offer the
programs. The Director of Parks and Recreation shall have the authority to approve these new program fees. The
City Manager may approve administrative adjustments recommended by the Department Director in response to
market changes or when other circumstances deem it necessary.
Late Fees
DPR services and rental facilities must be paid for in advance of receipt of services or usage of facilities. Failure to
pay in advance of service/rental may result in cancellation of registration and/or rental. A $20.00 late payment fee
per month (30 days) will be applied for ALL outstanding balances. Any individual, person, or agency with a balance
past due of 60 days or greater will be barred from using DPR services and facilities until the account is made
current.
Discounts
Unless otherwise stated, discounts for rental fees and similarly described charges do not apply to other fees, such
as application fees, security deposits, and late fees. Only one discount may apply to a fee.
Nonresident Fees
Unless otherwise specified in this document (including but not limited to fees marked NR n/a, indicating
Nonresident fees are not applicable), participant residing outside of the City of Durham will be required to pay
additional fees for programs, rentals, and services provided by the City of Durham Parks and Recreation
Department based on the following schedule:
Non-Resident Fees
Fee: $0 - $25.99
$5.00
Non-Resident Fees
Fee: $26.00 - $125.99
$15.00
Non-Resident Fees
Fee: $126.00 +
$25.00
Non-Resident Fees (Athletic Teams)
Athletic Teams: per person per
sport
$12.00
For rental of athletic fields by Athletic Associations and Leagues: teams or leagues with fewer than 75% of their
participants residing in the City of Durham will be charged for a rental at the Non-City Resident fee rate, regardless
of where the organization itself is based.
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Special Terms, Conditions, and Definitions
Holton Career and Resource Center
As part of the Mayor's Transformation in Ten Initiative (formerly known as the Poverty Reduction Initiative) all
programs and activities provided by the Parks and Recreation Department at the Holton Career and Resource
Center (HCRC), including admissions to the fitness center, the computer lab and the open gym programs are
provided at no cost to City Residents. This program excludes Care Programs (Note: The Sliding Fee Scale may apply
to Care Programs), athletic leagues, and rentals of the facility.
Reduced Rates: Employees, Families, and Senior Citizens
**ONLY ONE TYPE OF DISCOUNT MAY BE UTILIZED FOR EACH REGISTRATION**
City Employee Discount
Current City of Durham employees receive a twenty-five
percent (25%) discount on all instructional classes and
recreational passes for activities sponsored by the City of
Durham Parks and Recreation Department. Child Care
programs and facility, field, and equipment rentals are
excluded from this discount.
Facility and Field Fee Waivers
Fee Waivers or reduced fees are determined on a case by
case basis for community events that align with the Mission
of Durham Parks and Recreation. The Recreation Advisory
Commission may review the Facility and Fee Waiver
Applications and make a recommendation to the Director.
All waivers or reductions must be approved the Director of
Durham Parks and Recreation. Those interested in more
information may call 560-4355 or visit the departmental
website to obtain an application for a Facility and Field Fee
Waiver. Please note that applications for reduced or waived
fees for rentals must be received a minimum of 45 days prior
to the scheduled event.
Renters are required to secure their reservation with a
nonrefundable application fee (if applicable) and a
refundable
deposit (if applicable) prior to the submission of an
application for reduced or waived fees.
Multi-Child Discount
The multi-child discount applies to childcare programs for
families who do not qualify for reduced fees under the
sliding
fee scale program and have more than one child registering
for the program. It also applies to all instructional programs.
The discount is as follows:
1st Child
Registrant pays 100%
of registration fee.
Each Additional Child
Registrant pays 90% of
the
registration fee.
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Rental Discount - applies only to Non-profits,
City of Durham, and County of Durham.
Non-profits (with required 501(c)3 verification) (BASED IN
CITY OF DURHAM), City of Durham, and the County of
Durham: the rental fees will be waived for usage of
Recreation Center space Monday - Friday; between 9:00 am
- 3:00 pm. Rules apply: meetings must be "open public
meeting". No fees, dues, or donations may be charged to or
solicited from those attending meetings eligible for this
waiver. Reservations will be accepted on a meeting to
meeting basis. Application may be made no more than 90
days in advance. The discount does not apply to private
social functions (such as weddings, birthday parties), or for
personal usage). Refundable deposit will apply. In addition,
the Food Fee and Setup/Dismantle fee will apply if
applicable.
Non-profits (with required 501(c)3 verification), City of
Durham, and the County of Durham will receive a fifteen
percent (15%) discount on rental fees for recreational
facilities.
Senior Discount
Seniors, aged 55 or better, receive a ten percent (10%)
discount on all recreational programs and admissions to
facilities for activities sponsored by the Durham Parks and
Recreation Department. Activities with specified senior
rates, senior or mature adult programs, and facility, field,
and equipment rentals are excluded from this discount.
Economically Disadvantaged Discount and Fee
Waivers
The Sliding Fee Scale provides for reduced fees for After
School, Summer Camps, Intersession, Nature Caravan, and
Fun Day programs. The Director of Parks and Recreation
shall have the authority to further reduce or waive fees in
their entirety for those programs for individuals facing
extreme hardship and are unable to pay the Sliding Fee Scale
rate.
The Program Fee Waiver applies to all other recreation
programs (that is, excluding After School, Summer Camps,
Intersession, Nature Caravan, and Fun Day programs). The
Department will waive fees in their entirety for participants
who receive services or benefits from the County
Department of Social Services or the Durham Housing
Authority.
Special Terms, Conditions, and Definitions
Adult
Person aged 19+ (at least 19 years of age or older).
Age
Unless otherwise indicated, an age range is stated includes individuals
who are of the ages at both ends of the range. For instance, "ages 13-18"
means an individual who
is at least 13 but is under the age of 19.
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Application fees
Unless otherwise stated, application fees will not be refunded, regardless
of whether the application is withdrawn or denied.
Athletic Fields and Courts
A Reservations Permit is required for all League Games and Team
practices on Athletic Fields and Courts.
Basic
No prerequisite knowledge required. Gain basic familiarity. Minimal
equipment or supplies required.
Intermediate
Participant has generalized knowledge or skill. Gain a new ability or skill.
Learn more in-depth, detailed or special ability.
Advanced
Participant has proficiencies and knowledge further along in complexity
or skill level. Take away a new experience or higher level skill.
Clinic
Instructional activity that takes place within one day.
Booking
Each specific block of time rented by an organization; each single usage.
Cancellation Policy: Rentals
Cancellation by the rental applicant less than 14 days prior to rental date
will result in forfeit of all rental fees and the security deposit.
Commercial Rental
Event organized by a business or individual(s) at which money is intended
to be made for private gain. For example: fund raisers hosted by tax
exempt community organizations are not considered commercial,
whereas a dance to which an admission is charged and is hosted by a
promoter or Promotions Company would be considered Commercial.
Holiday
Legal holiday observed by the City of Durham pursuant to City Code
section 42-16 or any successor provision.
Mature Adult
Senior (person aged 55 or older)
Nonprofit
An organization must be able to provide evidence of 501(c)3 status to be
categorized as "Nonprofit."
On-Line Registrations
On-Line Registrations are assessed a service fee by Active Network, Inc.
These fees, established by Active Network, Inc. are passed to the users of
the online registration system.
Organized Recreational Swim
Group
A pre-planned group of 10 or more participants contracted a minimum of
4 times per season during recreational swim hours.
Pass Sales (expiration)
All "pass sales" are good for one year from the date of issue.
Play More Card
Those to whom a Play More Card is issued receive a 10% discount on
specific programs and other benefits offered by DPR. Participants must
purchase a Play More Card in order to qualify to purchase punch passes.
POS
Point of Sale - how fee will be processed in CLASS software system.
Typically includes programs where registration and attendance tracking
are not required; or may include an item which we sell at cost to the
public.
Program Fees: Per Person
All program fees listed are "per participant" unless otherwise indicated.
Reduced Rates (Discounts)
Only one type of discount may be utilized for each registration.
Rental
All bookings made within one application from an organization.
Security - Armory & Spruce Pine
Lodge
Security for all Events: Durham Police Department (DPD) will review
Event Plans and assign security officers if necessary. Officers will be
assigned at the approved hourly
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rate assigned by the DPD. Renter is responsible for paying the assessed
security fee directly to the officers at the start time of the rental.
Senior
Person aged 55 or older
Teen
Person aged 13-18 (at least 13 years of age and under the age of 19)
Wellness
Category includes aerobics, aquatic lap/recreational swim, exercise
equipment, fitness admissions, open gym, and access to the fitness
centers.
West Point on the Eno
Additional Fees will be assessed for security officers, toilet facilities,
traffic control resources, added park staff, etc.
Youth
Person aged 0-12 (under the age of 13).
Sliding Fee Scale (2017)
90 %
Discount
60 % Discount
30 % Discount
0 % Discount
Family Size
10% Pay
40% Pay
70% Pay
100% (Full) Pay
1
$12,060
$12,061
$18,090
$18,091
$27,137
$27,138
and up
2
$16,240
$16,241
$24,360
$24,361
$36,542
$36,543
and up
3
$20,420
$20,421
$30,630
$30,631
$45,947
$45,948
and up
4
$24,600
$24,601
$36,900
$36,901
$55,352
$55,353
and up
5
$28,780
$28,781
$43,170
$43,171
$64,757
$64,758
and up
6
$32,960
$32,961
$49,440
$49,441
$74,162
$74,163
and up
7
$37,140
$37,141
$55,710
$55,711
$83,567
$83,568
and up
8
$41,320
$41,321
$61,980
$61,981
$92,972
$92,973
and up
9
$45,500
$45,501
$68,250
$68,251
$102,377
$102,378
and up
10
$49,680
$49,681
$74,520
$74,521
$111,782
$111,783
and up
11
$53,860
$53,861
$80,790
$80,791
$121,187
$121,188
and up
12
$58,040
$58,041
$87,060
$87,061
$130,592
$130,593
and up
In the 90% discount column, the dollar amount indicates maximum income.
This Sliding Fee scale is available for DPR's Care Program participants (After School, Summer Camp, Intersession,
and Fun Days). This scale is based on the U. S. Federal Poverty Guidelines issued each year in the Federal Register
by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The scale is based on number of persons in household
and household income. The Director of Parks and Recreation has the authority to update this Sliding Fee Scale, on
an annual basis, based on any changes that are made to the U. S. Federal Poverty Guidelines, including the
authority to change the dates in the scale and in the notes to the scale, in order to accurately reflect the applicable
facts.
This is the current scale in effect for June 1, 2017 based on the Guidelines published January 31, 2017.
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PLAY MORE CARD INFORMATION
Durham Parks and Recreation has an exciting benefits program for our program participants! Participants may
purchase a "DPR Play More Card" which will give them a discounted rate on all programs, in addition to other
benefits listed below. The cards are renewable annually. You will see that the price listings on programs have
changed - each listing now has four prices: two prices for City Residents (with and without a Play More Card),
and two prices for Non-City Residents (with and without a Play More Card). Play More cards are currently
available at the DPR Administrative Office, I.R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center and Edison Johnson Recreation
and Aquatic Center. Play More Cards will be available at more sites throughout the fall. Please check our
website at www.dprplaymore.org for an
updated listing. Questions? Call (919) 560-4355 or e-mail dprinfo@durhamnc.gov.
This card and associated benefits will be offered to our participants at a minimal cost as follows:
Play More Card Fee Structure
Individual: $20 Residents; $25 Non-Residents
Benefits apply to 1 adult plus all youth under the age of 13 residing in the same dwelling unit
2 Party: $35 Residents; $45 Non-Residents
Benefits apply to 2 adults plus all youth under the age of 13 residing in the same dwelling unit
Teen: $10 Residents; $12 Non-Residents
Benefits apply to individual teen (ages 1317)
Replacement card: $5
**No discounts are applicable to the price of the Play More Card.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The DPR Play More Card provides a 10% discount for all program fees with the following exceptions:
Does not apply to Athletic League (group rates), Adventure Program (Challenge Course Rates), Swim Meet fees,
and Special Event fees (vendors, floats, etc.).
Does not apply to items purchased (such as pocket masks), late fees, or rental fees.
The Play More card is required for participants to purchase volume discount Pass sales for many "drop in"
programs.
Play More Card Benefits
Participants receive a 10% discounted fee rate for all recreation programs (excludes rental facilities);
Play More Card holders may purchase volume punch passes for "drop-in" programs: racquetball, swimming,
wellness/open gym, mature adult dance, aerobics, water exercise, etc.
Provides ease of access to pass programs through a scanned entry (rather than waiting for account check-in by
Attendant)
Early Registration for a few designated DPR programs;
Can be used as photo identification for quick entry into DPR facilities.
Free Admission to selected workshops as determined by the Director of Parks and Recreation (example:
Environmental workshops lasting less than 3 hours).
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Free Admission to Arthritis Foundation Exercise courses.
Free Admission for Mature Adults to attend Mature Adult Chair Exercise
Free Admission for Mature Adults for identified "local trip" activities (both within the corporate limits of the City
and lasting less than 5 hours)
Source: ordinance 15115, Onbase PR 11903, adopted 5-18-2017.
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Chapter 12 - Primary implementing department: Police Department
Part 12-101 (Fingerprint cards and photographs).
A charge for requesting a photograph or for providing a copy of a photograph by any member of the Durham
Police Department shall be $10.00. No charge shall be made to law enforcement agencies or to the City of Durham.
A charge for providing up to three fingerprint cards at the request of any individual or public or private
organization shall be $10.00. No charge shall be made to law enforcement agencies or to the City of Durham.
Source: resolution 8680, adopted 6-19-2000
Part 12-102 (Immobilization).
Pursuant to code section 66-375(b), the immobilization fee is $50.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 22-204(b).
Part 12-103 (Precious metal dealers).
Nature
When required
Amount
Dealer permit
initial and
annual
$180.00
Certificate of compliance to employee
initial
10.00
Certificate of compliance to employee
annual
renewal
3.00
Special occasion permit application filing
initial
180.00
Special occasion permit application
annual
renewal
180.00
Editor's note: This Part 12-103 was not placed in the Fee Schedule by the City Council. It is included in the Fee
Schedule only as a convenience. These fees are set by N.C.G.S. section 66-165.
Part 12-104 (Police-Initiated Nonconsensual Tow Fees).
Pursuant to City Code Section 50-391, the following maximum charges are allowed and apply to police- initiated
(Durham rotation wrecker request) nonconsensual tows in the City.
(a) Towing of vehicles as a result of Durham rotation wrecker request:
Non-collision tows: maximum charge of $125.00
Basic collision tows (includes use of dollies and basic winching): maximum charge of $225.00
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Collision tows requiring recovery services (recovery services are for over-turned vehicles, fatality crashes, use
of snatch blocks, or the removal of a vehicle from an embankment or beyond the roadway and its
shoulder/right-of-way): maximum charge $325.00
(b) Release of vehicle or retrieval of personal property outside of the tow truck operator's regular business
hours:
Maximum charge of $50.00
(c) Storage of vehicle:
A heavy-duty vehicle is a vehicle whose gross vehicle weight (GVW) is equal to or greater than 10,000
pounds.
$35.00 charge for non-heavy-duty vehicle will apply after 8:00 a.m. the following day, then $35.00 each day
or portion of a day thereafter
$75.00 charge for each heavy-duty vehicular unit (1 tractor = 1 vehicular unit and 1 trailer = 1 vehicular unit)
will apply after 8:00 a.m. the following day, then $75.00 each day or portion of a day thereafter
(d) DMV filing fee:
Maximum charge of $75.00
This charge may be made only if the tow truck operator reports to the Division of Motor Vehicles that the vehicle is
unclaimed. In order to make this charge, the tow truck operator must on or after the tenth day of storage
complete DMV form #ENF-260 or a revised form if any is issued by the DMV and deliver the form to the DMV. A
copy of the completed form shall remain on file at the tow truck operator's business for review.
(e) Administrative Fee:
Maximum charge of $20.00
(f) Heavy-duty tow fee:
A heavy-duty vehicle is a vehicle whose gross vehicle weight (GVW) is equal to or greater than 10,000
pounds.
The maximum charges in this part do not apply to the towing of a heavy-duty vehicle. However, sections (b),
(c), (d) and (e) of this part (release of vehicle/retrieval of property, storage of vehicle, DMV filing fee, and
administrative fee) apply to heavy-duty vehicles.
Source: ordinance 15780, Onbase PR 14467, adopted 2-15-2021.
Part 12-105 (Reserved).
Repealed by ordinance 14829, Onbase PR 10614, adopted 8-17-2015.
Part 12-106 (Wrecker Dispatch Fee).
Pursuant to city code section 50-391(f), a tow truck operator on the city's rotation wrecker list shall pay $10.00 per
vehicle towed.
Source: ordinance 14379, Onbase PR 8918, adopted 12-17-2012.
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Chapter 13B - Primary implementing department: Public Works Department
Pursuant to city code section 62-52, 62-53, 62-82, and 70-96, the following schedule of fees applies to permits
required by city code.
Part 13B-101 (Water meter testing).
Pursuant to city code section 70-9(c), the testing charge is $50.00.
Salvageable hardware credit. Pursuant to city code section 70-7(c), the charge to be credited by the city for
salvageable hardware is $10.00.
Source: ordinance 14446, Onbase PR 9160, adopted 5-6-2013.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-9(c) and section 23-7(c).
Part 13B-102 (Reserved).
Part 13B-103 (Interest on assessments).
Editor's note: The interest rate on assessments for public improvements is set by the City Council for each
assessment roll in light of Resolution 9753, which provides for a recommended interest rate to be the lesser of (i)
the Prime Interest Rate published in The Wall Street Journal on the fourth Friday of May of each year, plus 4.25%,
or (ii) 9%. The new interest rate according to this formula is effective for the July 1June 30 that follows the fourth
Friday in May. Resolution 9753 is Resolution Stating City Council's Intention to Base Special Assessment Interest
Rates on the Prime Rate, adopted by City Council on 2-21-2011, at Onbase PR 7581.
Part 13B-104 (Permits for inspections of utility installations in public rights-of-way).
All private utility installations in the public right-of-way, immediately adjacent to right-of-way, or future public
right-of-way shall be permitted and fees, if applicable, shall be charged to offset the costs of the City's program to
track, review, and inspect such work. The charges below shall apply to such permits, if applicable. Permits shall be
valid for 120 days from the date of issuance. Each permit shall cover work to be performed in a defined contiguous
geographic area.
A. (Underground installations).
1. For permits to install 5,280 linear feet of infrastructure or less, the following fees shall apply:
Tiered Schedule (in linear feet of installation)
Fee Structure
200 feet or less
$50.00
Over 200 feet, up to 1,000 feet
120.00
1,000 feet, up to 5,000 feet
460.00
Over 5,000 feet, but less than 5,280 feet, calculate
per above rates
Additive for above rates
(ex. 5,150 lf = $510.00)
2. For permits to install greater than 5,280 linear feet of infrastructure, the following fee schedule shall
apply:
Base Rate
Linear Foot Charge
$150.00
$0.20
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3. The fees in sections 1 and 2 above shall not be charged against the following categories of service
providers:
a. Natural gas providers
b. Telecommunications services providers
c. Video programming providers
d. Electricity providers
Penalties will however be assessed against any entity that performs work in the right-of-way without a
permit under conditions that do not constitute a documented emergency as determined in the sole
discretion of the Public Works Director or the Public Works Director's Designee, in accordance with Fee
Schedule Part
*
.
B. (Aboveground installations).
1. For aboveground installations such as poles, hand holes, pedestals, and single services, but not
including City street lights, the following fees shall apply:
Aboveground Installations
Fee Structure
Pole, hand hole, pedestal, single service (each)
$50.00
2. The fees in sections 1 above shall not be charged against the following categories of service providers:
a. Natural gas providers
b. Telecommunications services providers
c. Video programming providers
d. Electricity providers
Penalties will however be assessed against any entity that performs work in the right-of-way without a
permit under conditions that do not constitute a documented emergency as determined in the sole
discretion of the Public Works Director or the Public Works Director's Designee, in accordance with Fee
Schedule Part ___*.
C. (Small Wireless Facilities).
1. For small wireless facilities the following fees shall apply
Small Wireless Facilities
Fee Structure
Per facility up to five facilities
$100.00
Each additional facility
50.00
D. (Re-Inspection fees).
1. Re-Inspection Fees for permits regardless of size - where additional inspections are required as a result
of non-compliant work discovered during the initial inspection, or for any other reason, a Re-Inspection
Fee shall be applied to each location of such inspections performed beyond the initial inspection of any
work, i.e. possibly generating multiple fees for the same permit:
Type of Fee
Fee
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Re-inspection
$325.00
2. The fees in sections 1 above shall not be charged against the following categories of service providers:
a. Natural gas providers
b. Telecommunications services providers
c. Video programming providers
d. Electricity providers
Penalties will however be assessed against any entity that performs work in the right-of-way without a
permit under conditions that do not constitute a documented emergency as determined in the sole
discretion of the Public Works Director or the Public Works Director's Designee, in accordance with Fee
Schedule Part ___*.
Editor's note: In accordance with the Fee Schedule's style, the editor removed several dollar signs and changed
some of the fonts. The editor made no changes to the words or the punctuation.
Editor's note: Ordinance 14021 labeled another fee as Part 13B-104, but because Part 13B-104 was taken (by
ordinance 14011), the fee under Ordinance 14021 has been assigned Part 13B-111.
Source: ordinance 15256, Onbase PR 12304, adopted 2-5-2018.
* Editor's note: The editor has effaced this cross reference. For more information, consult the Public Works
Department.
Part 13B-105 (Public Works re-inspection fee).
A fee for each re-inspection of $100 is charged as follows:
(1) All inspection visits starting with the third inspection for single inspection driveways, street cuts,
sidewalks, cow horn irrigation or other single permit one time inspections.
(2) All inspection visits starting with the third inspection for final right-of-way inspections performed by
Public Works on building permits or any Land Office Development (LDO) related inspections.
Source: ordinance 14020, Onbase PR 7146, adopted 6-21-2010.
Part 13B-106 (Will Serve Permit, Due Diligence Property Information, Building Permit Review, Construction
drawing review, As-Built Review, CCTV Review, Construction Security Management).
Note: All items in this section shall be charged the fees listed below plus a 4% technology surcharge fee.
Will Serve Permit
$500.00
Due Diligence Property Information
20.00
Public Works Residential Building Permit Review
100.00
Public Works Commercial Building Permit Review
200.00
Commercial construction drawing review - No
Water/Sewer Permits. See note 1 below.
1,500.00
Commercial construction drawing - Water or Sewer Permits (includes
apartment buildings). See note 1 below.
The fee is the sum of the two fees shown in the two rows to the right of this
cell; the dollar amount in the upper row, which is a flat fee, plus the dollar
2,500.00
500.00
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amount in the lower row,
which is per additional apartment building.
Construction drawing revision
1,000.00
Pump Station Review
15,000.00
Construction drawing field change
200.00
Subdivision (Single-Family or Townhome) construction drawing review. See
note 1 below. The fee is the sum of the two fees shown in the two rows to the
right of this cell;
the dollar amount in the upper row, which is a flat fee, plus the dollar amount
in the lower row, which is per lot.
2,500.00
25.00
As-Built Review. See note 1 below.
100.00
CCTV Review (Storm and Sanitary Sewer only) per foot
1.00
Construction Security Management. The fee is a percentage of the amount of
construction security per bond
issued ($100.00 minimum)
0.2%
>Note 1: Base fee applies per phase of project plans (i.e., if a 3 phase project is submitted, the fee is 3 x the base
fee plus lot fees if lot fees apply). Phasing any type of project after CD approval will result in a base fee charge per
phase only.
Editor's note: Both the note that is above the table and Note 1 are shown as they were adopted by the city council.
Source: ordinance 15634, Onbase PR 14002, adopted 6-15-2020; ordinance 15829, Onbase 14727, adopted 6-21-
2021.
Part 13B-107 (Development-related permits, agreements, and fire flow tests).
Effective for all connections
performed on or after 10-1-2017
Water extension permit
$450.00
Sewer extension permit
450.00
Extension agreement
500.00
Extension agreement (for each Single-Family residence)
100.00
License agreement
200.00
Fire flow test
945.00
>Source: ordinance 15634, Onbase PR 14002, adopted 6-15-2020; ordinance 15829, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-
21-2021.
Part 13B-108 (Assessment rates and frontage charges)
Street Paving Assessments:
Type of improvement
Pay Period
Assessment Rate
Curb, gutter and paving for existing
city-maintained gravel streets
(including any
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
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associated water, sewer or storm
sewer utilities)
Curb, gutter and paving for existing
city-maintained ribbon paved
streets
(including any associated water,
sewer or storm sewer utilities)
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
Ribbon paving for existing city-
maintained gravel streets
(including any associated water,
sewer or storm sewer
utilities)
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
>*Full Cost shall mean all costs associated with design, construction, inspection, rights-of-way and/or easement
acquisition.
Sidewalk Assessment:
Type of improvement
Pay Period
Assessment Rate
Petitioned sidewalk inside of the
Durham Bike+Walk plan
8 years
$35.00 a linear foot
Petitioned sidewalk outside of the
Durham Bike+Walk plan
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
>*Full Cost shall mean all costs associated with design, construction, inspection, rights-of-way and/or easement
acquisition.
Water and Sewer Mains Only (not included in a street paving project)
Location
Pay Period
Assessment Rate
Property inside the city limits
8 years
75% of Full Cost*
Property outside the city limits
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
>*Full Cost shall mean all costs associated with design, construction, inspection, rights-of-way and/or easement
acquisition.
Water and Sewer Lateral Assessments:
Type of improvement
Pay Period
Assessment Rate
Property inside the city limits
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
Property outside the city limits
8 years
100% of Full Cost*
>*Full Cost shall mean all costs associated with construction and inspection.
Frontage Charges:
Location
Type
Rate per front foot
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Property inside the city limits
Water
$27.00
Sewer
50.00
Property outside the city limits
Water
29.50
Sewer
56.00
>Editor's note: Regarding certain frontage fees collected between July 1, 2018 and June 17, 2019, see city code
section 70-17 and section 2 of ordinance 15484.
Source: ordinance 15815, Onbase PR 14686, adopted 6-7-2021
Part 13B-109 (Water and sewer engineering connections).
Existing water connections (setting meter)
Effective for connections
performed beginning
10-1-2017
5/8" meter in existing box and service
$285.00
1" meter in existing box and service
420.00
1 ½" meter in existing box and service
656.00
2" compound meter
2,100.00
3" compound meter
2,625.00
4" meter
3,675.00
6" meter
10,500.00
8" meter
At cost
10" meter
At cost
12" meter
At cost
Return visit if meter box not ready for setting
50.00
New water connections
Effective for connections
performed beginning
10-1-2021
¾" service
$2,213.41
1" service
3,150.00
1 ½" service
3,990.00
2" service
4,967.00
Effective for connections
performed
beginning 10-1-2021
Second, water-only service for irrigation
purposes
$1,050
Purchase of water meter
actual cost
Relocation of 5/8"
429
Relocation of a 1" water meter
563
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Lateral sewer connections
Effective for
connections performed beginning
10-1-2021
4" sewer connection
$3417
6" sewer connection
at cost
>Source: ordinance 15129, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-19-2017 ordinance 15829, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-
21-2021.
Part 13B-110 (Copies of certain items).
Widening and property maps
9" x 15"
$3.00
12" x 18"
3.00
18" x 24"
3.00
24" x 36" plan & profile
4.00
Block # map
25.00
Water or sewer base map (1" = 1,500')
Full map
$50.00
½ base map
25.00
Aerial photographs
Per Part 10-101 of the Fee Schedule, Section 6,
Burdensome
Water and sewer specifications
$10.00
Street design specifications
5.00
Street construction specifications
5.00
Storm drain manual
2.00
>In case of conflict between this Part and Part 10-101, this Part controls.
Source: ordinance 14003, Onbase PR 7105, adopted 6-7-2010.
Part 13B-111 (Single-permit, one-time inspections not otherwise provided for).
All items in this Part are charged the fees listed below plus a 4% technology surcharge fee.
For driveways, street cuts, sidewalks, cow horn irrigation or any other single permit one time inspection that does
not have an established fee, the fee is $150.00 per inspection.
Re-inspection fees for the above permits in Part 13B-111 shall be $150.00.
Source: ordinance 15634, Onbase PR 14002, adopted 6-15-2020; ordinance 15829, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-
21-2021.
Part 13B-112 (Payment-in-lieu for sidewalks).
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The payment in-lieu for sidewalks is $65.00 per linear foot. This amount will be used when applying UDO Section
12.4.6 (Payment-In-Lieu).
Source: ordinance 14001, Onbase PR 7105, adopted 6-7-2010.
Part 13B-113 (Curb, gutter, driveway, sidewalk, and wheelchair ramp construction; inspection of streets and
water and sewer mains).
Basis
Driveway closure
per foot
$35.00
Curb cut (downspout)
each
60.00
Removal of curb only
per foot
10.00
Removal of curb & gutter
per foot
23.00
Driveway widening, up to 5'
each
520.00
Driveway widening, over 5'
actual cost
Construction of driveway entrance without drainage pipe
3' radius: 12' width
$795.00
3' radius: 15' width
990.00
3' radius: 20' width
1310.00
3' radius: 25' width
1635.00
3' radius: 30' width
1950.00
4' radius: 12' width
1060.00
4' radius: 15' width
1320.00
4' radius: 20' width
1750.00
4' radius: 25' width
2175.00
4' radius: 30' width
2600.00
5' radius: 12' width
1325.00
5' radius: 15' width
1650.00
5' radius: 20' width
2185.00
5' radius: 25' width
2725.00
5' radius: 30' width
3250.00
Sale and/or installation of concrete driveway pipe: this fee is in addition to any driveway entrance construction
fee shown above in this Part.
Install owner-furnished pipe
$36.00 per foot
Install city-furnished pipe
actual cost of pipe plus $36.00 per foot
Sidewalk construction or repair
Basis
4" concrete sidewalk
per square yard
$30.00
6" concrete sidewalk
per square yard
35.00
Wheelchair ramp (for residence)
each
300.00
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>Inspection
Per linear foot
Street (public and private) construction
$2.00
Water main
1.00
Sewer main
1.00
Source: ordinance 14002, Onbase PR 7105, adopted 6-7-2010.
Part 13B-114 (Interest rate on construction for water and sewer service and for stormwater drainage work).
The interest rate on installment payments for the construction of water and sewer service done pursuant to
Charter Section 82 and for installment payments allowed by city code section 70-688 for the property owner share
of stormwater drainage repair and improvements is the lesser of (i) the Prime Interest Rate published in The Wall
Street Journal on the fourth Friday of May of each year, rounded to the nearest basis point, plus 4.25%, or (ii) 9%.
The new interest rate set according to this formula is effective for the next fiscal year.
Installment payments are subject to the interest rate in effect during the fiscal year that the City Manager receives
the completed petition for time payments. The date of receipt of the petition or application is set under
procedures established by the City Manager.
The interest rate as determined by the two preceding paragraphs does not apply with respect to completed
petitions received July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, which instead are subject to an interest rate of 7.5%.
The interest rate set under this Part for a particular property will remain in effect for that property, regardless of
changes in interest rates that may occur in later fiscal years.
If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that an interest rate set lower than 9% pursuant to this Part is
invalid or unenforceable, the applicable interest rate shall be 9% for the entire period that the lower interest
would have applied if it had been valid and enforceable.
Source: ordinance 14831, Onbase PR 10584, adopted 8-3-2015.
Editor's note: Interest rate set according to the formula in this Part. This table also applies to Part 15-117 (Interest
rate on capital facilities fees for water and sewer connections).
Table of Interest Rates
When announced
Announced by
Fiscal year to which applies
Interest rate
5-27-2011
Deputy Finance
Director
2011-12
7.5%
5-25-2012
Deputy Finance
Director
2012-13
7.5%
5-24-2013
Deputy Finance
Director
2013-14
7.5%
5-23-2014
Deputy Finance
Director
2014-15
7.5%
5-22-2015
Deputy Finance
Director
2015-16
7.5%
5-31-2016
Deputy Finance
Director
2016-17
7.75%
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5-30-2017
Deputy Finance
Director
2017-18
8.25%
5-25-2018
Deputy Finance
Director
2018-19
9.00%
5-24-2019
Deputy Finance
Director
2019-20
9.00%
5-22-2020
Deputy Finance
Director
2020-21
7.5%
>Part 13B-115 (Utility surcharge for Lick Creek Basin 25 or utility basins that discharge into Basin 25).
Any project that extends utilities through a City of Durham extension agreement shall be subject to a utility basin
surcharge fee as stated below. Exceptions to this charge shall be defined in the Basin 25 Utility Contract
Reimbursement Agreement.
For detached single-family dwellings (including townhomes and condo style townhomes), per unit, $2,500.00
For all uses other than detached single-family dwellings (as stated above), such as multifamily (condominium
apartments, apartments, mixed use) and nonresidential development, per gallon per day of permitted
wastewater flow (as defined by the sewer design flow rates found in the North Carolina Administrative Code
Section 15A NCAC 02H.0200 - Waste Not Discharged to Surface Waters), $11.57
Source: ordinance 14331, Onbase PR 8785, adopted 10-15-2012.
Part 13B-116 (Processing fees for submission of application for consideration of proposed alternate materials,
design, or methods)
The fees associated with applications for consideration of proposed alternate materials, design, or methods
pursuant to city code section 1-16 shall be paid to the City department processing the application and shall be as
follows:
1. Tier 1 Alternative application fee - $1,500.00
2. Tier 2 Alternative application fee - $4,000.00
Tier assignment will be determined by staff based upon the tier definitions set forth in the Reference Guide for
Development.
Sources: ordinance 15615, Onbase PR 13913, adopted 5-18-2020.
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Chapter 13C - Primary implementing department: Public Works, through Stormwater Services
Part 13C-101 (Stormwater Permit and surety fees).
Note: The stormwater permit fee and the level spreader permit fee in this section shall be charged as listed below
plus a 4% technology surcharge fee.
The Stormwater permit fee is $3,700.00 for each BMP except level spreaders. The level spreader BMP permit fee is
$800.00.
The Stormwater surety fee is 25% of construction cost.
Editor's note: The note is shown as it was adopted by the city council.
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Source: resolution 9476, Onbase PR 4112, adopted 6-18-2007; ordinance 15304, Onbase 12558, adopted 6-18-
2018.
Editor's Note: Resolution 9649, Onbase PR 6276, adopted 6-15-2009, has been superseded.
Part 13C-102 (Stormwater services charges on developed land)
Service charges authorized by city code section 70-652 on developed land are:
(1) Residential units: $4.20 per month for residential units with less than 2,000 square feet of impervious
surface; $8.70 per month for residential units with 2,000 square feet or more of impervious surface but
less than 4,000 square feet of impervious surface; and $17.42 per month for residential units with
4,000 square feet or more of impervious surface.
(2) Residential customers are billed on an annual basis, unless a request for a billing schedule change from
the property owner is received and approved by the Public Works Stormwater Billing Services Unit.
(3) Other residential and nonresidential land is charged $8.70 per month for each equivalent residential
unit (ERU), which is defined in city code section 70-631. ERUs of less than 0.5 shall be rounded down
and those of 0.5 or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. There is no service
charge for non-residential property that contains less than 0.5 ERU of impervious surface.
Source: ordinance 15937, Onbase PR 15402, adopted 5-16-2022.
Part 13C-103 (Stormwater service charges - miscellaneous).
Fees for miscellaneous stormwater services charges are:
closed circuit television - location of sanitary sewer laterals
$200.00
sewer lateral connections, 6" sewer connection, adding a manhole
2,200.00
>Source: ordinance 13992, Onbase PR 7053, adopted 5-17-2010.
Part 13C-104 (Stormwater linear-foot inspection).
A charge for inspection of stormwater lines is charged as follows:
(1) $1.00 per linear foot of pipe.
(2) $0.50 per linear foot of open channel conveyances.
Source: ordinance 14019, Onbase PR 7146, adopted 6-21-2010.
Part 13C-105 (Animal collection and disposal).
Weekly collection and disposal of animals for
frequent users (veterinary clinics, etc.)
Per month
$50.00
Infrequent Users
Per month
10.00
Part 13C-106 (Street Sweeping and Flushing).
Street sweeping call-out
Per hour, leaving shop until return
$60.00
Street flushing
Per hour, leaving shop until return,
and water rate for that location
55.00 plus charge for
water used
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>Source: ordinance 13996, Onbase PR 7105, adopted 6-7-2010.
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Chapter 13D - Reserved
_____________________________
Chapter 13E - Primary implementing department: Public Works, through Street Maintenance
Reserved.
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Chapter 14 - Primary implementing department: Solid Waste Management
Part 14-101 (Municipal Solid Waste at Waste Recycling and Disposal Center).
Transfer Station
1. Municipal solid waste delivered by
commercial vehicles.
Per ton
$54.00
2. Comingled recyclable material
delivered by account holders authorized to
deliver recycling.
By contract only
variable
Composting Facility
3. Organic waste delivered by
commercial vehicles.
Per ton
$29.00
4. Yard waste flat rates for non-
commercial vehicles.
When brought in a
¾ ton pick-up truck.
The charge is by
volume.
5.00
8.00
11.00
When brought in a minivan, station wagon,
or small SUV, the charge is per vehicle.
5.00
When brought in a full size van, or full size
SUV, the charge is per vehicle.
8.00
When brought in a passenger car, the
charge is per vehicle.
2.00
*Contaminated organic loads will be
charged as municipal solid waste according
to the type of vehicle (see rows 1 and 5 for
applicable rates)
>Convenience Center
5. Municipal solid waste flat rates for
non-commercial vehicles.
When brought in a
¾ ton pick-up truck,
$10.00
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the charge is by
volume.
15.00
20.00
When brought in a minivan, station wagon,
or small SUV, the charge is per vehicle.
10.00
When brought in a full size van, or full size
SUV, the charge is per vehicle.
15.00
When brought in a passenger car, the
charge is per vehicle.
5.00
6. Tires
Tires without N.C.
State certification
91.00
Tires with N.C. State
certification
Free
Surcharge for tires
mixed with other
waste
6.00
Disposal of
individual tires by
someone other
than a tire collector,
tire processor, or
tire hauler.
Free
7. Compostable food waste delivered by
non-commercial vehicles.
By special arrangement only
variable
8. Recyclable materials delivered by non-
commercial vehicles in residential
quantities are to be placed in the
specifically labeled area.
Commingled recycling (bottles, cans, jars,
and paper)
Cardboard
White goods (large appliances) Scrap metal
Motor oil Anti-freeze Cooking oil Textiles
Free
9. Household hazardous waste
Paint, pesticides, solvents, cleaning
chemicals, automotive fluids, fluorescent
lights and other potentially hazardous
materials from residential sources. No
commercial, medical, radioactive, or
explosive materials are permitted.
Free
Compliance
10. Non-compliant loading
Additional fee for
unsecured or
uncovered load
(applied regardless
of whether refuse
actually drops or
blows from vehicle)
$20.00
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Additional fee for
loads delivered to
the transfer station
that contain
material or items
that cannot be
lawfully disposed of
in a landfill
2 times charge
>Source: ordinance 15466, Onbase PR 13174, adopted 5-20-2019; ordinance 15828, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-
21-2021; ordinance 15960, Onbase PR 15501, adopted 6-21-2022; city code section 58-152; N.C.G.S. section 130A-
309.81(b).
Part 14-102 (Bulky items collection).
Bulky items. Throughout this Part, bulky items
are defined to be items too large to be safely
collected by the City in a household rollout cart.
Up to 3 items per week
Free
Bulky items
Each additional group of 5, or part
thereof
$20.00
Bulky items
Per collection of more than 5
items:
Up to ½ trailer load
½ trailer load to a full trailer load
80.00
160.00
Bulky brush / yard cleanup
Per 3 cubic yard scoop or 5
biodegradable bags
20.00
Source: ordinance 15130, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-19-2017.
Part 14-103 (Reserved).
Source: ordinance 15960, Onbase PR 15501, adopted 6-21-2022.
Part 14-104 (Reserved).
Source: repealed by ordinance 15466, Onbase PR 13174, adopted 5-20-2019.
Part 14-105 (Reserved).
Source: repealed by ordinance 15466, Onbase PR 13174, adopted 5-20-2019.
Part 14-106 (Cart charges and service fees).
Household trash cart and
service
First cart
Free
Up to 3 additional carts
$1.50
Household recycle cart and
service
Up to 4 carts
Free
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Household yard waste cart
First cart
7.50
Up to 3 additional carts
1.50
>Yard waste is an optional service and the fees above are designed to cover the full costs of providing the service.
Trash and recycling costs are primarily covered through property taxes, other than the costs of extra carts shown
above.
Source: ordinance 15130, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-19-2017.
Part 14-107 (Reserved).
Source: ordinance 15130, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-19-2017.
Part 14-108 (Reserved).
Source: ordinance 13996, Onbase PR 7105, adopted 6-7-2010.
Part 14-109 (Reserved).
Source: ordinance 13996, Onbase PR 7105, adopted 6-7-2010
Part 14-110 (Reserved).
Source: repealed by ordinance 15495, Onbase 13291, adopted 6-17-2019.
Part 14-111 (Remedial fees for violations).
Remedial fee for violation of any
provision of Chapter 58 of the city code
First fee
$50.00
Second fee within the same fiscal year
as the first fee
50.00
Third fee and thereafter within the
same fiscal year as the first and second
fees. Instead of charging any particular
fee, the City Manager may proceed with
a court action for relief.
$50.00
>1. Interest on any unpaid fee shall accrue at the rate of 1% per month and shall be incorporated into that
fee.
2. Section 58-8(a) of the city code authorizes the City Council to establish remedial fees for violations of
chapter 58 and rules and regulations established under section 58-2. Such fees are not intended to be
punitive in nature, nor are they intended to deter noncompliance with the provisions of chapter 58.
They are instead intended to defray damages accruing to City taxpayers resulting from violations of
chapter 58 and rules and regulations established thereunder, specifically administrative and
operational resources expended by the Department of Solid Waste Management on education of, and
notification to, violators prior to fee issuance, and on assistance to citizens injured by violations.
Source: ordinance 15130, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-19-2017.
Part 14-112. (Interest).
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The provisions of Part 1-101 (Interest applicable to certain delinquent debt) apply to all landfill fees authorized by
this Fee Schedule.
Source: ordinance 15130, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-19-2017.
Part 14-113 (Definitions).
In this chapter, these definitions apply:
1. "Commercial vehicle" means a "commercial motor vehicle" as defined by N.C.G.S. 20-4.01(3d) as
amended, a dump truck, a vehicle with one or more trailers, a vehicle modified to increase the volume
it can hold, any motor vehicle with tandem axles, a vehicle driven for commercial purposes, and any
motor vehicle that is not defined as a non-commercial vehicle in these definitions.
2. "Non-commercial vehicle" means any of the following motor vehicles that (a) is not used for
commercial purposes and (b) that has not been modified to increase the volume it can hold: ¾-ton or
smaller pickup trucks; minivans; vans; station wagons; SUVs; and passenger cars.
3. "Motor vehicle" means a "motor vehicle" as defined by N.C.G.S. 20-4.01(23) as amended.
Source: ordinance 15466, Onbase PR 13174, adopted 5-20-2019.
As to Chapter 14 generally
Source: ordinance 13714, Onbase PR 5535, adopted 10-20-2008; ordinance 15130, Onbase PR 11923, adopted 6-
19-2017.
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Chapter 15 - Primary implementing department: Water Management
Part 15-101 (Deposits for water service).
Pursuant to city code section 70-49, the following charges apply.
The deposit for opening an account as provided in 70-49(a)(1) shall be $100.00. Pursuant to city code section
70-49(a)(2), the deposit after each disconnection for nonpayment shall be $50.00, not to exceed a total
deposit amount per account of $200.00. The schedule of deposits under section 70-49(a)(3) shall be:
Meter size in inches
Deposit
5/8
$100.00
1
150.00
1 ½
200.00
2
300.00
3
400.00
4
500.00
6
600.00
8
1,000.00
10
1,500.00
Over 10
2,000.00
>Source: ordinance 14944, Onbase PR 11167, adopted 6-20-2016.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-40.
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Part 15-102 (Service initiation fee) Pursuant to city code section 70-64, the service initiation fee is $50.00.
Source: ordinance 14446, Onbase PR 9160, adopted 5-6-2013.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-40.2.
Part 15-103 (Capital facilities fees)
(a) (New connections to water and/or sewer system) (In effect beginning July 1, 2018) Pursuant to city code
section 70-50(a), the capital facility fees for all new connections to the city's water and/or sewer system shall
be:
Meter size
Water
Sewer
Total
5/8"
$1,277
$2,022
$3,299
1"
$3,193
$5,055
$8,248
1.5"
$6,385
$10,110
$16,495
2"
$10,216
$16,176
$26,392
3"
$20,432
$30,330
$50,762
4"
$31,925
$50,550
$82,475
6"
$63,850
$101,100
$164,950
8"
$102,160
$161,760
$263,920
10"
$268,170
$232,530
$500,700
12"
$338,405
$434,730
$773,135
(a) Reserved.
(b) (New sewer connections in the Southeast Service Area) This table represents service area fees applied to
new sewer connections in the Southeast Service Area:
Fee
single-family residence
$4,473.00
multi-family and non-residential, rate per
gallon of average daily flow
12.43
The fees stated in Part 15-103(c) shall increase 5% compounding annually effective July 1 of each year, with the
first annual increase occurring on July 1, 2016. The rates shall be rounded up to the nearest cent with each
increase.
(d) (New water connections in the Farrington Road Waterline Service Area).
This table represents service area fees applied to new water connections in the Farrington Road Waterline Service
Area:
Fee
residential unit
$377.11
Non-residential unit, rate per gallon of average daily flow
1.05
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The fees stated in Part 15-103(d) shall increase 5%, compounding annually effective July 1 of each year, with the
first annual increase occurring on July 1, 2018. The rates shall be rounded up to the nearest cent with each
increase.
Source: ordinance 15118, Onbase PR 11904, adopted 6-5-2017; ordinance 15348, Onbase PR 12601, adopted 6-18-
2018.
For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-40.1.
Part 15-104 (Rates for water service, sewer service, and water and sewer service).
Pursuant to city code section 70-51(a), the schedule of rates for water service only, water service only for
irrigation/outdoor use, sewer service only, and water and sewer service is:
(a) (1) WATER RATES
Monthly Use
(CCF = hundred cubic foot)
Inside City
Water Rate per CCF
Outside City
Water Rate per CCF
Tier 1
0—2 CCF
$2.17
$4.34
Tier 2
> 25 CCF
3.27
6.54
Tier 3
> 58 CCF
3.58
7.16
Tier 4
> 815 CCF
4.68
9.36
Tier 5
greater than 15 CCF
7.01
14.02
Irrigation/Outdoor Use
7.01
14.02
(2) Non-Residential accounts are billed at the Tier 3 fixed commodity charge per 100 cubic feet of
water use. Irrigation/Outdoor Use rate applies to all metered Irrigation/Outdoor use.
(3) Service Charge. There is a service charge applied monthly, in addition to the rates prescribed in
subsections (a) (1) and (a) (2) above, as follows:
Meter Size
Inside City Water
Outside City Water
5/8"
$8.66
$17.32
1"
17.83
35.66
1 ½"
33.10
66.20
2"
51.43
102.86
3"
100.54
201.08
4"
171.79
343.58
6"
357.04
714.18
8"
513.80
1,027.60
Over 8"
888.50
1,777.00
(b) SEWER RATES
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(1) Sewer Consumption Rates per CCF
BASIN
Inside City
Limits
Outside City
Limits
Other than Triangle Basin
$4.67
$9.34
Triangle Basin Served by
City Sewer Lines
**
**
Triangle Basin Served by County Sewer Lines
**
**
>** Per the adopted Durham County Utility Fee Schedule for FY 2022-2023
(2) Service Charge. There is a service charge applied monthly, in addition to the rates prescribed in
subsection (b) (1) above, as follows:
Meter Size
Served by City Sewer
Lines INSIDE CITY
LIMITS
Served by City Sewer
Lines OUTSIDE
CITY LIMITS
Triangle Basin Served by
County Sewer Lines **
5/8"
$9.56
$19.12
1"
19.82
39.64
1 ½"
36.92
73.84
2"
57.44
114.88
3"
113.00
226.00
4"
193.04
386.08
6"
401.38
802.76
8"
577.71
1,155.42
8"+
994.52
1,989.04
;adv=.5p;** Per the adopted Durham County Utility Fee Schedule for FY 2022-2023
(3) Fixed Consumption Charge for Sewer Only Residential Inside City Limits (other than Triangle Basin
served by County Lines). Fixed consumption charges for sewer only are $42.03 based on an
average discharge of 900 cubic feet per month per unit. Households with fewer than four persons
may qualify for the fixed rate of $32.69 based on 700 cubic feet (for three persons) or the fixed
rate of $23.35 based on 500 cubic feet (for one or two persons) or $0.00 based on vacant
households (service charges in the table above, column 2, apply unless service has been
disconnected).
(4) Fixed Consumption Charge for Sewer Only Residential Outside City Limits (other than Triangle
Basin served by County Lines). Fixed consumption charges for sewer are $84.06 (based on an
average discharge of 900 cubic feet per month per unit). Households with fewer than four
persons may qualify for the fixed rate of $65.38 based on 700 cubic feet (for three persons) or
the fixed rate of $46.70 based on 500 cubic feet (for one or two persons) or $0.00 based on
vacant households (service charges in the table above, column 3, apply unless service has been
disconnected).
(5) Fixed Consumption Charge for Sewer Only Residential Triangle Basin served by County Lines).
Such charges billed per the adopted Durham County Utility Fee Schedule.
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Source: ordinance 15804, Onbase PR 14601, adopted 5-3-2021; ordinance 15933, Onbase 15399, adopted 5-16-
2022.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-41.
Part 15-105 (Disposal of domestic septage).
Pursuant to city code section 70-52(a), the fee for disposal of domestic septage at City water reclamation facilities
shall be $60.00 per load. For purposes of this fee, a "load" is 1,600 gallons or any fraction thereof.
Source: ordinance 14023, Onbase PR 7146, adopted 6-21-2010. Part 15-106 (Surcharge for use of sewers)
Pursuant to city code section 70-53(c), the following charges apply to sewer users:
The amount of the BOD surcharge will be $158.25 per 1,000 pounds, or part thereof, of BOD removed in
excess of the normal amount of BOD, 2,085 pounds.
The amount of the SS surcharge will be $67.10 per 1,000 pounds, or part thereof, of SS removed in excess of
the normal amount of SS, 2,085 pounds.
Pursuant to city code section 70-53(d), in the formula S = C x P, C is the surcharge rate, so C = $158.25 per 1,000
pounds of BOD, or $67.10 per 1,000 pounds of SS.
Source: ordinance 15161, Onbase PR 12013, adopted 8-7-2017.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-43.
Part 15-107 (Monitoring charge; testing charges).
Pursuant to city code section 70-53(d), the monitoring charge shall be $55.00. A charge shall be made for each
type of test according to the following schedule per sample obtained and analyzed:
BOD
$10.00
SS
5.00
Oil and grease
15.00
Fluoride
12.00
Metals
11.00
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-43.
Part 15-108 (Location visits).
Pursuant to city code section 70-57(g), the service visit fee to defray the city's cost of making a visit to the location
of the customer's service is $25.00.
Source: ordinance 14974, Onbase PR 11050, adopted 6-20-2016.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-47(b) and section 23-47(g).
Part 15-109 (Extraction and restoration).
Pursuant to city code section 70-57(c), the service charge for an extraction is $50.00, and the additional charge for
extraction of the water meter is $75.00. The additional charge for extraction of the water meter yoke referred to in
city code section 70-57(c) is $150.00. The additional charge to defray the cost of restoration referred to in city code
section 70-57(c) is the greater of $500.00 or the reimbursement of the actual cost of materials and labor.
Source: ordinance 14944, Onbase PR 11167, adopted 6-20-2016.
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Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-47(c).
Part 15-110 (Standard credit after erroneous termination).
Pursuant to city code section 70-57(h), the standard credit shall not exceed $25.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-47(h).
Part 15-111 (Vacancy property service visit).
Pursuant to city code section 70-61, the service visit fee to defray the city's cost of making a visit to the location of
vacant property to turn the water service on or off between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday shall be $25.00. If the customer requests that the water be turned off or on after hours, or on a weekend or
holiday, the fee shall be $100.00.
Editor's note: The provisions of section 4 of ordinance 14539 appear here, instead of in Part 15-102.
Source: ordinance 14539, Onbase PR 9518, adopted 11-18-2013.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-50.
Part 15-112 (Program administration fees).
Permit fees authorized under city code section 70-262 are as follows:
Application fee
$100.00
Permit for categorical industrial user
150.00
Permit for industrial user with metal or organic
limits
100.00
Permit for groundwater remediation
100.00
Permit for industrial user with conventional
pollutant limits
50.00
Permit modification (at user's request)
50.00
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 23-136(a).
Part 15-113 (Delinquency charge).
Pursuant to city code section 70-57(b), the delinquency charge shall be $50.00.
Source: ordinance 14974, Onbase PR 11050, adopted 6-20-2016.
Part 15-114 (Reserved).
Part 15-115 (Reconnection after violation of mandatory restrictions).
The reconnection service charge and penalty pursuant to city code section 70-555(b)(2) shall be $400.00 for the
first reconnection and $800.00 for any subsequent reconnection.
Source: ordinance 13694, Onbase PR 5409, adopted 9-15-2008.
Part 15-116 (Backflow preventer permit and backflow preventer testing and minor repairs).
A $100.00 permit fee is charged for Backflow Preventer Permits required by the Department of Water
Management Cross-Connection Control Program.
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A fee of $95.00 is charged to participants in the City's Backflow Prevention Assembly Testing and Minor Repair
Program.
Source: ordinance 14622, Onbase 9903, adopted 6-16-2014; ordinance 15829, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-21-
2021.
Part 15-117 (Interest rate on capital facilities fees for water and sewer connections).
The interest rate on time payments for capital facilities fees for water and sewer connections made under Article
15 (Capital Facilities Fees) of the Charter shall be the lesser of (i) the Prime Interest Rate published in The Wall
Street Journal on the fourth Friday of May of each year, rounded to the nearest basis point, plus 4.25%, or (ii) 9%.
The new interest rate set according to this formula is effective for the July 1 - June 30 that follows the Friday in
May.
Time payments are subject to the interest rate in effect during the fiscal year that the City Manager receives the
completed application for time payments. The date of receipt of the application is set under procedures
established by the City Manager.
The interest rate as determined by the two preceding paragraphs does not apply with respect to completed
applications received July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, which instead are subject to an interest rate of 7.5%.
The interest rate set under this Part for a particular property will remain in effect for that property, regardless of
changes in interest rates that may occur in later fiscal years.
If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that an interest rate set lower than 9% pursuant to this Part is
invalid or unenforceable, the applicable interest rate shall be 9% for the entire period that the lower interest
would have applied if it had been valid and enforceable.
Source: ordinance 14098, Onbase PR 7581, adopted 2-21-2011.
Editor's note: The Table of Interest Rates can be found in Part 13B-114 (Interest rate on construction for water and
sewer service and for stormwater drainage work). That table applies equally to the interest rate set under this Part
15-117.
Part 15-118 (Administrative Fees for Plan Review, Testing, and Inspection of Backflow Preventers).
The plan review fee for plans submitted through the Land Development Office (LDO) permitting program for
Backflow Preventer device compliance with Department of Water Management, Cross-Connection Control
regulation is $150.00.
The administrative fee for annual testing and inspection of a backflow preventer pursuant to city code section 70-
591(b) is $100.00.
The fee for each reinspection of backflow prevention installations pursuant to city code section 70- 591(b) is
$100.00.
The fee for a site visit to turn on or unlock a meter which has been turned off or locked for non-compliance with
the City's Cross Connection Control Ordinance is $75.00.
Source: ordinance 14622, Onbase 9903, adopted 6-16-2014; ordinance 15496, Onbase PR 13291, adopted 6-17-
2019.
Part 15-119 (Disconnection and reconnection fees for sewer only customers).
The following fees apply for disconnection and reconnection of sewer services for sewer only customers when
sewer service has been discontinued for non-payment:
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(1) Initial Disconnection: Actual cost of installation for sewer valve and cleanout, including labor and
materials
(2) Subsequent Disconnection (if the valve is already installed): No charge
(3) Re-establishment of Service: $250 each time
Source: city code section 70-57(c); ordinance 14171, Onbase PR 7935, adopted 8-15-2011.
Part 15-120 (Hydrant Meter Deposits and Rental Rates).
Pursuant to city code section 70-23 and section 70-49(4):
Deposits for hydrant meters
Size of meter
Deposit amount
Box assembly
500.00*
*refundable
;adv=.5q;Rental rates for hydrant meters
Amount
Box assembly
monthly
150.00
>Service initiation or application fees shall be those as authorized under Part 5-102 of the Fee Schedule for water
service.
Source: ordinance 14364; Onbase PR 8856; adopted 11-19-2012; ordinance 14872; Onbase PR 10785; adopted 11-
16-2015; ordinance 15245; Onbase PR 12285; adopted 1-2-2018; ordinance 15829, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-
21-2021.
Part 15-121 (Water meter and lock tampering, Hydrant meter tampering).
Pursuant to city code section 70-1(b), the following fees apply:
Fee
1
Altering, tampering with, or bypassing a water
meter
The actual cost of materials and labor for
replacement or
repair, plus $50.00
2
Tampering with the smallest type of water
meter lock
10.00
3
Tampering with any other type of water
meter lock
50.00
4
Altering or tampering with a hydrant meter
box assembly
The actual cost of materials and labor for
replacement or repair, plus $500.00
>Source: ordinance 14775, Onbase PR 10520, adopted 6-15-2015; ordinance 15829, Onbase PR 14727, adopted 6-
21-2021.
Part 15-122 (Electronic filing fee for submittal of test reports for backflow preventers).
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The fee for each electronically filed backflow preventer test report pursuant to city code sections 70-586 and 70-
593 is $9.95 per test submitted.
Source: ordinance 15449; Onbase PR 13028, adopted 3-18-2019.
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Chapter 16 - Primary implementing department: Technology Solutions through the GIS Division
Section 1 Where this chapter applies, Part 10-101 (Fees for Providing Copies of Public Records) does not apply,
except for Part 10-101, Section 7 (relating to charges for certified copies).
Section 2 Various charges.
Part 16-101 (Reserved).
Part 16-102 (Customized Services).
Customized services include special data preparation, application development, data conversion, data analysis,
etc. There is a $35 per hour service charge for staff time and customization, with a minimum charge of one hour.
After the first one hour, charges are in 30-minute increments. The City Manager may require buyers to agree to
indemnification and to post notices and disclaimers.
Part 16-103 (Printing of GIS DATA at Public Access Stations).
Charge per copy
8 ½" x 11"
$2.00
11" x 17"
2.00
34" X 42"
10.00
Part 16-104 (GIS Data Distribution).
The fees in the "charge, without re-use agreement" column are charged unless the buyer agrees in writing that the
copies will not be used for trade or commercial purposes and that the copies will not be resold. If the buyer makes
such a written agreement, the "charge, with re-use agreement" column will apply. In any transaction under this
Part, the City Manager may require buyers to agree to indemnification and to post notices and disclaimers.
Digital map data are available in GeoDatabase and ESRI shapefile format. Image data (Digital Orthophotos) may be
compressed using MrSID software and may require compatible software for viewing. The charges shown in this
Part apply to various formats supplied, including CD-ROM or DVD, or via FTP.
Data layer
Unit
Charge, with re-use
agreement
Cadastral layer
countywide data,
with one update
included at no
charge if requested
within one year of
purchase
$100.00
Planimetric features
and some county
all available data
100.00
2-foot contours
all available data
25.00
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Digital
orthophotography
tiles, each
$1.00 per tile
35.00
Hydrography
all available data
25.00
Zoning
countywide data
25.00
Street centerlines
countywide data
25.00
Municipality
boundaries
all available data
25.00
Voting precincts
countywide data
25.00
Emergency service
districts
countywide data
25.00
Police districts
citywide data
25.00
>Source: ordinance 13783, Onbase PR 6016, adopted 4-6-2009.
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Chapter 17 - Primary implementing department: Transportation
Part 17-101 (Fixed route and paratransit).
The fixed route and paratransit fare schedule for the GoDurham is:
Fare Description
Fare Amount
Regular cash fare
$1.00
Discount cash fare
0.50
Regular 1 day unlimited ride pass
2.00
Discount 1 day unlimited ride pass
1.00
Regular 7 day unlimited ride pass
12.00
Discount 7 day unlimited ride pass
6.00
Regular 30 day unlimited ride pass
36.00
Discount 30 day unlimited ride pass
18.00
Persons 12 years old or younger
FREE
Persons 13-18 years old
FREE
Persons 19-21 years old enrolled in a GED program
FREE
Age 65 and older
FREE
ACCESS cash
2.00
ACCESS 10 ticket book
17.00
State Fair Express fare
5.00
Discount State Fair Express fare
2.50
>The fares listed in this table as "discount" are available to persons who have a qualified disability or who have a
Medicare card. Either a GoDurham photo identification card or a Medicare card must be presented to be eligible
for the discount fare.
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Persons 12 years or younger ride free. If a person 12 years old or younger but taller than 60", then they must
present a GoDurham photo identification card.
Persons 13-18 years old must obtain a Youth GoPass from a GoTriangle authorized Youth GoPass location to be
eligible for the "Persons 13-18 years old" free ride. Authorized Youth GoPass locations in Durham include Durham
Station, Durham Recreation Centers, and Durham County Public Libraries. Persons having a Youth GoPass issued by
regional partners including GoTriangle, GoRaleigh, and GoCary are also eligible for the "Persons 13-18 years old"
free ride.
Persons 19-21 who are enrolled in a GED program must obtain a GoDurham Student ID Pass from the Durham
Station to be eligible for the "Persons 19-21 years old enrolled in a GED program" free ride.
Persons 65 years of age or older must present either a GoDurham photo identification care or a government issued
photo identification card to be eligible for the "Age 65 or older" free fare.
Persons paying fares through mobile-ticketing technology will have fares capped at the following levels. Once the
cap amount has been reached, the person will not pay until the period (as described below) has ended.
Fare Cap Type
Cap Amount
(Discount Fare)
Period
Day
$2.00
$1.00
Once capped, a person's trips are not
charged until 1:00 am of the next day. The
defined period is the current day.
Week
$12.00
$6.00
Once capped, a person's trips are not
charged until 1:00 am on Sunday. The
defined period is SundaySaturday.
Month
$18.00
Once capped, a person's trips are not
charged until 1:00 am on the first day of
the next month. The defined period is the
calendar month.
Tickets, including mobile tickets, passes, ID Cards, and fares must be presented at the time or boarding.
The 2-Trip pass is available only to non-profit agencies.
Editor's Note: The text of Part 17-101 is as passed by city council, without edits.
Source: ordinance 15636, Onbase PR 14002, adopted 06-15-2020.
Part 17-102 (Fixed-route TRANSPASS pricing schedule).
Effective April 4, 2005, the fixed-route TRANSPASS pricing schedule is:
Number of people
Per person cost
monthly
yearly
50 - 99
$10.00
$120.00
100 - 999
7.50
90.00
1,000 - 9,999
5.00
60.00
10,000 - 19,999
2.50
30.00
20,000 plus
1.25
15.00
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>Organizations may purchase unlimited rides on the entire fixed route system for all of their members in
accordance with the schedule shown immediately above. Organizations must certify the number of members
initially and annually thereafter, and must remit payment for all such members on a monthly basis.
Source: resolution 9223, Onbase PR 1566, adopted 3-7-2005.
Part 17-103 (Passenger vehicles for hire: miscellaneous).
The following fees apply with respect to passenger vehicles for hire:
Initial operator's permit fee $100.00. This fee includes the following services: administrative costs of researching
information, processing paperwork, decals, stickers, placards, etc.; investigation of court records of individual
applicant and/or if corporation or business investigation of court records of all members; investigation of
terminal/switchboard facility location; investigate telephone advertisement; and interview applicant.
Bi-annual inspection fee$50.00
Operating permit transfer fee (administrative costs)$25.00
Vehicle replacement fee (one vehicle inspection)$50.00
Source: ordinance 11787, page 48, adopted 5-17-1999.
Part 17-104 (Driver's permits).
The following driver's permit fees apply with respect to passenger vehicles for hire:
New driver's fee $15.00
Renewal driver's fee$10.00
Late renewal driver's fee within 30 days of expiration$15.00 driver's fee
..... and $5.00 late fee.
If after 30 days, applicant will go through entire process as a new applicant.
Change of ID card fee $5.00.
Source: ordinance 11787, page 48, adopted 5-17-1999.
Part 17-105 (Exclusive-ride service maximums).
Pursuant to city code section 50-264(a):
Authorized fare or rate of fare for exclusive ride service.
The operator of any taxicab within the city is hereby authorized to charge an amount not in excess of the following
fares or rates of fare:
(1) The initial fare (drop charge) upon being seated for one or more persons shall be no more than $3.60
and $0.25 for each 1/8 mile or part thereof.
(2) For each 60 seconds, or part thereof, of waiting time the fare shall be no more than $0.25.
(3) A night surcharge for night service between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. shall be no
more than $1.00 per trip.
(4) Baggage. The charge for each piece of baggage (suitcase, grocery bag, etc.) in excess of 3 loaded and
unloaded at the request of the passenger shall be no more than $0.25.
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(5) A fuel surcharge shall be no more than $1.00 per trip.
Source: ordinance 13770, Onbase PR 5919, adopted 3-2-2009; ordinance 13959, Onbase PR 6887, adopted 3-1-
2010; ordinance 15930, Onbase PR 15359, adopted 5-2-2022.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 22-106(a)(b).
Part 17-106 (Sinking or trust fund).
Pursuant to city code section 50-354. Minimum payments into sinking fund or trust fund by each member. The
minimum monthly payment for each taxicab shall be $40.00.
Source: For historical reference, see 1982 city code section 22-150.
Part 17-107 (Parking Fees).
Section 1 (Monthly rates)
Parking facility
Monthly rate
Regular Parking
Evening Parking
Corcoran St. Garage, Church St. Garage, Durham
Centre Garage, Chapel Hill St. Garage, and
Morgan/Rigsbee Garage
*
All Motorcycles
$80.00
Assigned
160.00
*
Non-Assigned
140.00
$80.00**
Morgan Street & Holland St. Mall Lot,
when not leased to hotel
125.00
*
Morgan St. & E. Chapel Hill St. Lot (Lot 29)
125.00
*
102 Corcoran Street (Lot 20)
125.00
*
City Hall Annex (Lot 39)
125.00
*
400 Cleveland Street (Lot 40)
125.00
*
Parrish & Church St. Lot (Lot 8)
125.00
*
Residential Parking - Reserved 24 hours 7 days a week
195.00
*
>* An asterisk indicates that no evening parking rate is available.
** The evening monthly parking is available from 3:00 p.m.5:30 a.m.
Except for the Residential Parking, the regular monthly parking rates apply 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. MondayFriday.
Section 2 (Off-street hourly rates)
The following rates apply to all vehicles including motorcycles:
Facility
Hourly
rate
Maximum for all day (8:00 a.m.
7:00 p.m.)
Special Event Rate
Corcoran St. Garage
$2.25
$24.75
$7.00
Church St. Garage
2.25
24.75
7.00
Durham Centre Garage
2.25
24.75
7.00
Chapel Hill St. Garage
2.25
24.75
7.00
Parrish & Church St. Lot (Lot 8)
2.25
24.75
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Morgan/Rigsbee Parking
2.25
24.75
7.00
Main & Ramseur St. Lot (Lot 32)
2.25
24.75
7.00
a) The hourly rates apply only 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. MondayFriday, except for days on which holidays
are observed by City government, as specified by City Code 42-16(a)-(b). However, parking charges
under Part 17-108 (Special Events Parking Fees) may apply.
b) The City Manager shall accept prepayment for hourly parking prescribed in this section. The price is
$225.00 for 100 hours of parking.
c) The City Manager has the discretion to not impose the hourly rates provided for in this Section 2 when
the City Manager finds that charging them is likely to interfere with optimum operation of an event or
program that the City has a substantial interest in promoting. The City Manager shall make a record of
the decisions made under this Section 2 to not impose hourly rates.
Section 3 (Parking in on-street metered parking spaces)
(a) Pursuant to city code section 66-236, the following schedule of fees applies when a parking meter can be
used to make payment for use of the space. The schedule applies to all vehicles, including motorcycles.
(i) The standard rate to park in each on-street vehicular parking space that has been designated as a
metered parking space is $2.50 per hour, or for any part of an hour. However, when the maximum
lawful time in which a vehicle may be parked in a space is less than one hour, the rate is prorated to
reflect that maximum lawful time. For example, when the maximum lawful time is 30 minutes, the rate
is $0.75 for 30 minutes.
(b) The fees apply only between 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday-Friday except for days on which holidays are
observed by City government, as specified by City Code 42-16(a)-(b).
(c) In addition to the authority granted by city code section 66-235 (Authority to designate metered parking
spaces) the city manager has the discretion to not impose the fees provided for in this section 3 when the
City Manager finds that charging them is likely to interfere with optimum operation of an event or program
that the City has a substantial interest in promoting. The City Manager shall make a record of the decisions
made under this subsection (c) to not impose these fees.
Section 4 (Parking cards)
Description
Rate
Parking Card Replacement
25.00
Editor's note: The definition of "downtown resident" was deleted on 6-17-2019 by ordinance 15477.
Source: ordinance 15697, Onbase PR 14120, adopted 9-8-2020; ordinance 15941, Onbase PR 15449, adopted 6-6-
2022.
Part 17-108 (Special Events Parking Fees).
Section 1 Definitions.
a) "Off street parking facility" means any facility owned by, leased to, and/or operated for the City for the
purpose of providing public parking accommodations, when that facility has been designated by the
City Manager to be staffed by a uniform security presence to accommodate any special event.
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b) "Special events" means those events as determined by the City Manager to warrant the provision of a
uniformed staff presence in an off street parking facility.
c) "Standing special events" means an event that is determined by the City Manager to warrant the
provision of a uniformed staff presence in an off street parking facility, and declared by the City
Manager, in his or her discretion, to be a special event.
Section 2 If a uniformed staff presence is provided in an off street parking facility for any special event, the City
Manager shall have the discretion to declare the event a special event. All vehicles will be charged a secured
special event parking fee of $7.00 per vehicle to park in the affected off street parking facility during a designated
time period, regardless of whether the individuals in those vehicles attend the special event.
Section 3 The residential parking permit allows the use of any one of a designated group of spaces during the
hours of 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. MondayFriday and 6:00 p.m. Friday to Monday at 8:00 a.m.
A vehicle parked during those hours pursuant to this permit is not subject to the hourly rates established by
section 2 of Part 17-107 or the secured special event parking fee. The charge for a residential parking permit is
$195.00 per month.
Section 4 The City Manager shall not declare a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council or the Durham
County Board of Commissioners as a special event. To the extent that a regularly scheduled meeting of the City
Council or the Durham County Board of Commissioners coincides with any special event, all patrons who park in
any affected off street parking facility for any reason are subject to the secured special event parking fee.
Section 5 Nothing in this Part 17-108 shall affect the hourly and monthly rates imposed on the patrons of the
affected off street parking facilities between the hours of 8:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m.
Section 6 Individuals who rent monthly parking spaces in the parking facility in which the secured special event
parking fee is imposed shall be exempted from paying the secured special events parking fee upon presentation of
the electronic access card to the parking attendant.
Source: ordinance 14999, Onbase PR 11346, adopted 9-6-2016; ordinance 15697, Onbase PR 14120, adopted 9-8-
2020; ordinance 15941, Onbase PR 15449, adopted 6-6-2022.
Part 17-109 (Temporary use of street rights-of-way by contractors and parking for extended periods in limited
time zone parking spaces).
For a permit issued pursuant to city code section 66-267 (Contractor parking permit):
$15.00 per day or part thereof
For a permit issued pursuant to city code section 66-270 (On-street parking space permit):
$15.00 per day or part thereof
Source: ordinance 14810, Onbase PR 10411, adopted 6-15-2015.
Part 17-110 (Shared active transportation system permittees) Effective until June 13, 2020.
Fee
Initial permit application
$1,000.00
Permit issuance, per shared device
deployed
Scooter
100.00
Electric assisted bicycle
50.00
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Bicycle
25.00
Shared device relocation by the City, per
shared device
50.00
Annual permit renewal
500.00
>Part 17-110 (Shared active transportation system permittees) Effective beginning June 13, 2020.
Pursuant to city code section 50-461 et seq., the following fees apply to permittees:
Fee
Initial permit application
$1,000.00
Permit issuance, per shared device
deployed per month
Motorized scooter
10.00
Electric assisted bicycle
10.00
Bicycle
10.00
Shared device relocation by the City, per
shared device
50.00
Annual permit renewal
500.00
Editor's note: These fees were adopted pursuant to city code 50-461, et seq., which was adopted by ordinance
15380 on 10-15-2018.
Source: For the fees in the table effective until 6-13-2020: ordinance 15381, Onbase PR 12749, adopted 10-15-
2018.
Source: For the fees in the table effective beginning 6-13-2020: ordinance 15599, Onbase PR 13740, adopted 2-3-
2020.
Part 17-111 (Election Day public transit system fare).
All fares for fixed route and paratransit schedules for the GoDurham transportation system are free all day on the
date of a general election on which voting by any City of Durham resident will take place and on the date of a
general municipal election for Durham City Council members or for the Mayor.
Source: ordinance 15558, Onbase PR 13455, adopted 10-7-2019.
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Previous revisions of this Fee Schedule: April 21, 2008; July 31, 2008; August 19, 2008; December 11, 2008; March
3, 2009; June 24, 2009; July 10, 2009; September 4, 2009; October 1, 2009; February 19, 2010; July 1, 2010; August
6, 2010; March 16, 2011; June 2, 2011; June 28, 2011; August 31, 2011; March 12, 2012; June 29, 2012; November
16, 2012; February 12, 2013; April 22, 2013; April 23, 2013; May 3, 2013; May 4, 2013; June 28, 2013; August 27,
2013; December 9, 2013; January 24, 2014; May 27, 2014; June 23, 2014; August 11, 2014; June 30, 2015; 7-7-
2015; 11-3-2015; 11-23-2015; 3-30-2016; 5-31-2016; 6-10-2016; 6-30-2016; 1-6-2017; 4-24-2017; 5-31-2017; 6-30-
2017; 8-22-2017; 10-25-2017; 12-1-2018; 3-9-2018; 7-3-2018; 7-6-2018; 8-3-2018; 10-22-2018; 3-22-2019; 6-27-
2019; 10-22-2019; 2-26-2020; 5-27-202.
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STREET IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE
Fee Schedule Tables, Part 4-112
1
STREET IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE
Land Use
North
(Zone 5)
South
(Zone 4)
Downtown
(Zone 6)
North
(Zone 5)
South
(Zone 4)
Downtown
(Zone 6)
Effective
7/1/08
6/30/09
Effective
7/1/08 -
6/30/09
Effective
7/1/08 -
6/30/09
Effective
7/1/09
forward
Effective
7/1/09
forward
Effective
7/1/09
forward
Residential
Single-Family (per
dwelling unit)
$372
$983
$205
$531
$1,405
$293
Accessory Dwelling Unit
(per dwelling unit)
$372
$983
$205
$531
$1,405
$293
Multifamily (per dwelling
unit)
$228
$604
$126
$326
$862
$180
Manufactured Home Park
(per dwelling unit)
$217
$574
$120
$310
$821
$171
Retirement Community -
Detached (per dwelling
unit)
$96
$253
$53
$137
$362
$76
Retirement Community -
Attached (per dwelling
unit)
$40
$107
$22
$58
$153
$32
Assisted Living (per bed)
$81
$214
$45
$116
$306
$64
Continuing Care
Retirement Community
(per dwelling unit plus
assisted living beds)
$107
$282
$59
$152
$403
$84
Hotel/Motel (per room)
$257
$682
$142
$368
$974
$203
Recreational
Amusements/Fairgrounds
(per acre)
$1,453
$3,846
$803
$2,076
$5,494
$1,147
Public Park or Playground
(per acre)
$22
$58
$12
$32
$83
$17
Racquet Club (per court)
$1,232
$3,262
$681
$1,760
$4,660
$973
1
This portion of the fee schedule was revised on July 10, 2009. It reflects city council actions through June 24, 2009.
Note: These tables are to be read with Part 4-112 of the Fee Schedule.
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Golf Course (per acre)
$110
$292
$61
$158
$417
$87
Driving Range (per tee)
$460
$1,217
$254
$657
$1,739
$363
Miniature Golf Course
(per hole)
$121
$321
$67
$173
$459
$96
Theater/Arena/Stadium
(per seat)
$26
$68
$14
$37
$97
$20
Multiplex Movie Theater
(per seat)
$29
$78
$16
$42
$111
$23
Recreational, continued
Skating Rink (per 1,000
s.f.)
$868
$2,298
$480
$1,240
$3,283
$686
Health Club (per 1,000
s.f.)
$1,490
$3,943
$824
$2,128
$5,634
$1,177
Bowling Alley (per 1,000
s.f.)
$1,302
$3,447
$720
$1,860
$4,924
$1,028
Recreation Community
Center (per 1,000 s.f.)
$603
$1,597
$333
$862
$2,281
$476
General Recreation (per
acre)
$2,122
$5,618
$1,173
$3,032
$8,026
$1,676
Industrial
Manufacturing (per 1,000
s.f.)
$272
$721
$150
$389
$1,029
$215
Warehouse/Distribution
(per 1,000 s.f.)
$173
$458
$96
$247
$654
$137
Truck Terminal (per acre)
$2,678
$7,089
$1,480
$3,826
$10,126
$2,115
Mini-Warehousing (per
1,000 s.f.)
$96
$253
$53
$137
$362
$76
Institutional
Place of Worship (per
1,000 s.f.)
$265
$701
$146
$378
$1,002
$209
Hospital (per 1,000 s.f.)
$441
$1,168
$244
$631
$1,669
$349
Elementary School (per
student)
$154
$409
$85
$221
$584
$122
Middle School (per
student)
$195
$516
$108
$279
$737
$154
High School (per student)
$151
$399
$83
$215
$570
$119
Daycare (per 1,000 s.f.)
$1,457
$3,856
$805
$2,081
$5,508
$1,150
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Junior College/Tech
Institute (per 1,000 s.f.)
$408
$1,081
$226
$583
$1,544
$322
College or University (per
1,000 s.f.)
$397
$1,052
$220
$568
$1,502
$314
Major Research
University (per 1,000 s.f.)
$357
$944
$197
$510
$1,349
$282
Group Care Facilities (per
bed)
$81
$214
$45
$116
$306
$64
General Retail (per 1,000 s.f.)
< 50,000 sq. ft.
$1,170
$3,096
$647
$1,671
$4,423
$924
50,00099,999 sq. ft.
$1,493
$3,953
$826
$2,134
$5,647
$1,179
General Retail (per 1,000 s.f.) continued
100,000199,999 sq. ft.
$1,324
$3,505
$732
$1,892
$5,008
$1,046
200,000500,000 sq. ft.
$1,107
$2,931
$612
$1,582
$4,187
$874
> 500,000 sq. ft
$1,056
$2,795
$584
$1,508
$3,992
$834
General Office (per 1,000 s.f.)
Medical Office
$1,368
$3,622
$756
$1,955
$5,175
$1,081
< 50,000 sq. ft.
$570
$1,509
$315
$815
$2,156
$450
50,00099,999 sq. ft.
$636
$1,685
$352
$909
$2,406
$503
100,000149,999 sq. ft.
$655
$1,733
$362
$935
$2,476
$517
150,000199,999 sq. ft.
$581
$1,538
$321
$830
$2,198
$459
> 200,000 sq. ft
$522
$1,383
$289
$746
$1,975
$413
Office Park (per 1,000 s.f.)
< 50,000 sq. ft.
$890
$2,356
$492
$1,272
$3,366
$703
50,00099,999 sq. ft
$835
$2,210
$462
$1,193
$3,158
$659
100,000149,999 sq. ft.
$769
$2,035
$425
$1,098
$2,907
$607
150,000199,999 sq. ft.
$728
$1,928
$403
$1,040
$2,754
$575
> 200,000 sq. ft
$669
$1,772
$370
$956
$2,532
$529
Business Park (per 1,000 s.f.)
< 50,000 sq. ft.
$533
$1,412
$295
$762
$2,017
$421
50,00099,999 sq. ft.
$530
$1,402
$293
$757
$2,003
$418
100,000149,999 sq. ft.
$522
$1,383
$289
$746
$1,975
$413
150,000199,999 sq. ft.
$519
$1,373
$287
$741
$1,961
$410
> 200,000 sq. ft.
$515
$1,363
$285
$736
$1,947
$407
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FEE SCHEDULE OF THE CITY OF DURHAM ORDINANCE 15981
Durham, North Carolina, Code of Ordinances Created: 2022-10-18 12:04:11 [EST]
(Supp. No. 33, Redo)
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OPEN SPACE LAND IMPACT
FEE SCHEDULE
Effective
7/1/086/30/09
Effective
7/1/09
Forward
Residential
Single-Family
$148/unit
$222/unit
Manufactured Home Park
$155/unit
$233/unit
Multifamily
$118/unit
$176/unit
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITY IMPACT
FEE SCHEDULE
Effective
7/1/086/30/09
Effective
7/1/09
Forward
Residential
Single-Family
$354/unit
$425/unit
Manufactured Home Park
$372/unit
$446/unit
Multifamily
$281/unit
$337/unit