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Water Enhancement Fee

Levied by County of Calaveras Building Department on new development in Calaveras County (unincorporated). Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq. Collected other: not stated — the adopted schedule prints "N/A" against this fee in its "DUE AT SUBMITTAL*" column and names no other payment point.

What one house pays

$900

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot.

Share of Calaveras County (unincorporated)'s total
1%
Total one-time fees here
$86,316
Adjustment
Adjusts another named index
what the document says

not stated

The record

Where it applies

“Water Enhancement Fee (1000' ft from Structure) $900 N/A N/A N/A”

County of Calaveras Building Department, "Pre-Approved Plan Set / Development Guide & Checklist", inner sheet captioned "ESTIMATE OF FEES" / "Effective February 1st, 2025", p.13 of the packet; row label is the whole parenthetical string, and the column headings above the five cells are "PERMIT TYPE | BASE FEE * | DUE AT SUBMITTAL * | SCHOOL FEES | FIRE DISTRICT FEES". The $900 is in the "BASE FEE *" column. This is the only statement of scope found in any official county document; it is a distance condition, not a mapped area. · source document ↗
When it is paid

“Water Enhancement Fee | $900 | N/A | NO | NO”

County of Calaveras Building Department, "FEE SCHEDULE / EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8TH 2026", p.2, table captioned "MISC FEES AND PERMITS", column headings "PERMIT TYPE | BASE FEE* | DUE AT SUBMITTAL* | SCHOOL | FIRE"; the "N/A" is the cell under "DUE AT SUBMITTAL*" · source document ↗
Who collects it

County of Calaveras Building Department, the agency that levies it

“County of Calaveras / Building Department / Phone: (209) 754-6390 / Email: buildingweb@calaverascounty.gov / Website:”

Who is exempt

“The Building Official shall, upon request, waive building department fees for the following projects without needing to seek the further permission of the Board of Supervisors: a. County-initiated projects on county-owned property. b. Projects to be constructed on county-owned property by nonprofit organizations who lease the property at a below-market rate pursuant to a public benefit finding made by the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors. c. Projects to be constructed by veteran's memorial districts and fire districts as defined by state law.”

Resolution No. 20260609r034, "RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND AMENDING BUILDING DEPARTMENT SERVICE FEES", Board of Supervisors, June 9, 2026, resolved clause 5. The clause says "building department fees" generally; the Water Enhancement Fee is a Building Department fee sheet line but is NOT in the Resolution's Attachment A. · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“All fees collected are non-refundable except for fees collected where the service is not performed. Notwithstanding the above, when an application or issued permit for a building permit that requires plan review is withdrawn by the applicant, refunds of fees shall be made on a prorated formula based upon the amount of work expended by the building department as of the date of withdrawal of the application or issued permit. The building official shall establish a formula for prorating refunds.”

Resolution No. 20260609r034, June 9, 2026, resolved clause 4.b · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

RateBasisEffectiveAmount
this home per DU 8 Aug 2026 $900.00

“Water Enhancement Fee | $900 | N/A | NO | NO”

County of Calaveras Building Department "FEE SCHEDULE / EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8TH 2026", p.2, table caption "MISC FEES AND PERMITS", column headings "PERMIT TYPE | BASE FEE* | DUE AT SUBMITTAL* | SCHOOL | FIRE"; row label "Water Enhancement Fee"; the $900 is in the "BASE FEE*" column · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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