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Building Handouts
- 2007 CA Electrical code (pdf)
- 2007 CA Energy Standards Overview (pdf)
- 2007 Required Codes Sheet (pdf)
- Accessibility Cost Worksheet
- Abandonment of Water Wells and Septic Systems (pdf)
- Addition/Remodel Information Handout (pdf)
- Appliances Installed in Garages - Protection of (pdf)
- Certificate of Occupancy (pdf)
- Cool Roof Requirements (pdf)
- Commercial Grading & Drainage Information (pdf)
- Commercial Handrail Information (pdf)
- Commercial Permit Checklist (pdf)
- Commercial Tenant Improvement Information (pdf)
- Community Development Department Information (pdf)
- Design Criteria (pdf)
- Fasteners To Use With Treated Wood Products (pdf)
- Fee Information (pdf)
- Foundation Work Information Handout (pdf)
- Furnace and A/C Replacement Requirements
- Garage and Carport Construction Information (pdf)
- Garage Conversion (unconditioned space) to Living Space (pdf)
- Gas Logs - The Accepted Installation of (pdf)
- Gas Pressure Tests - Information (pdf)
- Gastite Specifications (pdf)
- Grading & Drainage Info (pdf)
- Green Building Overview
- Graywater Systems Installation
- How to Get a Building Permit (pdf)
- Kitchen Remodel Permit (pdf)
- Live/Work Definitions (pdf)
- Materials and Methods for Exterior Wildfire Exposure
- Permit Worksheet Contractor Only (pdf)
- Permit Worksheet Owner/Builder (pdf)
- New Regulations to allow the use of PEX
- Plan Check Turn Around Time (pdf)
- Plan Review Information (pdf)
- Photovoltaic Requirements (pdf)
- Pre-Manufactured Building Information (pdf)
- Required Building Permits (pdf)
- Preparing for the 2007 CBC (pdf)
- Residential Construction Information (pdf)
- Residential Deck Information (pdf)
- Residential Energy Compliance (pdf)
- Residential Grading and Drainage Information (pdf)
- Residential Permit Checklist (pdf)
- Residential Stairs and Handrail Information (pdf)
- Re-Roof Guidelines for Strutures In Wildfire Severity Zone
- Sea/Land (Containers) Cargo Boxes Used as Storage Buildings (pdf)
- Sign Checklist and Inventory (pdf)
- Site Plan Sample (pdf)
- Smoke Detector Requirements for Realtors (pdf)
- Smoke Detectors Locations (pdf)
- Soils Report Information (pdf)
- Special Inspection and Testing Procedure (pdf)
- Stop Work Order (pdf)
- Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Barriers - Requirements for (pdf)
- Swimming Pool & Spa Anti-Entrapment Cover Certification pdf)
- Temporary Electric Service Information (pdf)
- Temporary Gas Meter Authorization (pdf)
- Third Party Plan Check Information (pdf)
- Trellis/Patio Cover Information (pdf)
Building Applications
Green Building Handouts
Engineering Handouts
- Commercial / Industrial Building Permit Application and Grading Plan Checklist (pdf)
- Lot Line Requirements (pdf)
- Merger Requirements (pdf)
- Notice of Lot Line Adjustment (pdf)
- Notice of Lot Merger (pdf)
- Public Works Application (pdf)
- Residential Building Permit Application Site and Grading Plan Checklist (pdf)
- Subdivision Ordinance (pdf)
Planning Handouts
- Address Application (pdf)
- Bicycle Plan (pdf)
- Bicycle Plan Appendices (pdf)
- Conditional Use Permit (pdf)
- Cost Based Fee System (pdf)
- Development Permit Application (pdf)
- Environmental Impact Questionnaire (pdf)
- Exempt Telecommunications Facilities (pdf)
- Fees (pdf)
- Fence Permit (pdf)
- General Plan Amendment (pdf)
- Green Building Overview
- Home Occupation Permit (pdf)
- Major Development Projects List (pdf)
- Mini-Telecommunications Facility (pdf)
- Minor or Major Telecommunications Facility (pdf)
- Tentative Parcel Map Submittal Requirements - 4 or fewer parcels (pdf)
- Tentative Subdivision Map Submittal Requirements - 5 more more parcels (pdf)
- Sign Criteria - Downtown Historic District (pdf)
- Sign Criteria - General (pdf)
- Sign Permit Checklist (pdf)
- Site Plan and Architectural Review Procedures and Guidelines (pdf)
- Telecommunications Maintenance/Facility Removal Agreement (pdf)
- Telecommunications Carriers and Providers Registration (pdf)
- Variance (pdf)
- Zoning Permit Application Form (pdf)
Development Impact Fees
11 English St.
Petaluma, CA 94952
phone: 707.778.4301
fax: 707.778.4498
email: cdd@ci.petaluma.ca.us
Building
phone: 707.778.4301
email: building@ci.petaluma.ca.us
Planning
phone: 707.778.4301
email: planning@ci.petaluma.ca.us