Code Handouts & Policies
Discipline-Specific Handouts
Mechanical Handouts
Code Handouts
Residential Code Handouts
- Addressing (PDF)
- Agricultural Buildings Application (PDF)
- Air Pollution Control District Supplement (PDF)
- Declaration of Installation for Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Alarms (PDF)
- Details for Concealed Gas Piping Island Venting (PDF)
- Driveway Standards (PDF)
- Dryer Venting (PDF)
- Residential Electrical Service (PDF)
- Residential Generator Design Template (PDF)
- Residential Generator Checklist (PDF)
- Residential Generator Transfer Switch Checklist (PDF)
- Liquid Propane Gas Tank Installation Above 5,000-foot Elevation (PDF)
- Liquid Propane Gas Tank Installation Below 5,000-Foot Elevation (PDF)
- Permit Research Request (PDF)
- Pool Enclosure / Fencing Requirements (PDF)
- Propane Appliances (PDF)
- Residential Clothes Washer Graywater Disposal System (PDF)
- Residential Re-Roof Inspection information (PDF)
- Roofing - Class "A" Fire Retardant (PDF)
- Shower Pans (PDF)
- Soils Investigation/Geological Hazard Notice (PDF)
- Solar PV High Snow Load Exceptions Handout (PDF)
- Solar System Checklist (PDF)
- Solar System Roof Coverage Installation Guidelines (PDF)
- Special Inspections and Testing Agreement (PDF)
- Stairs (PDF)
- Tub and Shower Gypsum Tile Backer Requirements (PDF)
- Water Use Efficiency Improvements (SB 407) Declaration of Installation (PDF)
- Wildland Urban Interface (PDF)
Commercial Code Handouts
- Accessibility Cost Worksheet 2022 (PDF)
- Air Pollution Control District Supplement (PDF)
- Liquid Propane Gas Tank Installation above 5,000-Foot Elevation (PDF)
- Nonresidential Compliance Manual
- 2016 Nonresidential Compliance Forms
- Plan Review Submittal Requirements for New Commercial Structures (PDF)
- Plan Review Submittal Requirements for Commercial Tenant Improvements and/or Additions (PDF)
- Professional Design Limitations (PDF)
- Special Inspections and Testing Agreement (PDF)
Building Policies
These policies and/or information have been developed and/or obtained by the Placer County Building Division to address processing of both residential and commercial building permits.
Office Policies
- After-Hour Call-Out (PDF)
- Change of Responsible Party (PDF)
- Construction without the Benefit of Permit (PDF)
- Electrical Service Permits (PDF)
- Emergency Permits (PDF)
- Expired Permits (PDF)
- Fees: Residential Additions and Alterations Greater Than 3,000 Square Feet (PDF)
- Fire Sprinkler 13D Water Flow Switch (PDF)
- Master Plan Submittal Program (PDF)
- Minimum Plumbing Facilities (PDF)
- Model Home Inspection Procedure (PDF)
- Noncompliant Parcel (PDF)
- Plan Review Turnaround Times (PDF)
- Platinum Roofing Contractor Program (PDF)
- Rebuild Vs. Remodel (PDF)
- Record Retention (PDF)
- Refund of Permit Fees (PDF)
- Repair Vs. Replacement (PDF)
- Right of Entry (PDF)
- Rolling Inspections (PDF)
- Safety Assessment (PDF)
Technical Policies
- Accessible Detectable Warning Device (PDF)
- Accessible Path of Travel (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detector Upgrades In Existing Dwelling or Sleeping Units (PDF)
- Conventional Construction (PDF)
- Membrane Structures (PDF)
- PEX Policy (PDF)
- Pool Anti-Entrapment Policy Update (PDF)
- Roof-Mounted Photovoltaic Solar Class “A” Requirements (PDF)
- Smoke Detector Upgrades In Existing Dwelling or Sleeping Units (PDF)
- Soils Investigation Reports (PDF)
- Structural Observation - Residential (PDF)
- Tub and Shower Gypsum Tile Backer Requirements (PDF)
- Two Residential Structures on the same Set of Plans (PDF)
- Wildland Urban Interface (PDF)