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Athens-Clarke County Planning Department Fee Schedule
REVISED FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES

Application type or item Amount

 Historic Preservation
Staff Certificates of Appropriateness $20
Certificate of Appropriateness: Material Changes, hardscape features $50
Certificate of Appropriateness: Remodeling & Additions, new accessory structures $150
Certificate of Appropriateness: New Construction of Primary Structures $500
Historic Preservation Tax Freeze Application Review $50

General
Zoning Permit (New Single-Family Construction) $50.00
Zoning Permit (All Other Items) $10.00
Plans Review $250.00
Home Occupation Applications $5
Sign Permit $30.00 for first $1,000 of value then $10.00 per $1,000

 Staff Review / Research
Environmental Buffer Review Permits $10.00 per property
Extension of Time Limits for Approved Planned Actions $100.00
Minor Amendments to conditions of Approvals established by the Planning Commission $50.00
Home Occupation $5.00
GIS / Graphics Research Assistance (no maps generated) First 30 minutes is free, then $18.00 per hour.

Planning Commission / Hearings Board processes
Planned Developments $1400
Rezoning Type I $1250
Rezoning Type II $600
Special Uses $750
Concept Plans - Re-zoning or Planned Development  $150.00
Variances  $150.00

Copies
Athens-Clarke County Code of Ordinances is now online at Municode.com is searchable and includes Title 9 Zoning and Development Standards. Please note that the searchable version of the Code does not include changes to the Athens-Clarke County Code as approved by the Mayor and Commission since the last update to the official printed version. These updates are found on Athens-Clarke County Online.
Development Regulations $20.00
Development Regulations - Individual Chapter $5.00
Comprehensive Plan (CD Only) $10.00 (Files available online free of charge)
Sign Ordinance $10.00
Environmental Areas Ordinance $ 5.00
Infill Housing Study (2008) $30.00
KIP Copies (large scale) First 15 minutes is free, then $15.00 per hour. In-house, no labor & $.035/ft.; other items $0.45/sq. ft. plus labor; topos $2.50 plus labor.

 Subdivision
Preliminary Plat $30.00 + $10.00 per lot
Subdivision Site Review $250
Final Plat (More than 4 lots) $75.00 + $10.00 per lot (total fee amount not to exceed $500.00)
Final Plat (4 lots or less) $50.00 + $10.00 per lot
 Maps
Zoning Map $35.00

 "Parcel Mapper"
Parcel Mapper Research First 15 minutes is free, then $7.00 an hour
8 1/2" X 11" $0.25 per page
8 1/2" X 14" $0.50 per page
11" X 17" $1.00 per page
Special Orders (incl. color "Parcel Mapper" maps)  First 15 minutes is free, then $18.00 an hour
8 1/2" X 11"  $8.00 per page
8 1/2" X 14"  $10.00 per page
11" X 17"  $15.00 per page
24" X 36"  $25.00 per page
36" X 48"  $35.00 per page

Miscellaneous
Regular copies  $0.25 per page