Fresno County, CA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

08, titled 'Private Improvements Within Road Rights-of-Way,' requires a permit before any private construction touches a county road. 010 makes it unlawful for any person, public utility, municipal corporation, or special district to construct, install, or repair road surfacing, sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, gutters, driveway approaches, cattle guards, railroad crossings, overhead pipelines, or underground conduit, or to excavate on, in, or under an existing or proposed county-maintained road, or an improved public road outside the county's maintained system, without first securing a permit. 020 puts the director of public works in charge of issuing the permit from a written, signed application describing the project's location, dimensions, and profile, and lets the director require security of up to 100 percent of the construction cost, in cash, an irrevocable escrow, a surety bond, or an equivalent approved by county counsel, payable to the county or to the applicable county service area or special district that maintains the road.

An inspection fee, set by board of supervisors resolution, is due at permit issuance, though public utilities, municipal corporations, and special districts may be billed within thirty days instead of paying up front. 030 lets the director revoke the permit for noncompliance with its conditions; the permittee must then restore the road to the director's satisfaction within the time set by the director, or face a liquidated-damages charge of $100 a day for every day the road stays unrestored, or have the county perform the restoration at the permittee's expense. 08 encroachment permit before building facilities in the right-of-way, with the county required to act within sixty days of a complete application.