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San Joaquin County Community Development Department, Planning Division

In short

San Joaquin County Community Development Department, Planning Division issues 1 permit we publish for San Joaquin County, last verified 2026-10-02. 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
Zoning Compliance Reviewonly if it applies to youSan Joaquin County Community Development Department, Planning Division$350–$3,264.12 per application, from a $350.00 Routing Form (with land use approval) up to $3,264.12 for a General/Public-Works-Major-tier discretionary review, per the Planning Application Permit Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2025per application2026-10-02

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

Zoning Compliance Review

Any new business use, expansion or entitlement in unincorporated San Joaquin County — including a retail outlet applying for a California ABC alcohol license, since Business & Professions Code §23790 bars ABC from issuing a license contrary to a county's zoning ordinance — goes through CDD-Planning's Zoning Compliance Review under the Development Title (County Code Title 9), which implements the county's 2035 General Plan and the Subdivision Map Act. The fee ranges from $350.00 for a Routing Form processed with existing land-use approval up to $3,264.12 for a full discretionary review at the General/Public-Works-Major tier, per the Planning Application Permit Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2025. Title 9's official text is hosted directly on the county's own site and, separately, through the official Municode hosting linked from County Counsel's own ordinance-code page — not through any third-party code aggregator. A business inside any of San Joaquin County's 8 incorporated cities goes through that city's own zoning process instead of this county program.

Contact

Jurisdiction
San Joaquin County
Phone
(209) 468-3121

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. Business and Professions Code §23790 — bars ABC from issuing a retail alcohol license contrary to a county's zoning ordinanceCalifornia Legislative Information · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. Development Title (County Code Title 9), Divisions 1-3 — the County's own hosted text, adopted by Ordinance 3675San Joaquin County Community Development Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. Development Title (Title 9) — official Municode hosting of San Joaquin County's zoning and land-use codeSan Joaquin County, CA, via Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  4. Ordinance Code page — links to the official Municode hosting of the full County Code, including the Development Title (Title 9)San Joaquin County Counsel · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  5. Planning Application Permit Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2025 — business-license fee items 25a-25e and Zoning Compliance Review fee item 28San Joaquin County Community Development Department, Planning Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  6. Zoning Compliance Review program page — implements the Development Title (County Code Title 9) and the 2035 General PlanSan Joaquin County Community Development Department, Planning Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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