Permit fee estimate
estimate_permit_feeRead-onlyIdempotent
Estimate the permit fee for a residential project based on jurisdiction, project type, and project valuation. Returns numeric breakdown when the authoritative rule has fee inputs, or qualitative feeNotes (with source URL) when the city publishes fees only as PDFs/spreadsheets. Never fabricates dollar amounts.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| projectType | Yes | Canonical project type | |
| valuationUsd | Yes | Project valuation in USD (materials + labor) | |
| jurisdictionSlug | Yes | Jurisdiction slug, e.g. "seattle", "bellevue", "tacoma" (use list_permit_jurisdictions to discover) |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| breakdown | No | ||
| sourceUrl | No | ||
| disclaimer | No | ||
| attribution | Yes | ||
| permitClass | No | ||
| projectType | Yes | ||
| jurisdiction | Yes | ||
| valuationUsd | No | ||
| lastVerifiedAt | No | Date the permit rule row was last checked against its source. It is not a verification date for the fee schedule. | |
| feeScheduleBasis | No | "city-adopted-schedule" when the figure walks the city's own adopted fee schedule; "wa-baseline-table" when it walks the standard valuation table most Washington cities adopt by reference, which is NOT that city's published fee. | |
| qualitativeFeeNotes | No |