The Department of Planning and Building Permit Center is open by appointment only. A walk-in option is available for customers with questions on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 AM to 11:45 AM. Walk-ins are limited to 15 minutes each in order to accommodate as many people as possible. If you’d like to submit an application in person, please schedule an appointment by calling (805) 781-5600.
To submit electronic Building Permit or Land Use Permit Applications, please visit the Permitting page.
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Cost accounting agreement for Land Division, Land Use, and Construction permits, as well as General Plan Amendment applications, detailing standard real time billing provisions for application processing cost recovery (ACT-1001)
Fillable PDF to request fee waivers for all project types (ACT-1006)
Fee schedule for fiscal year 2022-2023
Fee schedule for fiscal year 2021-2022
This is a tabular, 3-fold guide to residential permit fees (Document BLD-2005)