Chapter 15.26 — PERMIT RELATED FEES

• A. In the case of permits for the erection or construction of a new dwelling unit, commercial structures or industrial structures, the following fees shall be assessed. "Dwelling unit, commercial structures or industrial structures," for purposes of fire facility fees, means all that area covered by a common roof and, in the case of permitted detached structure, all the area covered by roofs.

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Permit Fees (Effective Jan. 1, 2026)
Major equipment purchase $350.00 per unit
Fire Facility Fee (Effective Jan. 1, 2026)
Residential
Single-Family $0.65 per sq. ft.
Multifamily $1.10 per sq. ft.
Non-Residential
Commercial $0.40 per sq. ft.
Office $0.50 per sq. ft.
Industrial $0.18 per sq. ft.
Assisted Living $5,686.87 per bed
Mobile Home Parks/Modular/Campsites $0.66 per sq. ft.

• B. For all mobile home parks, modular buildings and campsites where building square footage of a structure is not available, the fire facility fee shall be six hundred dollars per unit. "Unit," as used in this subsection, means that space designed to be occupied by one selfcontained (i.e., one mobile home, one modular building use or one campsite).

• C. All fire facility fees are due and payable at the time the property which is subject to a building permit has been determined by the building official or designee as ready for occupancy.

• D. The fire facility fee set forth in this section shall not apply to projects that hold valid vested tentative maps as of the effective date of Ordinance No. 1173 or persons who possess building permits issued prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 1173; for these projects and permit holders, the fee in existence prior to this amendment shall remain in effect.

• (Ord. 1598 § 1, 2016; Memo dated 1/9/17; Ord. O2017-11 § 3; Ord. O2017-14 § 3; Memo dated 12/18/18; Memo dated 1/6/20; Ord. O2024-19, 9/3/2024; Memo dated 12/2/2025)