Building Permit Fees in San Francisco, CA (2026)

SF DBI Table 1A-G Inspections, Surveys and Reports, effective July 12, 2026, retrieved Sep 1, 2026. These totals are a City and County of San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI) permit, not Oakland and not Daly City.

For a residential roof replacement on this row, a permit is required. The official path is a flat re-roofing permit path.

The official fee band is $320.00 / $320.00 / $320.00. The official typical project value is $12,000.

Listed assumed valuations are $8,000 low, $12,000 typical, and $22,000 high. Walk the typical first.

Table 1A-G single-family and duplex re-roofing is $320.00 flat. The official extra is Table 1A-G re-roofing, single-family/duplex, and the official note is Included.

Other occupancies $556. Low and high match that same $320.00 total because the path is flat, so the low fee is $320.00 and the high fee is $320.00.

The $320.00 high is the same total as the $320.00 typical and is not added on top of it. Documented 1,000 / 1,500 / 1,800 sf of roof surface does not change this flat $320.00.

Like-for-like reroof of a 1-2 family building uses the Table 1A-G re-roofing permit, not Table 1A-A. Table 1A-A valuation is the wrong path for a like-for-like 1-2 family reroof.

Other occupancies use $556 on the same table. That $556 line is a different occupancy and is not the official fee band.

It is not used as the low fee, the typical fee, or the high fee. Electrical and plumbing are not included.

The pre-1979 R3 lead $5 surcharge is not assumed in the official band. Roof area and job valuation are not inputs to this listed permit total.

Job valuation does not drive this fee. The assumed valuations of $8,000 and $12,000 and $22,000 still produce $320.00 on this flat re-roofing permit path.

This note does not invent technology fees, state surcharges, or plan-review add-ons. This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $320.00 total.

SF DBI Table 1A-C Plumbing/Mechanical, effective July 12, 2026 (source retrieved Sep 1, 2026). The official typical path is Table 1A-C Category 1M mechanical gas appliance.

The fee is a flat amount. A permit is required on that typical path.

The low fee is $290, the typical fee is $290, and the high fee is $290. The official typical project value is $7,500.

Assumed valuation is unused on this row (not listed); Category 1M is not a valuation fee. Table 1A-C Category 1M mechanical gas appliance is $290 and is included.

Category 1M is a single residential unit mechanical gas appliance (furnace, hydronic heat, heat pump).

• Typical 3-ton heat pump or 80 kBTU furnace uses that Category 1M $290 line.

Low, typical, and high all use the same Category 1M path, so the low fee, the typical fee, and the high fee stay $290. Valuation is not an input on this flat path and does not change the $290 / $290 / $290 listed fees.

The $290 high is the same total as the $290 typical and is not added on top of it. Separate electrical (Table 1A-E) is extra and is not computed on this row; this note does not invent an electrical permit fee.

Table 1A-E dollars are outside the official totals and are not estimated here. The official Category 1M extra line is $290 and matches the low fee, the typical fee, and the high fee.

Cite SF DBI Table 1A-C Plumbing/Mechanical, effective July 12, 2026, for the Category 1M fee used on this row. Walk: Category 1M single residential unit mechanical gas appliance is published at $290.

Furnace, hydronic heat, or heat pump on that line is the official path. A second appliance would be a separate Category 1M line and is not added on this typical single-unit row.

The $290 / $290 / $290 band is the same Category 1M path on low, typical, and high. This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $290 total.

$2,001–$50,000: plan $310+$28.35 per extra $1,000; issuance $266+$8.56 per extra $1,000. $8,000=797.46; $12,000=945.1; $19,200=1240.38.

SF DBI Tables 1A-A and 1A-C, effective July 12, 2026 (source retrieved Sep 1, 2026). This kitchen fee is valuation-based, and a permit is required.

The official fee band is $1,345.83 low, $2,084.03 typical, and $3,094.75 high. The official typical project value is $35,000.

Listed assumed valuations are $15,000 low, $35,000 typical, and $75,000 high. Valuation, not kitchen square footage, drives the building fee, so the 200 sq ft typical job is not the fee basis.

In the $2,001 to $50,000 bracket, plan review is $310 plus $28.35 per additional $1,000 over $2,000. Issuance is $266 plus $8.56 per additional $1,000 over $2,000.

Table 1A-C Category 1P plumbing for a kitchen remodel is $290 and is included on every band. Walk the typical path at $35,000 (33 additional thousands over $2,000).

Plan review is $310 + $935.55 = $1,245.55. Issuance is $266 + $282.48 = $548.48.

The building subtotal is $1,245.55 + $548.48 = $1,794.03. Plus Category 1P plumbing $290 equals $2,084.03.

Included at $35,000. That $1,794.03 building subtotal is not added a second time.

Low uses the same bracket at $15,000 (13 additional thousands over $2,000). Plan review is $310 + $368.55 = $678.55.

Issuance is $266 + $111.28 = $377.28. The building subtotal is $678.55 + $377.28 = $1,055.83.

Plus Category 1P plumbing $290 equals $1,345.83.

• High $75,000 falls above $50,000 and uses the next Table 1A-A bracket ($50,001 to $200,000).

Plan review is $1,617 for the first $50,000 plus $15.60 per additional $1,000. Issuance is $677 for the first $50,000 plus $4.83 per additional $1,000. $75,000 is 25 additional thousands over $50,000.

Plan review is $1,617 + $390 = $2,007. Issuance is $677 + $120.75 = $797.75.

The building subtotal is $2,007 + $797.75 = $2,804.75. Plus Category 1P plumbing $290 equals $3,094.75.

The $3,094.75 high is not added on top of the $2,084.03 typical. Table 1A-E electrical is $305 for residential up to 10 outlets if new circuits and is not added.

Cabinets/countertops-only may not need a building permit. That path is not a $0 fee line.

This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $1,345.83, $2,084.03, and $3,094.75 totals.