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PFF administrative fee

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

Not priced for this house. This charge is real, adopted and collected, and it is left out of Stockton's figure for one reason: it is levied as a percentage of another fee, and a typical home does not fix that quantity. That is not the same as a zero. The fee is owed; what is missing is the number to multiply by, and inventing one would price this house with more confidence and less truth. Every published rate is in the table below.

The record

Why it exists

“Administrative fees are collected as a part of the Public Facility Fee program to cover administrative costs such as program management, accounting, etc.”

PFF Annual Report FY 2023-24, "Stockton Economic Stimulus Program (SESP) Administrative Fee", internal p. 57 = PDF p. 67 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“Public Facilities Fee Program – Administration Fee – Provides for the administrative costs of the Public Facilities Fees Program; costs are recovered through the assessment charges as a percentage of fees collected.”

PFF Annual Report FY 2023-24, section E "DESCRIPTION OF PUBLIC FACILITY FEES, as required by California Government Code Section 66006 (b)", internal p. IX · source document ↗
Where it applies

“Division General Comments (Applicable to all Fees) / All Fee Areas - Additional 3.5% Administrative Fee”

City of Stockton Public Facility Fees, FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule, effective 7/1/2026; this footer is repeated on 13 of the 15 fee divisions · source document ↗
When it was adopted

1988-07-06 — but this is the PFF PROGRAM's authority, not an instrument naming the 3.5%

“The Public Facilities Fee Program has been in effect in Stockton since 1988-89. On July 6, 1988, the City Council adopted Stockton Municipal Code Section 16.72.260 et seq. (Ordinance No. 56-88 S.C.) establishing the authority to impose Public Facilities Fee. On September 12, 1988, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 88-0616 establishing that PFFs be paid at the time the City issues a development building permit. The City of Stockton began collection of the fees in November 1988.”

City of Stockton Public Facilities Fee (PFF) Annual Report FY 2023-24, Letter of Transmittal dated December 30, 2024, "Background", internal p. IV · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Ordinance No. 56-88 S.C. (Stockton Municipal Code Section 16.72.260 et seq.)

“The Public Facilities Fee Program has been in effect in Stockton since 1988-89. On July 6, 1988, the City Council adopted Stockton Municipal Code Section 16.72.260 et seq. (Ordinance No. 56-88 S.C.) establishing the authority to impose Public Facilities Fee. On September 12, 1988, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 88-0616 establishing that PFFs be paid at the time the City issues a development building permit. The City of Stockton began collection of the fees in November 1988.”

City of Stockton Public Facilities Fee (PFF) Annual Report FY 2023-24, Letter of Transmittal dated December 30, 2024, "Background", internal p. IV · source document ↗
When it is paid

at building permit

“On September 12, 1988, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 88-0616 establishing that PFFs be paid at the time the City issues a development building permit.”

PFF Annual Report FY 2023-24, Letter of Transmittal, December 30, 2024, "Background", internal p. IV · source document ↗
Who collects it

City of Stockton, the agency that levies it

“The City of Stockton collects fees when it issues building permits for the purpose of mitigating impacts caused by new development on certain public facilities. The fee revenue is then used to finance the acquisition, construction, and improvement of public facilities needed as a result of new development.”

PFF Annual Report FY 2023-24, Letter of Transmittal, December 30, 2024, internal p. IV · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“As a result of the various fee reduction programs implemented, the collection of administrative fees is also reduced in a manner consistent with the applicable reduced/waived PFF fee categories.”

PFF Annual Report FY 2023-24, "Stockton Economic Stimulus Program (SESP) Administrative Fee", internal p. 57 = PDF p. 67 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“From 2010 to 2015, the total amount of reductions granted under the Economic Recovery Incentive Program was $5,978,085.46 for residential ..., $922,241.51 for non-residential developments, and $239,227.37 for the Administrative Fee.”

PFF Annual Report FY 2023-24, "Economic Recovery Incentive Program" (elision in the residential figure is the reader's, marked) · source document ↗

Every published rate

RateBasisEffectiveAmount
percent 1 Jul 2026 $3.50
the line this rate was read from

“Administrative Fee: (All \"Fee Areas\") 3.5% of the sum of all PFF paid.”

City of Stockton, PUBLIC FACILITIES FEE CALCULATION WORKSHEET FY 2026-27, "As of 7/01/26", ADDITIONAL FEE INFORMATION, item 7, PDF p. 3 of 15 · 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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