Permits & Fees
Fees - Updated 10/20/2025
Encroachment
- Encroachment Permit Review/Processing Flat Fee - $167.85 each
- Wet Utility Structure - $864.15 each
- Dry Utility Structure - $357.40 each
- Backflow Inspection - $206 each
- Street Cut - $451.10 each
- Driveway / Sidewalk - $451.10 each
- Curb Core - $215.25 each
- Traffic Control Only - $451.10 first day
- Traffic Control - $262.65 each additional day
- Traffic Control - $640.65 each overnight/weekend fee
- Traffic Control Plan Review - $78.25 each sheet
- Traffic Control (Complex Project) - $5,000 required deposit/fee is actual cost
- Public Right of Way - $451.10 each
- USA Marking Removal - $215.25 per location on public property
- Utility Plan Review - $257.50 each
Transportation
- Single Trip - $16 each
- Annual Permit - $90 each
Well
- Utility Structure - $250 for the first well; $125 each additional well
- Probe Surveys - $509 (unlimited)
- Abandonment - $438 for the first well; $216 each additional well at the same location
- USA Marking Removal - $215.25 per location on public property
Construction Hydrant
- Construction Water Meter Deposit - $2500 - Collected by the Water Department (714) 593-4420
- Hydrant Water Meter Installation Fee - $295 each
- Water Usage Deposit - $500 minimum - Collected by the Water Department (714) 593-4420
- Hydrant Water Meter Relocation - $176 each
Newspaper Rack
Annual Encroachment Permit Required
- First News Rack - $243
- Each Additional News Rack - $88
Parkway Tree Removal / Replacement
- Tree Removal by homeowner (Encroachment Permit Required)
- Tree Removal by City - $ 820.90
- New or Replacement Tree by City - $ 658.15
- Tree Removal and New/Replacement Tree by City - $1,479.05