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Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction Division

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Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction Division issues 6 permits we publish for Sacramento County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Fire Systems Permit — Commercial Cooking (Hood & Duct) Suppression and LPG Tank Installationonly if it applies to youSacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction DivisionHood & Duct Fire Suppression System plan review $1,278 per system; if the establishment uses LPG, a Commercial LPG Tank Installation permit of $798 also applies.one-time, per installation or alteration2026-09-28
Fire Code Operational Permit — Commercial Business Inspectiononly if it applies to youSacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction Division$479–$4,154 a year, Commercial Business Inspection operational permit, tiered by the building's square footage (July 1, 2025 fee)annual operational permit (initial inspection plus one reinspection included)2026-09-28
Fire Code Operational Permits — Auto Repair, Spray Booths and Flammable/Combustible Liquidsonly if it applies to youSacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction DivisionMotor Vehicle Repair Rooms and Booths plan review $959; Repair Garages and Motor Fuel Dispensing operate permit $638; Spray Booths plan review $959 plus a separate Spraying or Dipping operate permit of $638; Flammable and Combustible Liquids operate permit $638.plan-review fees (Motor Vehicle Repair Rooms/Booths, Spray Booths) are one-time, per installation; operate permits (Repair Garages/Motor Fuel Dispensing, Spraying/Dipping, Flammable/Combustible Liquids) are annual2026-09-28
Fire Systems Permit — Sprinkler and Alarm (Tenant Improvement)only if it applies to youSacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction DivisionFire Sprinkler System, Commercial (Tenant Improvement) $1,119 to $1,917 depending on system size; Fire Alarm System $1,278 to $4,154 depending on system size and device count.one-time, per system installation2026-09-28
Fire Code Operational Permit — Places of Assemblyonly if it applies to youSacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction Division50-99 occupants $479; 100-299 occupants $798; 300+ occupants $959.annual operational permit2026-09-28
Fire Code Operational Permit — Commercial Day Care Occupancyonly if it applies to youSacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Community Risk Reduction Division7-49 persons $638; 50-149 persons $959; 150+ persons $1,438.annual operational permit2026-09-28

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

Fire Systems Permit — Commercial Cooking (Hood & Duct) Suppression and LPG Tank Installation

This permit applies only within Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's own territory: the cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova, plus most — not all — of unincorporated Sacramento County. A restaurant, coffee shop, or food truck's commissary located in the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Galt, Wilton, or Isleton, or in one of several unincorporated Delta communities (Courtland, Herald, Rio Vista/Delta, River Delta, Walnut Grove), instead falls under that city's or district's own independent fire department and fee schedule, none of which are Metro Fire's. Within Metro Fire's territory, installing or altering a commercial kitchen hood fire-suppression system costs $1,278 per system, and an establishment using LPG (propane) also needs a Commercial LPG Tank Installation permit at $798. Both figures are in the 'NEW FEE JULY 1, 2025' column of Metro Fire's Ordinance 2023-02 Community Risk Reduction Division fee schedule (updated 7/1/25), as published on Metro Fire's website.

Fire Code Operational Permit — Commercial Business Inspection

Within Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's territory — Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and most of the unincorporated area only, not the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Galt, Wilton, Isleton or the Delta fire districts — a general commercial occupancy is charged an annual Commercial Business Inspection operational permit ranging from $479 to $4,154 depending on the building's square footage. No salon-specific fire line item exists; an ordinary hair or nail salon is billed under this same square-footage tier, as is a general retail store, restaurant, coffee shop, or veterinary clinic without a more specific fire-permit category of its own (auto-repair, places of assembly, and commercial day care each have their own dedicated fire-permit records listed separately for Sacramento County). The figures above are in the 'NEW FEE JULY 1, 2025' column of Metro Fire's Ordinance 2023-02 fee schedule (updated 7/1/25), as published on Metro Fire's website.

Fire Code Operational Permits — Auto Repair, Spray Booths and Flammable/Combustible Liquids

An auto-repair shop located within Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's territory — Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and most of the unincorporated area only — needs several distinct fire-code items: a $959 plan review for Motor Vehicle Repair Rooms and Booths, a $638 annual operate permit for Repair Garages and Motor Fuel Dispensing, a $959 plan review for a Spray Booth plus a separate $638 annual operate permit for Spraying or Dipping if refinishing work is performed, and a $638 annual operate permit for Flammable and Combustible Liquids storage above threshold quantities. A shop outside Metro Fire's territory — in the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Galt, Wilton, Isleton, or an unincorporated Delta fire district — instead falls under that jurisdiction's own independent fire department and its own fee schedule; contact that department for its fees. Separately, an auto-body shop performing spray-booth refinishing also needs a SMAQMD Authority to Construct/Permit to Operate (see that record), a distinct regional air-quality requirement from any of these Metro Fire items.

Fire Systems Permit — Sprinkler and Alarm (Tenant Improvement)

When a tenant-improvement project within Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's territory (Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and most of the unincorporated area only) includes a new or altered fire-protection system, a commercial fire sprinkler installation is billed $1,119 to $1,917 depending on system size, and a fire alarm system $1,278 to $4,154 depending on system size and device count, under Metro Fire's July 1, 2025 fee schedule. A contractor performing this work, or the business commissioning it, in the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Galt, Wilton, Isleton, or an unincorporated Delta fire district instead deals with that jurisdiction's own independent fire department for these systems, not Metro Fire. This fee is charged on top of, not instead of, the County's own Building/Tenant-Improvement Permit fee for the same project in the unincorporated area (see that record), since the building permit and the fire-system permit are issued by two different divisions.

Fire Code Operational Permit — Places of Assembly

A fitness studio located within Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's territory (Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and most of the unincorporated area only) needs a Places of Assembly operational permit once its occupant load reaches 50 people, priced at $479 a year for 50-99 occupants, $798 for 100-299, and $959 for 300 or more, under the 'NEW FEE JULY 1, 2025' column of Metro Fire's Ordinance 2023-02 fee schedule (updated 7/1/25), as published on Metro Fire's website. A studio located in the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Galt, Wilton, Isleton, or one of the small unincorporated Delta fire districts instead falls under that jurisdiction's own independent fire department and fee schedule; contact that department for its fees. A studio below the 50-occupant threshold is instead billed under the general Commercial Business Inspection square-footage fee (see that record).

Fire Code Operational Permit — Commercial Day Care Occupancy

A commercial child-care facility located within Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's territory (Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and most of the unincorporated area only) needs a fire clearance inspection under this Commercial Day Care occupancy category before the State issues its child-care license, priced at $638 a year for 7-49 persons, $959 for 50-149, and $1,438 for 150 or more, under Metro Fire's 'NEW FEE JULY 1, 2025' schedule. A facility located in the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Galt, Wilton, Isleton, or an unincorporated Delta fire district instead needs a fire clearance from that jurisdiction's own independent fire department at that department's own fee, not this one. California law treats small and large family day care homes (up to 14 children) as a residential use by right under Health & Safety Code §1597.40 et seq., largely exempting them from zoning conditional-use review, but this fire-occupancy inspection requirement is a separate fire-code matter from that zoning exemption.

Contact

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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.

  1. Community Risk Reduction Division Fee Schedule, Ordinance 2023-02, updated 7/1/25 — the 'NEW FEE JULY 1, 2025' columnSacramento Metropolitan Fire District · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  2. Fire Districts — lists the independent fire departments and districts serving each incorporated city and the unincorporated pockets Metro Fire does not coverSacramento County Building Permits & Inspection Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  3. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District — service area: Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova and most (not all) of unincorporated Sacramento CountySacramento Metropolitan Fire District · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28

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