How to pay the BCDC permit application fee | SF Bay Conservation & Development

Check the fees for your permit application

Before you pay your permit, you must know what type of permit you are applying for. You can contact BCDC staff if you aren’t sure what type of permit your project requires.

Abbreviated regionwide permit

Application fee: $200

Regionwide permit

Application fee: $200

Administrative permit

The application fee is calculated based on the “total project cost.” Total project cost means all expenditures, including the cost for planning, engineering, architectural, and other services, made or to be made for designing the project plus the estimated cost of construction of all aspects of the project both inside and outside the Commission’s jurisdiction.

Total project cost of:

Less than $5,000: $300
$5,000 to $50,000: $350
$50,001 to $100,000: $700
$100,001 to $10 million: $2,100
$600,001 to $10 million: 0.24% of total project cost
$10,000,001 to $50 million: $24,000 or 0.20% of total project cost, whichever is greater
$50,000,001 to $100 million: $100,000 or 0.16% of total project cost, whichever is greater
$100,000,001 to $300 million: $160,000 or 0.12% of total project cost, whichever is greater
$300,000,001 to $600 million: $360,000 or 0.08% of total project cost, whichever is greater
More than $600 million: $480,000

Major permit

The application fee is calculated based on the “total project cost.” Total project cost means all expenditures, including the cost for planning, engineering, architectural, and other services, made or to be made for designing the project plus the estimated cost of construction of all aspects of the project both inside and outside the Commission’s jurisdiction.

Total project cost of:

Less than $50,000: $700
$50,000 to $100,000: $1,400
$100,001 to $200,000: $1,800
$200,001 to $300,000: $2,200
$300,001 to $600,000: $2,400
$600,001 to $10 million: 0.40% of the total project cost
$10,000,001 to $50 million: $40,000 or 0.34% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
$50,000,001 to $100 million: $170,000 or 0.28% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
$100,000,001 to $300 million: $280,000 or 0.22% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
$300,000,001 to $600 million: $660,000 or 0.16% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
More than $600 million: $1.2 million

Emergency permit

The application fee for an emergency permit is the same cost as for non-emergency permits. See fees for administrative or major permit applications, depending on the nature of project.

Time extension

Application fee: $300

Nonmaterial amendment (other than a time extension)

The application fee is calculated based on the “total project cost.” Total project cost means all expenditures, including the cost for planning, engineering, architectural, and other services, made or to be made for designing the project plus the estimated cost of construction of all aspects of the project both inside and outside the Commission’s jurisdiction. The total project cost for an amendment to a permit shall consist of only the total project cost of the subject matter of the amendment application.

Total project cost of subject matter of:

Less than $5,000: $200
$5,000 to $50,000: $300
$50,001 to $100,000: $400
$100,001 to $600,000: $1,200
$600,001 to $100 million: 0.20% of total project cost
More than $100 million: $200,000

Material amendment

The application fee is calculated based on the “total project cost.” Total project cost means all expenditures, including the cost for planning, engineering, architectural, and other services, made or to be made for designing the project plus the estimated cost of construction of all aspects of the project both inside and outside the Commission’s jurisdiction. The total project cost for an amendment to a permit shall consist of only the total project cost of the subject matter of the amendment application.

Total project cost of subject matter of:

Less than $50,000: $700
$50,000 to $100,000: $1,400
$100,001 to $200,000: $1,800
$200,001 to $300,000: $2,200
$300,001 to $600,000: $2,400
$600,001 to $10 million: 0.40% of the total project cost
$10,000,001 to $50 million: $40,000 or 0.34% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
$50,000,001 to $100 million: $170,000 or 0.28% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
$100,000,001 to $300 million: $280,000 or 0.22% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
$300,000,001 to $600 million: $660,000 or 0.16% of the total project cost, whichever is greater
More than $600 million: $1.2 million

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All relevant permit application fees are doubled if an application is submitted in response to an enforcement investigation or enforcement action for violations of the McAteer-Petris Act, the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act, or the terms or conditions of a BCDC permit.

How to submit your payment to BCDC

By mail

Submit your permit application fee by check or money order, which should be sent to:

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
375 Beale Street, Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94105

Make the check or money order payable to “San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.” Include a cover letter that indicates the BCDC permit application number (if you have been provided with one) and the street address of the project location.

In person

Please make arrangements with your staff contact at BCDC to deliver the check to our office in person. Delivery by mail is preferred.