Roof replacement
Fee basis: Flat fee.
Project value on this row: low $8,000, typical $12,000, high $22,000.
Source: City of Oakland FY 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule, Planning & Building, effective July 1, 2026, retrieved Sep 1, 2026. These totals are a City of Oakland Planning and Building Department permit, so they apply inside the City of Oakland, not unincorporated Alameda County.
For a residential roof replacement, a permit is required, and the official path is a flat re-roof permit. The official fee band is $381.47 / $381.47 / $381.47.
Walk the typical first. The schedule lists a Re-roof permit (up to 2 inspections) at $268.64 and an Online building permit filing charge of $112.83.
Add them and you get $268.64 plus $112.83, which is $381.47. Both lines are already inside the $381.47 total; they are not added on top of it.
Low and high match that same $381.47 because the path is flat, so a small job and a large job pay the same permit total. This page uses the published re-roof permit line rather than the R-3 alteration per-$1,000 table, which is the valuation-based table for other residential alterations.
Roof area and job valuation are not inputs to this listed permit total. Documented 1,000 / 1,500 / 1,800 sf roofs all stay at $381.47, and the assumed job values of $8,000 low, $12,000 typical and $22,000 high still produce the same $381.47.
Job valuation does not drive this fee; it only shapes the contractor side of the estimate above. The re-roof permit line covers up to 2 inspections.
This page does not list a price for a third inspection, so if your roofer expects more visits, ask the City before you file. The total covers only the two listed lines above.
It does not include any other permit your project might need, such as electrical or plumbing work, and it does not add technology fees, state surcharges or plan-review charges that the official line does not show. The online building permit filing charge is the second listed line, and it is already counted in the $381.47 shown here, so your permit budget for a like-for-like reroof in Oakland is $381.47 on this schedule.
If your address is outside City of Oakland limits, a different office and fee schedule applies, so confirm which jurisdiction issues your permit first.
City of Oakland, not unincorporated Alameda. Uses the published re-roof permit line rather than the R-3 alteration per-$1,000 table.
City of Oakland FY 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule, Planning & Building, effective July 1, 2026 Retrieved Sep 1, 2026.