San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services

In short

San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services issues 10 permits we publish for San Bernardino County, last verified 2026-09-27. 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
Permit	Issuing agency	Fee	Renews	Last checked
Mobile Food Facility Health Permit (Vehicle, Cart, or CMFO)	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	Vehicle: Low Risk $307/yr, Medium Risk $585/yr, High Risk $901/yr. Cart/CMFO: Low Risk $282/yr, Medium and High Risk both $426/yr (the fee schedule prices Medium and High Risk carts identically). Mobile Support Unit (commissary support vehicle) $358/yr. MFF-Cart/CMFO Permit-Exempt category exists at $0.	annual; a decal renewal inspection is required each year during the month the permit expires	2026-09-27
Mobile Food Facility Plan Check	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	New vehicle: Low Risk $815, Medium Risk $901, High Risk $928. New CMFO: Low Risk $747, Medium Risk $826, High Risk $851. Cart or vehicle remodel: Low Risk $754, Medium Risk $849, High Risk $873. Mobile Support Unit plan check: new $849, remodel $806.	one-time, per unit	2026-09-27
Environmental Health Services Referral Fee (component of a CUP/MUP/Tentative Tract application)only if it applies to you	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	$1,020 flat, one-time, per referral	one-time, per application referral	2026-09-27
Retail Food Facility Health Permit — Public Eating Place	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	$622–$841 a year, by seat count: 0-24 seats $622, 25-99 seats $731, 100+ seats $841 (annual); a 6-month version also exists at $311/$366/$421 respectively	annual, with a 6-month option available	2026-09-27
Retail Food Facility Health Permit — Snack Bar	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	$196–$267 a year, by prep level: prepackaged $196, limited prep $231, food preparation $267 (annual); a 6-month version exists at $98/$116/$134 respectively	annual, with a 6-month option available	2026-09-27
Retail Food Facility Health Permit — Convenience Store / Prepackaged Retail Foodonly if it applies to you	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	Convenience Store (limited hot/prepared items), annual, by square footage: 0-499 sf $521, 500-2,499 sf $590, 2,500+ sf $643; a 6-month version exists at $261/$295/$322. Prepackaged Retail (food sold only prepackaged, no on-site prep), annual only: 0-499 sf $348, 500-2,499 sf $383, 2,500+ sf $468.	annual; the Convenience Store category also has a 6-month option, the Prepackaged category does not	2026-09-27
Retail Food Plan Check	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	$792–$1,845 one-time per project, ranging $792 to $1,845 depending on facility type, square footage and whether the project is new construction, a major or minor remodel, or a plan change	one-time, per project	2026-09-27
Temporary Food Facility (TFF) Permitonly if it applies to you	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	Event Organizer, Annual $675.00 (or $393.00 for a single event). Prepackaged Annual TFF $429.00; single-event (up to 6 months) Prepackaged $169.00. Food Preparation Annual TFF $582.00; single-event Food Prep $237.00. Non-profit versions mirror the standard fees. Late fees: $138.00 for event organizers filing under 2 weeks before the event, or $138.00 for vendors under 48 hours before.	per event, or annual for the Event Organizer and Annual TFF categories	2026-09-27
Veterinary Medical Waste Generator Registration (Large Quantity Generator)	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	$378 flat, marked as a recurring fee in the EHS Fee Schedule	recurring — the EHS Fee Schedule marks this fee 'R' but does not state whether the renewal cycle is annual or some other length	2026-09-27
On-Site Wastewater (Septic) and Well Construction Permitsonly if it applies to you	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services	Commercial Development Perc Test Review $532.00 (one-time). Well Construction — Commercial/Industrial Water Supply $772.00 (one-time); Well Construction — Individual $501.00; Well Certification Letter $265.00. DMA Individual Septic System Permit (Biennial) $107.00. Septic Certification Review $122.50.	varies — most fees are one-time per project; the DMA Individual Septic System Permit is biennial	2026-09-27

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

Mobile Food Facility Health Permit (Vehicle, Cart, or CMFO)

Every food truck, cart or Commissary/Mobile Food Operation (CMFO) needs its own annual EHS permit. A vehicle (typically a food truck) costs $307 a year at Low Risk, $585 at Medium Risk or $901 at High Risk; a cart or CMFO costs $282 at Low Risk and $426 at both Medium and High Risk — the fee schedule prices Medium and High Risk carts identically. A mobile support/commissary vehicle costs $358 a year, and a very-low-risk cart may qualify for a $0 permit-exempt category. Each figure is from the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). A commissary agreement and restroom-use agreement are required before a permit issues. This permit covers food-safety only; where a truck or cart may legally park or operate is set separately by the city or by the County, not by this permit.

Mobile Food Facility Plan Check

A one-time plan-check fee, separate from the annual mobile food facility permit fee, required before a new vehicle, cart or CMFO may operate or before an existing one is remodeled. Figures range from $747 (a new low-risk CMFO) to $928 (a new high-risk vehicle), with lower figures for a remodel than for new construction at the same risk level, per the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). EHS's own guidance warns initial mobile-unit plan reviews can take 8-10 weeks.

Environmental Health Services Referral Fee (component of a CUP/MUP/Tentative Tract application)

This $1,020.00 fee is EHS's own referral-review charge for its participation in someone else's Planning Division application — it is billed under the line item 'Tentative Tract Review/CUP/MUP/TUP' and covers EHS's health/environmental review of that application, not the application itself. IT IS NOT THE COST OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR MINOR USE PERMIT: the actual Planning Division entitlement deposit is $16,468.00 (CUP) or $8,420.00 (MUP) under the County Fee Ordinance effective July 1, 2026, recorded as its own requirement for the County, and this EHS charge is a smaller component fee within that larger process, paid in addition to it, not instead of it. Related EHS Land Use fees on the same fee-schedule section include a Planned Development referral at $866.00, a 'CUP: Revision to an Approved Action' at $638.00, a Minor Subdivision/Tentative Parcel Map referral at $333.00, and a Temporary Special Event Application referral at $295.00 initial or $257.00 renewal — all from the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026).

Retail Food Facility Health Permit — Public Eating Place

Every restaurant in San Bernardino County needs an EHS health permit before opening, priced as a 'Public Eating Place' by seat count: $622 annually for 0-24 seats, $731 for 25-99 seats and $841 for 100 or more seats, each figure from the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). A 6-month option also exists at $311/$366/$421 respectively. Plan review before construction, remodel or change of ownership is a separate one-time fee, recorded in the County's Retail Food Plan Check requirement. EHS describes itself as San Bernardino County's Local Health Department, and its fee schedule carries no unincorporated-only caveat. Call 800.442.2283.

Retail Food Facility Health Permit — Snack Bar

A coffee shop is priced by EHS as a 'Snack Bar,' by preparation level: $196 a year for prepackaged items only, $231 for limited preparation, or $267 for full food preparation, each figure from the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). A 6-month option exists at $98/$116/$134 respectively. A coffee shop with a full kitchen and seating comparable to a restaurant could instead be priced as a 'Public Eating Place' (see that requirement) — which category applies depends on EHS's own assessment of the operation, not solely on the business's own label for itself. Plan review is a separate one-time fee (see the Retail Food Plan Check requirement).

Retail Food Facility Health Permit — Convenience Store / Prepackaged Retail Food

Only applies to a retail store that sells any food or beverage — an ordinary retail store with no food or drink sales needs no EHS permit at all. A store selling packaged food plus some limited hot or prepared items (for example a convenience store) is priced by square footage: $521/$590/$643 a year for 0-499/500-2,499/2,500-plus square feet, with a 6-month option at $261/$295/$322. A store selling only fully prepackaged food with no on-site preparation is priced lower: $348/$383/$468 a year by the same square-footage bands, with no 6-month option shown in the current fee schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). Plan review is a separate one-time fee (see the Retail Food Plan Check requirement).

Retail Food Plan Check

Charged before a restaurant, coffee shop or food-selling retail store may build, remodel or change ownership. New construction of a Public Eating Place/School Prep facility under 1,500 square feet costs $1,534, rising to $1,845 for 6,000-plus square feet; a major remodel of the same category ranges $1,358-$1,683, a minor remodel $1,144-$1,360, and a plan change alone $885-$1,002. A Convenience Store/Prepackaged/Satellite/School-Prep facility under 2,500 square feet costs $1,273 new, $1,233 for a major remodel, $1,068 for a minor remodel or $792 for a plan change alone, rising with square footage to $1,508/$1,456/$1,257/$902 at 20,000-plus square feet, per the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). The $792-$1,845 range in this record's fee field is the full span across every scenario; the specific figure for a given project depends on its exact category, size and scenario.

Temporary Food Facility (TFF) Permit

Applies to a restaurant, coffee shop or food truck vending at a temporary event — a fair, farmers market or festival — rather than, or in addition to, its fixed or mobile permit. An event organizer pays $675 annually or $393 for a single event; a vendor selling only prepackaged food pays $429 annually or $169 per single event up to six months; a vendor preparing food on site pays $582 annually or $237 per single event. Non-profit vendors and organizers pay the same figures under a mirrored fee code. Filing an event application under two weeks out, or a vendor application under 48 hours out, adds a $138 late fee. Every figure is from the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026), Section 12.

Veterinary Medical Waste Generator Registration (Large Quantity Generator)

Reaches essentially every veterinary clinic or hospital, since virtually all of them generate regulated medical waste (sharps, biohazard material) as a Large Quantity Generator under the fee schedule's 'LQG — Veterinary Clinics/Hospitals' line item, priced at $378.00 in the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). The schedule marks this fee 'R' for recurring but does not state on its face whether the cycle is annual or some other interval — confirm the exact renewal cadence with EHS, 800.442.2283, before relying on an assumed annual cycle. This is separate from, and additional to, the state veterinary practice license issued by the California Veterinary Medical Board, which is outside county scope.

On-Site Wastewater (Septic) and Well Construction Permits

This is a location-dependent trigger, not an industry-specific one: it applies to any of the ten industries only if the physical business location is not served by public sewer and water, which is realistically most common in the County's large unincorporated desert and mountain areas. A commercial development's perc (percolation) test review costs $532, a new commercial or industrial water-supply well costs $772 to construct and certify, and where an existing individual septic system is already on the parcel, the DMA Individual Septic System Permit renews biennially at $107. Every figure is from the current EHS Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026). A business connected to public sewer and water needs none of these.

Contact

Jurisdiction: San Bernardino County
Phone: 800.442.2283
Website: ehs.sbcounty.gov/applications-forms-and-fees/

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.

Applications, Forms and Fees — EHS's own index of permit applications and the mobile food facility checklist/formsSan Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
County Fee Ordinance FY 2026-27 (effective July 1, 2026), County Code §16.0215A Planning fees — Conditional Use Permit ($16,468) and Minor Use Permit ($8,420) initial deposits, sign permit fees, and the ABC Letter of Convenience or Necessity and Record Review feesSan Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Planning Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule (Data Date 6/30/2026) — food, mobile food, temporary food, medical waste, land-use referral and OWTS/well feesSan Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08

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