Newport News, VA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

(b)Plumbing permits:(1)The minimum permit fee for any plumbing permit shall be fifty-five dollars ($55.00).(2)For the installation of each plumbing fixture, the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00).(3)For the installation of the water distribution system in each unit of a multiple-occupancy building, or the installation of the water distribution system in other buildings, the fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).(4)For the connection of the waste drain from each unit of a multiple-occupancy building, or the connection of the building drain from other buildings to a public or private sanitary sewage collection system or sewage disposal system, the fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).(5)For each sewer (sanitary or storm), manhole (sanitary or storm), roof drain, area drain or other device, the fee shall be thirty dollars ($30.00).(6)For the installation of a gas line or medical gas line, the fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).(7)For an annual plumbing permit, the fee shall be forty-eight hundredths (0.48) of one percent (.0048) of the current value of all service, labor, materials and equipment. The minimum fee shall be fifty-five dollars ($55.00).(c)Electrical permits:(1)The minimum permit fee for any electrical permit shall be fifty-five dollars ($55.00).(2)For the installation of each electrical system in new construction, the fee shall be determined from the rated size of service panel(s) in amperes as follows: Single-Phase Three-Phase