Fresno, California Building Permit Cost Calculator

New construction, commercial tenant improvements and residential additions are charged a plan check fee and a separate inspection/permit fee, each read from the variable fee tables for new construction in the City of Fresno Master Fee Schedule. A table is entered by occupancy type and class, by project square-footage threshold, and by construction type group (Group A/B or Group C): a base cost per project at the threshold plus a cost per square foot between thresholds. Mechanical, plumbing, electrical and energy plan check items associated with new construction are included in those square-foot base fees. Added to all building permits are a General Plan and related document update and maintenance surcharge of 12.83% and a Technology - Entitlement Processing System Update surcharge of $23.79. Two state-mandated charges also apply and are not city fees: the California Building Standards Commission permit surcharge, which steps up with permit valuation, and the Strong-Motion Instrumentation and Seismic Hazard Mapping (SMIP) seismic fee, which is established by the California Department of Conservation and subject to periodic change. For building services not listed, or determined by the City Building Official to be beyond the regular effort in the schedule, a blended hourly rate applies. Fees marked with a caret are adjusted each July 1 by the 12-month change in the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area.

Decks and patios are charged a flat plan check fee and a flat inspection fee that depend on whether the structure is engineered. A General Plan update surcharge of 12.83%, an entitlement processing system surcharge of $23.79, and a California Building Standards Commission surcharge based on permit valuation are added to building permits. The Master Fee Schedule sets the amounts below.

Stand-alone mechanical, plumbing and electrical projects are charged an administrative permit issuance fee on all projects, plus a single flat fee for a simple single or combination permit that covers any item or combination of items on the simple mechanical, plumbing and electrical lists; complex items are issued and charged on a per item basis. A General Plan update surcharge of 12.83%, an entitlement processing system surcharge of $23.79, and a California Building Standards Commission surcharge based on permit valuation are added to building permits. Reinspection other than entitled calls is $100.21 per trip and working without a required permit is charged at 4 times the permit fee (max.). Fees are adjusted on July 1 annually based on the 12 month percentage change in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area.

Fence and freestanding wall permits are charged by linear footage, with a plan check fee for the first increment and an inspection fee for the first and each additional increment. A General Plan update surcharge of 12.83%, an entitlement processing system surcharge of $23.79, and a California Building Standards Commission surcharge based on permit valuation are added to building permits.

Re-roofing is charged from the Building Fees table of the City of Fresno Master Fee Schedule, under miscellaneous items including residential remodels and minor alterations. A flat plan check fee and a flat inspection fee apply, and the amount depends on whether the job is composition roofing without a tear-off or another roof type charged per 10 squares of roof area. A General Plan update surcharge of 12.83%, an entitlement processing system surcharge of $23.79, and a California Building Standards Commission surcharge based on permit valuation are added to building permits. Fees are adjusted on July 1 annually based on the 12 month percentage change in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area.

Concrete and masonry retaining walls are charged by linear footage, with a plan check fee for the first 50 linear feet and an inspection fee for the first and each additional 50 linear feet. A General Plan update surcharge of 12.83%, an entitlement processing system surcharge of $23.79, and a California Building Standards Commission surcharge based on permit valuation are added to building permits.

The City of Fresno Master Fee Schedule publishes no shed or storage-building fee line. A one-story detached accessory structure of 120 square feet or less accessory to a one- or two-family dwelling is exempt from a building permit; above that a permit is required, and the schedule prices it as new construction from the variable fee tables, entered by occupancy type and class, square-footage threshold and construction type group, with a base cost per project plus a cost per square foot between thresholds. The only accessory-structure occupancy class printed in those tables is U-1 : Garage, Carport. The schedule also provides that for any building service not listed, or determined by the City Building Official to be beyond the regular effort established in the schedule, a blended hourly rate applies. Added to all building permits are a General Plan update and maintenance surcharge of 12.83% and a Technology - Entitlement Processing System Update surcharge of $23.79, plus the state California Building Standards Commission permit surcharge and the state SMIP seismic fee, which are not city fees.

Stand-alone mechanical, plumbing and electrical projects are charged an administrative permit issuance fee on all projects, plus a single flat fee for a simple single or combination permit that covers any item or combination of items on the simple mechanical, plumbing and electrical lists; complex items are issued and charged on a per item basis. A General Plan update surcharge of 12.83%, an entitlement processing system surcharge of $23.79, and a California Building Standards Commission surcharge based on permit valuation are added to building permits. Reinspection other than entitled calls is $100.21 per trip and working without a required permit is charged at 4 times the permit fee (max.). Fees are adjusted on July 1 annually based on the 12 month percentage change in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area.