City permit rule
What Fremont requires
Fremont adopted the 2025 Edition of the California Mechanical Code as its mechanical code, with the city's own amendments.
- The 2025 Edition of the California Energy Code is adopted without amendments.
- Start permit work without the permit and Fremont charges double the normal permit fee.
Checked November 2026Fremont Municipal Code 15.15.020
Checked November 2026Fremont Municipal Code 15.44.020
Checked November 2026Fremont Municipal Code 15.10, Section 109.4
Checked in Fremont's municipal code, November 2026.






