Yeah come on it only takes a year and a little donation to get permits! Just stand in line little fox.

Try $50k and 1-3yr. More if you're doing something other than residential. You can thank the EPA for that. Can't do get approval without a plan for the stormwater. Can't do that without engineers. Engineers won't draw and stamp without surveys and the like.

Mega-corps building cookie cutter subdivisions or commercial space obviously pay less because they're vertically integrated and highly streamlined.

Some small scale 1-4 unit stuff (single structure here and there) is exempted, unless it's too close to water of course.