There was no fee on this permit, but I am sure that is coming. Since the house has been here for a number of years, and needed improvements, each improvement required a permit. As if those property associated permits were not enough, even though my home will soon be paid off, I will still be required to pay real estate taxes. Those taxes are in fact a permit, which allow, or permit me to keep occupying my home. Most of those taxes go to support our public school system.
Taxes are a permit fee.
I work in the town water department, and the state requires that I have a certificate, or permit , before I can work in that system. Not just me, but the entire water system, through its customers, has to pay for mandated tests on the water, even if the water has never been found to have the item being tested for. Those tests are expensive, and cost the taxpayers money, not the water system or the town. These tests must be taken before we are permitted to produce water. My wife runs a little shop in town selling compact discs, cassettes, and musical instruments and accessories.