Stockton, California Building Permit Cost Calculator

Stockton charges a building permit fee and a separate plan check fee, both driven by project valuation, under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule effective July 1, 2026. Residential work valued at $99,999 or less is priced from the Residential Fees Fixed Table, which steps through roughly $1,000 valuation bands from $999 up to $99,999 and prints a permit fee and a plan check fee for each band. Above $99,999 the permit fee is $1,078 plus $0.006787 for each dollar over $100,000, and the plan check fee is 42 percent of the permit fee. Commercial work uses its own fixed table below $99,999; from $100,000 to $3 million the permit fee is $1,078 plus $0.006787 per dollar over $100,000 with plan check at $866 plus $0.005553 per dollar over $100,000, and above $3 million the permit fee is $20,760 plus $0.005133 per dollar over $3 million with plan check at $16,970 plus $0.0042 per dollar over $3 million. Master plan submittals use a third table and price plan check at 21 percent of the permit fee above $99,999. Valuation is assessed from the most recent ICC valuation table, which the city adopts by reference. Four add-on charges apply: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of valuation. A residential minor remodel is instead priced flat at $314.00. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). All four cited Stockton documents returned HTTP 200 to a plain client this pass, redirecting to the cms3.revize.com origin; the Playwright download handler recorded in run 1754 was not needed. The FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule (CDD, 14 pages) and the three handouts were read in full with pdftotext -layout and every stored figure re-reads verbatim. No supersession: FY 2026-27 took effect 7/1/2026 and runs to 2027-06-30, so the next scheduled turnover is 2027-07-01.

Stockton publishes no deck-specific permit fee. A deck that needs a permit is priced as ordinary residential construction under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026: a building permit fee and a separate plan check fee, both read off the Residential Fees Fixed Table in roughly $1,000 valuation bands up to $99,999. Above $99,999 the permit fee is $1,078 plus $0.006787 for each dollar over $100,000 and the plan check fee is 42 percent of the permit fee. Valuation is assessed from the most recent ICC valuation table, which the city adopts by reference. Four add-on charges apply: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of valuation. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). All four cited Stockton documents returned HTTP 200 to a plain client this pass, redirecting to the cms3.revize.com origin; the Playwright download handler recorded in run 1754 was not needed. The FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule (CDD, 14 pages) and the three handouts were read in full with pdftotext -layout and every stored figure re-reads verbatim. No supersession: FY 2026-27 took effect 7/1/2026 and runs to 2027-06-30, so the next scheduled turnover is 2027-07-01.

Stockton publishes flat non-valuation permit fees for some mechanical and plumbing work, notably $183.00 for heating, ventilation and air conditioning and $78.50 for a water heater, but it publishes no equivalent flat electrical permit fee. Residential electrical work is therefore priced as ordinary construction under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026: a building permit fee and a separate plan check fee, both read off the Residential Fees Fixed Table in roughly $1,000 valuation bands up to $99,999. Above $99,999 the permit fee is $1,078 plus $0.006787 for each dollar over $100,000 and the plan check fee is 42 percent of the permit fee. Valuation is assessed from the most recent ICC valuation table, which the city adopts by reference. Four add-on charges apply: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of valuation. Residential solar photovoltaic work is priced separately at a flat $314.00 up to 15 kW, and at $450 plus $15 per kW above 15 kW beyond that.

Stockton publishes no fence-specific building permit fee. A fence that needs a permit is priced as ordinary residential construction under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026: a building permit fee and a separate plan check fee, both read off the Residential Fees Fixed Table in roughly $1,000 valuation bands up to $99,999. Valuation is assessed from the most recent ICC valuation table, which the city adopts by reference. Four add-on charges apply: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of valuation. The $235.00 electric fence charge that appears elsewhere in the same schedule is an Animal Services fee and does not apply to a building permit. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). All four cited Stockton documents returned HTTP 200 to a plain client this pass, redirecting to the cms3.revize.com origin; the Playwright download handler recorded in run 1754 was not needed. The FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule (CDD, 14 pages) and the three handouts were read in full with pdftotext -layout and every stored figure re-reads verbatim. No supersession: FY 2026-27 took effect 7/1/2026 and runs to 2027-06-30, so the next scheduled turnover is 2027-07-01.

Stockton prices a residential re-roof as a flat, non-valuation permit at $183.00 under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026. Four add-on charges apply on top of the permit fee: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of permit valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of permit valuation. A green building standards pass-through charge also applies on a valuation scale beginning at $1.00. Re-inspection is billed at $195.00 per hour and additional inspection hours at $104.00 per hour. Work done without a permit is charged at double the permit fee. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). All four cited Stockton documents returned HTTP 200 to a plain client this pass, redirecting to the cms3.revize.com origin; the Playwright download handler recorded in run 1754 was not needed. The FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule (CDD, 14 pages) and the three handouts were read in full with pdftotext -layout and every stored figure re-reads verbatim. No supersession: FY 2026-27 took effect 7/1/2026 and runs to 2027-06-30, so the next scheduled turnover is 2027-07-01.

Stockton publishes no retaining-wall-specific permit fee. A retaining wall that needs a permit is priced as ordinary residential construction under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026: a building permit fee and a separate plan check fee, both read off the Residential Fees Fixed Table in roughly $1,000 valuation bands up to $99,999. Above $99,999 the permit fee is $1,078 plus $0.006787 for each dollar over $100,000 and the plan check fee is 42 percent of the permit fee. Valuation is assessed from the most recent ICC valuation table, which the city adopts by reference. Four add-on charges apply: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of valuation. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98). All four cited Stockton documents returned HTTP 200 to a plain client this pass, redirecting to the cms3.revize.com origin; the Playwright download handler recorded in run 1754 was not needed. The FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule (CDD, 14 pages) and the three handouts were read in full with pdftotext -layout and every stored figure re-reads verbatim. No supersession: FY 2026-27 took effect 7/1/2026 and runs to 2027-06-30, so the next scheduled turnover is 2027-07-01.

Stockton publishes no shed-specific permit fee. A detached accessory structure that needs a permit is priced as ordinary residential construction under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026: a building permit fee and a separate plan check fee, both read off the Residential Fees Fixed Table in roughly $1,000 valuation bands up to $99,999. Above $99,999 the permit fee is $1,078 plus $0.006787 for each dollar over $100,000 and the plan check fee is 42 percent of the permit fee. Valuation is assessed from the most recent ICC valuation table, which the city adopts by reference. Four add-on charges apply: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of valuation. Demolishing a shed is priced separately at a flat $97.25. Label corrected 2026-09-03 to the literal wording of the FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule: the $97.25 line reads "Demolition - Swimming Pool, Shed", not "Demolition of a shed"; the same schedule carries a separate "Property Damage Initial Inspection" line at the identical $97.25, so a reader re-deriving from a paraphrased label could land on the wrong fee. No amount changed.

Stockton prices a water heater replacement as a flat, non-valuation permit at $78.50 under the FY 2026-27 adopted fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning work is priced separately at $183.00 on the same flat basis. Four add-on charges apply on top of the permit fee: a building technology fee at 0.075 of the permit fee, a Community Rating System administration fee at 0.06 of the permit fee, general plan maintenance and implementation at 0.0015 of permit valuation, and a capital preservation fee at 0.001 of permit valuation. Re-inspection is billed at $195.00 per hour. Work done without a permit is charged at double the permit fee.