Do conditioned unfinished basement rooms count as square footage

[GeneDavis]

Not according to the ANSI standard for residential, but what do your jurisdictions say?

 

It matters in those whose fees for permits are based on footage.  I've a client who is being charged, even for the garage.

[SHCanada2]

if the permit is for finishing a basement, and there are walls being erected they do count here, ie. if I am finishing a basement and leaving a bedroom "unfinished" it would count

 

If it is for an addition to a basement it counts.

 

The permitting department here has their own rules on calculating sq footage, nothing to do with any standard.