AdministrationSet by city fee ordinance

General Plan Maintenance Fee

Levied by City of Bakersfield on new development in Bakersfield. Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq. Collected at building permit.

What one house pays

$205

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot.

Share of Bakersfield's total: 0%

Total one-time fees here: $47,890

Adjustment: Not recorded

The record

When it is paid

at building permit

“GENERAL PLAN MAINTENANCE (added to building permit fee for new construction)”

City of Bakersfield fee schedule, July 1, 2025, p.6 of 7, BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES · source document ↗

Who collects it

City of Bakersfield, the agency that levies it

“BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES (if you have any questions about their fees or permits, phone 661/326-3727)”

City of Bakersfield fee schedule, July 1, 2025, p.6 of 7, section heading · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

Rate	Basis	Effective	Amount
this home	per DU	1 Jul 2025	$205.00
“GENERAL PLAN MAINTENANCE (added to building permit fee for new construction) $ 205.00” City of Bakersfield fee schedule, July 1, 2025, p.6 of 7, BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES · source document ↗

Source documents

–Adopting resolution not found
–Nexus study not found
–Annual fee report (AB 1600) not found
↗Published fee schedule
–Official boundary map not found
↗Source used for the rates

Not found means we couldn’t locate it, not that it doesn’t exist. Every linked document is archived here, so a dead link isn’t a dead citation.

Where this comes from

Facts with a quoted source: 2 of 10 record fields
How sure we are: Medium
Read on: 15 Sep 2026
Kind of document: Adopted fee schedule
Jurisdiction: Bakersfield

What “medium” means, and what this fee rests on

High: We read this straight from the document that sets the fee: the city's ordinance, the council resolution, or the official fee schedule. This is the strongest kind of source, because the number and the rule come from the agency that charges it, in its own words.
Medium: We read this from an official document, but not the one that sets the fee. It might be a staff report, a study the fee was based on, or another agency's summary of it. These are usually right, but they can lag behind a change or describe a fee differently from the document that sets it. We also use medium when the agency's own documents disagree with each other.
Low: We could not find this in a current official document. It may come from an older version of the schedule, a secondary source, or from how the agency appears to apply the fee in practice. Treat it as a lead and check with the agency before relying on it.
Derived: Not read from a document at all. Filled in from the type of fee, such as which law authorizes it. Shown separately so it is never mistaken for a quotation.

When it is paid · MediumCity of Bakersfield fee schedule, July 1, 2025, p.6 of 7, BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES
Who collects it · MediumCity of Bakersfield fee schedule, July 1, 2025, p.6 of 7, section heading
What law authorizes it · Derivedderived: instrument lookup
Who levies it · MediumCity of Bakersfield fee schedule, July 1, 2025, p.6 of 7, section heading

The same four levels, on the Methodology page.

Cite this page

Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 15 Sep 2026

Development Fee Index, “General Plan Maintenance Fee, Bakersfield”. Figures retrieved 15 Sep 2026 from the documents listed above.

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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