Stanislaus County Department of Planning and Community Development, Building Permit Services

Building Permit (unincorporated area)

County Code §16.00.010 says Title 16 regulates 'the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the unincorporated areas of the county', so a business building, altering or fitting out premises outside the nine cities takes its building permit from Planning and Community Development's Building Permit Services; work inside a city goes to that city. The Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance C.S. 1415, amending Building Permit Services fees, on 19 May 2026 (minutes item 6.A.6), and the county's Building Permit Services Fee Schedule is headed 'Effective July 18, 2026'; the schedule prints the adopted amounts in its column headed 'PROPOSED', beside the earlier 'EXISTING' amounts. The valuation-based fee follows the schedule's table, with valuation based on the August 2020 ICC Building Valuation Data. Building Permit Services is at 1010 10th Street, Suite 3400, Modesto, telephone (209) 525-6557.