San Diego County

Tentative map review fee: $21,485 initial deposit & fee total (PDS Planning $15,330 deposit + Stormwater $3,896 deposit + DEHQ Septic/Well $2,021 deposit + DEHQ Sewer $2,021 deposit [DEHQ items typically only one applies] + Trails Review $238 initial); most components are deposit-based (billed against actual staff time), not flat fees source · verified 2026-07

Double-sourced: PDS-369 'Schedule of Filing Fees and Deposits' (Rev. 7/1/2025), Tentative Parcel Map (Minor Subdivision) Standard Application row lists $15,330 (D,L,S) Planning + $2,021 (D) DEHQ Septic/Well + $2,021 (D) DEHQ Sewer + $238 (F) PDS Trails + $3,896 (D) SWQMP. This is corroborated by the county's own one-page 'Tentative Parcel Map: Standard' fee/checklist sheet (Rev. 12/01/2025) at PDS-PLN-ESUB_TPM_Std.pdf, which totals the same components to $21,485. (D) = deposit against actual cost, not a flat fee — actual billed cost varies by project complexity/review hours.

Recording fee: $54.00 for the map's first page + $10.00 for each additional page source · verified 2026-07

From the San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk 'Recorder/County Clerk Fee Schedule' (effective/rev. 06/30/2025), citing Gov. Code §§27371, 27372, 27361.4, 27397(c)(1). Single-sourced to this one official fee schedule PDF; no second independent corroborating document found in this pass (this schedule is itself the authoritative primary source cited to specific Government Code sections, which is a strong single source).

Tentative map review fee: Parcel Map - Subdivision (without improvements): $6,182.03 base + $1,235.97 per additional sheet set; Parcel Map - Subdivision (with improvements): $6,712.94 base + $1,589.11 per additional sheet set (plan check fees, Table 502B/502C of Information Bulletin 502) source · verified 2026-07

Current live bulletin page (fetched 2026-07) lists Table 502B 'Mapping Actions' with Parcel Map - Subdivision (without improvements) $6,182.03 / (with improvements) $6,712.94. Corroborated structurally by the archived Nov. 2025 version of the same bulletin (2025-11-17_ib-502.pdf, downloaded via curl and OCR'd with tesseract since the city publishes this bulletin as a full-page screenshot PDF, not text) which shows the same fee categories at slightly lower Nov-2025 rates ($5,764.13 / $6,259.15), confirming the fee has been indexed upward since Nov 2025 — the current live-page figures are the ones reported here as most current. Table also lists Final Map (1-3 sheets) $6,358.61, Certificate of Compliance $2,120.01, Lot Line Adjustment Plat, etc. for reference.

Recording fee: City charges an internal $1,059.40 'Recording Fee for Mapping/Subdivision' administrative fee before forwarding final map documents to the County Recorder for actual recordation; the County Recorder's own recording fee ($54 first page + $10/additional page, see county section above) applies on top of this once the county records the map source · verified 2026-07

IB-502 Section IV.D: 'Recording Fee for Mapping/Subdivision — This fee is charged upon submitting final mapping documents for recordation with the County Recorder.' The City does not itself record maps — recordation happens at the County Recorder (San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk). Single city source found for the $1,059.40 figure; not independently corroborated by a second document in this pass.