FEES.

SF Health Code § 3108

in effect

SEC. 3108. FEES. (a) The Director is authorized to charge the following fees to defray the costs of administration of this Article 31, including but not limited 1 document processing and review; field inspection and documentation; and conference and consultation with applicant: (1) an initial fee of $1,000, payable to the Department, due upon filing initial documents for review with the Department; and (2) an additional fee of $333 per hour for administration of this Article 31 exceeding three hours or portion thereof, payable to the Department, prior to the Director’s issuance of written notification that the requirements of this Article 31 have been met. (b) Beginning with Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and annually thereafter, the fees set forth in this Section 3108 may be adjusted each year, without further action by the Board of Supervisors, as set forth in this Section. In adjusting the fees, the Controller may round these fees up or down to the nearest dollar, half-dollar or quarter-dollar. Not later than April 1, the Director shall report to the Controller the revenues generated by the fees for the prior fiscal year and the prior fiscal year’s costs of operation, as well as any other information that the Controller determines appropriate to the performance of the duties set forth in this Section 3108. Not later than May 15, the Controller shall determine whether the current fees have produced or are projected to produce revenues sufficient to support the costs of providing the services for which the fees are assessed and that the fees will not produce revenue which is significantly more than the costs of providing the services for which the fees are assessed. The Controller shall, if necessary, adjust the fees upward or downward for the upcoming fiscal year as appropriate to ensure that the program recovers the costs of operation without producing revenue which is significantly more than such costs. The adjusted rates shall become operative on July 1. (c) Fees assessed for implementation and administration of this Article 31 shall be paid within 30 days of the Director’s service of notice that such fees are due. In the event the fees assessed for this Article are not paid in full within 30 days of the Director’s service of notice, a late penalty fee of 10% plus interest at 1% per month on the outstanding balance may be charged. (d) The Director may withhold approvals required under this Article 31 on the basis of outstanding fee balances. (e) All final costs and fees, and administrative penalties assessed under this Article 31 shall be an obligation owed to the City by the Applicant and the owner of the property. Such obligation may be collected by means of the imposition of a lien against the property under the procedures set forth in Article XX of Chapter 10 of the Administrative Code. (Added by Ord. 6-05, File No. 041664, App. 1/8/2005; Ord. 204-10, File No. 100575, App. 8/3/2010; amended by Ord. 140-25, File No. 250606, App. 8/1/2025, Eff. 9/1/2025) CODIFICATION NOTE 1. So in Ord. 140-25.

Source: City and County of San Francisco, Charter and Municipal Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_health/0-0-0-5648Fetched: 11/1/2026