Fees by category click a slice
Every fee, and when it is due
| Fee | Category | How it’s charged | Due | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citywide Park DIF (Build Better SD) | Parks | per home | Not yet recorded | $20,400 |
| School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - San Diego USD | Schools | $5.38 per sq ft | Building permit | $10,760 |
| SDCWA System Capacity and Water Treatment Capacity ChargesSDCWA | Water | 2 parts, added together | Building permit | $6,542 |
| Citywide Mobility DIF (Build Better SD) | Transportation | per home | Building permit | $6,114 |
| Sewer Capacity Charge | Sewer | per equivalent dwelling unit | Building permit | $5,154 |
| Citywide Library DIF (Build Better SD) | Other | per home | Not yet recorded | $3,165 |
| Water Capacity Charge | Water | per equivalent dwelling unit | Building permit | $3,047 |
| Citywide Fire DIF (Build Better SD) | Public safety | per home | Not yet recorded | $1,246 |
| Development fees per home · 2,000 sq ft, 0.13 acre lot | $56,428 | |||
Each line is the one rate this home pays. Most fees publish several rates — by house size, lot, or location — and only one applies. Click a fee for its full schedule and source documents.
Charges that are not part of the one-time total above: fees set as a percentage of another fee, and payments a builder can make instead of building something. Neither is added to the headline figure, because neither is a fixed amount every new home owes.
Percentage surcharges
No percentage surcharge is recorded for San Diego.
Housing and in-lieu options
Paid instead of building something — affordable units, for instance — or measured on something the figure above does not assume. An alternative, not an addition.
Confirmed absences
Fees San Diego does not charge. Each was looked for and recorded as not charged, so a builder can rely on the blank.
What we have, and what we don’t
All 8 kinds of fee a new home normally pays are on file for San Diego and are in the figure above.
Data notes
Cite this page
Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 25 Sep 2026
Development Fee Index, “Development fees per home, San Diego”. $56,428 for a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, outside any plan area. Built 25 Sep 2026 from the adopted schedules linked on each fee page.