Placer County
Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division
In short
Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division issues 7 permits we publish for Placer County, last verified 2026-10-13. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Pool / Spa Permit and Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | Annual permit (pool, spa or spray feature): seasonal $472; year-round $944. Plan review: new pool or spa $3,468; second submittal review $2,583; equipment only / replaster $650; remodel $1,091. | annual | 2026-10-13 |
| Food Facility Plan Checkonly if it applies to you | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | New facility with hood $3,697; new facility without hood $2,522; new facility, prepackaged only $1,196; equipment only $737; remodel with hood $2,274; remodel without hood $1,455. | per project (one-time) | 2026-10-13 |
| Mobile Food Facility Permit | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | Annual: full food preparation $660; limited food preparation $453; no food preparation $375. A commissary permit, where the operator runs its own commissary, is $673. | annual | 2026-10-13 |
| Temporary Food Facility Permit (community events)only if it applies to you | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | Temporary food facility: single event $251; single event, prepackaged non-PHF $121; annual permit $513; annual permit, prepackaged non-PHF $218. Temporary event coordinator application $513. A penalty of an additional 25 percent applies for failure to pay within 5 business days of the event. | per event, or annual for annual permits | 2026-10-13 |
| Caterer / Host Facility Permitonly if it applies to you | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | Caterer $232; caterer, same owner operating from a permitted food facility $0; caterer, out-of-county commissary $129; host facility $478. | annual | 2026-10-13 |
| Retail Food Facility Health Permit | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | Annual: restaurant 0-49 seats $1,230; 50-99 seats $1,541; 100 or more seats $1,773. Market, no food prep: under 500 sq ft $646; over 500-5,000 sq ft $777; 5,000 sq ft or more $1,165. Market with food prep: under 5,000 sq ft $1,424; 5,000 sq ft or more $1,812. Market, pre-packaged with sampling / limited non-PHF prep $1,165. Bar or lounge, no food prep $517. Satellite food facility $440. Commissary $673. Seasonal (operates less than 6 months per year): restaurant 0-49 seats $619, 50-99 seats $752, 100 or more seats $853; market no prep under 500 sq ft $344, 500-5,000 sq ft $398, over 5,000 sq ft $548; market with prep under 5,000 sq ft $660, over 5,000 sq ft $839; bar or lounge $277. | annual | 2026-10-13 |
| Body Art Facility Permit and Practitioner Registrationonly if it applies to you | Placer County Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division | Permanent body art facility $420 per year; ear-piercing-only permanent facility $45 (state prescribed, not subject to CPI increase); body art practitioner registration $163 per year; mobile body art facility $149 per year; body art plan check $793; temporary event booth $429. | annual | 2026-10-13 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Public Pool / Spa Permit and Plan Review
A gym or fitness studio that operates a pool, spa or spray feature used by members or the public needs an annual public pool permit from Placer County Environmental Health, priced as seasonal or year-round. A studio without a pool or spa has no pool permit. New pools and spas, remodels and equipment replacement go through Environmental Health plan review first; the county's Food Protection Program page lists a public pool/spa among the projects that need a plan check application. Amounts are from the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26), and the county publishes pool operation, signage and self-inspection handouts on its Permit Applications & Handouts page.
Food Facility Plan Check
The county's Food Protection Program page says 'If you are opening a new or remodeling an existing restaurant, food facility, mobile food facility, public pool/spa, tattoo or body art shop, you will need to submit a plan check application.' For a restaurant, coffee shop or food-selling store the fee depends on whether the project is new or a remodel and whether a hood is installed; an equipment-only change has its own line. Amounts are from the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26). The plan check is separate from, and in addition to, the building permit the city or county requires for the same work and the annual retail food facility permit that follows.
Mobile Food Facility Permit
The county's Mobile Food Facilities page says 'A mobile food facility (MFF) can be a cart, unenclosed vehicle, or food truck or trailer' and that there are limitations on the foods each type may prepare; carts are restricted to limited food preparation, while trucks and trailers can do full preparation. The Food Protection Program lists mobile food vendors among the retail food facilities it permits and inspects throughout the county. The annual fee depends on the level of food preparation, per the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26). New units go through Environmental Health plan check before the permit is issued, and the same schedule's double-fee penalty applies to operating before a permit is obtained.
Temporary Food Facility Permit (community events)
Selling food from a booth at a fair, festival or other community event in Placer County needs a temporary food facility permit from Environmental Health; the Food Protection Program page says 'A community event permit helps to ensure that food at public events is safe to consume and is prepared under clean conditions' and lists special/temporary event booths among the facilities it permits countywide. A vendor working several events can take the annual temporary food facility permit instead of single-event permits, and an event organizer files the temporary event coordinator application. Amounts and the 25 percent late-payment penalty are from the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26).
Caterer / Host Facility Permit
The Food Protection Program page says 'Caterers supply food and related services at private or public functions held somewhere other than where the food was prepared.' A caterer serving food in Placer County holds a caterer permit; the schedule lists a $0 line for a caterer owned by the same owner as an already permitted food facility and a lower line for a caterer working from an out-of-county commissary. A venue that hosts caterers needs the host facility permit, and the county publishes Host Facility Requirements and Host Facility Caterer Standard Operating Procedures among its Mobile Foods & Caterers handouts. Amounts are from the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26).
Retail Food Facility Health Permit
Placer County's Food Protection Program page says 'Our specialists issue permits and inspect all retail food facilities in the county, such as restaurants, bars, markets, school cafeterias, bakeries, mini-marts and convenience stores, retail stores that sell pre-packaged food, mobile food vendors, and special/temporary event booths', so a restaurant, coffee shop or food-selling store needs this county permit whether it is in a city or the unincorporated area. County Code §5.12.030(B) also says 'A food permit is required by the health and human services department for all businesses that will handle food or food products.' Amounts are from the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26); the Board of Supervisors staff report for April 7, 2026 (item 18A) requested a public hearing to adopt a resolution adjusting Environmental Health fees by 3.21 percent for CPI, effective July 1, 2026. Under the same schedule, new permits and ownership changes may be pro-rated on a half-year basis, operating before obtaining a permit carries a penalty of double the permit fee, and fees unpaid 30 days after the due date incur an additional 25 percent.
Body Art Facility Permit and Practitioner Registration
A salon or studio offering tattooing, body piercing or permanent cosmetics needs a body art facility permit from Placer County Environmental Health, and each person doing the work holds an annual practitioner registration. A salon offering only hair, nail or skin services without body art has no body art permit. A new tattoo or body art shop, or a remodel, goes through plan check first, as the county's Food Protection Program page notes, and the county publishes body art plan check and self-inspection checklists and temporary event forms on its Permit Applications & Handouts page. Amounts are from the Environmental Health Division's Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26); the schedule marks the $45 ear-piercing-only fee as state prescribed and not subject to a CPI increase.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Placer County
- Phone
- (530) 745-2300
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Board of Supervisors item 18A, April 7, 2026 — FY 2026-27 Health and Human Services Fee AdjustmentsPlacer County Board of Supervisors · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Environmental HealthPlacer County Health and Human Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Environmental Health Fee Schedule - Effective July 1, 2026 (FY 26-27, revised 5/14/26)Placer County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Food Protection ProgramPlacer County Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Mobile Food FacilitiesPlacer County Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Permit Applications & HandoutsPlacer County Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Placer County Code, Article 2.116 — FeesCounty of Placer / eCode360 · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Placer County Code, Chapter 5 — Business Licenses, Regulations and PermitsCounty of Placer / eCode360 · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
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