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FireSet by county fee ordinanceCitation Placer County Code ch. 15 art. 15.36 s. 15.36.010; fee established by Resolution 96-217 (1996-07-16), re-based by Resolution 2024-181 (2024-09-24), current amount by Resolution 2026-060 (2026-04-07)

Fire Facilities Impact Fee (Placer County Fire)

Charged on new development in Placer County (unincorporated).

What one house pays

$2,120

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

Share of Placer County (unincorporated)'s total
2%
Total one-time fees here
$88,997
Adjustment
Adjusts yearly · ENR construction cost index · January
what the document says

annual, average of the ENR 20-City Construction Cost Index and the San Francisco CCI, twelve months ending December

Next expected change
1 Jan 2027

The record

Why it exists

fire stations and apparatus required by new development

“The purpose of the Placer County Fire Facilities Impact Fee is to provide funding for additional fire stations and apparatus (vehicles and equipment) that are required as a direct result of the increase in fire service demand resulting from new development.”

Placer County, Fire Facilities Impact Fee Program Annual Fiscal Report FY 2024-2025, December 2025, "Description of Development Impact Fees", p. 2 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“The fee includes a fire service area of approximately 475 square miles in the central and western portions of unincorporated Placer County not covered by an independent fire protection district.”

Placer County CEO Land Development Division memorandum, "FY 2025-26 Fire Facilities Impact Fee Annual Capital Improvement Plan and Inflationary Adjustment", 2025-04-15, BACKGROUND, p. 1 · source document ↗
When it was adopted

1996-07-16 (Resolution 96-217); code framework 1990-08-28

“The Fire Facilities Impact Fee was originally approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on July 16, 1996, by Resolution 96-217. An updated nexus study with applicable rate adjustments was approved by the Board on September 24, 2024, by Resolution 2024-181.”

Placer County CEO memorandum, "Fire Facilities Impact Fee Annual Reporting for FY 2023-24", 2024-12-03, BACKGROUND, p. 1 · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“If adopted by the County Board of Supervisors, the proposed PCF Fire Fee will be charged to future development in the Fire Fee Area only. Expected development in the Major Development Projects will not be required to pay the proposed PCF Fire Fee and instead will mitigate their impact through development agreements.”

Placer County Fire Department Fire Facilities Impact Fee Study, 2018-02-20, Executive Summary, p. v · source document ↗

Every published rate

Land useRateBasisEffectiveAmount
Single-family detached this home per sq ft 1 Jul 2026 $1.06

“Fire Facility Impact Fee | FY 2026-27 Fee Schedule / Fee Schedule Per Sq Ft … Residential | $1.05 | | $1.06 … Fees effective date: 7/1/2026”

Placer County, "Exhibit 1 - Fee Schedule, Fire Facility Impact Fee, FY 2026-27 Fee Schedule", effective 2026-07-01, Residential row, FY 2026/27 column · source document ↗
Commercial per sq ft 1 Jul 2026 $0.56
the line this rate was read from

“Non-Residential | $0.56 | | $0.56”

Placer County, "Exhibit 1 - Fee Schedule, Fire Facility Impact Fee, FY 2026-27 Fee Schedule", effective 2026-07-01 · source document ↗
Agricultural per sq ft 1 Jul 2026 $0.22
the line this rate was read from

“Agricultural | $0.22 | | $0.22”

Placer County, "Exhibit 1 - Fee Schedule, Fire Facility Impact Fee, FY 2026-27 Fee Schedule", effective 2026-07-01 · source document ↗

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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