If you own a home in one of Durham’s historic districts and want to make changes to your property, the city just reset what you’ll pay to get approval.
Durham’s Planning and Development Department updated its Development Services Payment and Fee Schedule, with new rates now in effect. The changes touch everything from a homeowner seeking a minor historic approval to a developer trying to rezone a large tract.
What homeowners in historic districts pay
A Minor Certificate of Appropriateness—the staff-level sign-off for small changes in a historic district—runs $45 plus a processing fee.
A Major Certificate of Appropriateness, which involves a full Historic Preservation Commission hearing, costs $521 plus processing.
What homeowners needing a variance pay
If you’re trying to expand a nonconforming single-family or two-family home, the fee for a “Variance for Addition to a Nonconforming Residential Building” is $559…