Private Right of Way

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You must apply online through San Joaquin County’s Online Permitting System. First time users will need a valid email address to set up an account. It takes about 5 minutes to create a new account.

Step 1: INITIAL CONSULTATION

Applicants are encouraged to consult with Community Development Department staff prior to submittal of an application. 

Step 2: SUBMIT APPLICATION

1. Indemnity Form with signatures from all property owners
2. Site Plan

Step 3: APPLICATION ACCEPTED

Planning staff will review your application for acceptance. Once accepted, you will be sent information regarding payment of the appropriate fee through the Online Permitting System and via email. The current fee schedule is linked in the column to the right.

Step 4: MAKE A PAYMENT

Payments can be made through one of the follow options:

• In-person at the Community Development Department Planning Counter:

1810 E. Hazelton Ave.

Stockton, CA 95205 

• By mailing a check, cashier's check, or money order to:

SJC CDD - Planning

1810 E. Hazelton Ave.

Stockton, CA 95205

(Make payable to SJC TTC)

• By credit card through San Joaquin County's Online System. First time users will need a valid email address to set up an account. It takes about 5 minutes to create a new account.

Online Payment

Private rights-of-way improvements for existing lots shall be processed with a Zoning Compliance Review subject to the following requirements:

• Private rights-of-way approved by the County to provide access to more than six existing lots not within an antiquated subdivision, shall be designed to the same standards as public streets.
  
• In agricultural areas, as designated in the General Plan, any private right-of-way that exceeds one-half mile in length or serves more than 16 lots shall have a secondary method of access, unless this requirement is waived by the Zoning Administrator.
  
• In non-agricultural areas, as designated in the General Plan, any private right-of-way that exceeds 1,000 feet shall have a secondary method of access unless this requirement is waived by the Zoning Administrator.
  
• Island parcels served by a navigable waterway, where such waterway provides the only surface access to the parcel, are deemed to have adequate access.