Building & Safety

Accessibility

• ADA Requirements and Your Small Business
• Application for Unreasonable Hardship

Alternative Energy

• Residential Requirements for PV Systems
• Fire Department Requirements for PV Systems

Applicant Information

• Application Requirements – Residential Structures
• Building Permit Application
• Building Permits that Do Not Require an Appointment
• Changes and Additions to 2010 Building Codes
• County of Santa Cruz Building Permit Application
• Disclosures & Forms for Owner-Builders Applying for Construction Permits
• OTC Permits and Expedited Plan Check
• Over the Counter Building Permit Fees
• Over the Counter Permit Application 
• Owner / Agent Approval Form
• Request for Application Extension
• Request for Permit Extension
• Request for Planning Staff Services
• Residential Graywater Irrigation
• Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Typical Details

Green Building

• Green Building Glossary

Commercial

• ADA Requirements and Your Small Business
• Standard TI Plan

Inspections

• Special Inspection and Testing Agreement
• Statement of Special Inspections
• Special Inspection and Testing Agencies
• Typical Inspection Requirements

Swimming Pools

• Application Requirements for Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, Pools Barriers
• Demolition and Abandonment
• Swimming Pool Enclosure Ordinance
• Swimming Pool Barrier Example A & B
• Swimming Pool Barrier Example C & D

Miscellaneous

• Request for Approval of Alternative Materials

Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance

• WELO Home Page
• WELO Ordinance
• Calculators
• Soquel Creek Water District and City of Santa Cruz jurisdiction (map)
• Water Efficient Landscape Application Checklist and Certificate
• Water Efficient Landscape Installation Certificate

Code Compliance

• Code Complaint Form
• Request for Expungement

Environmental / Resource Protection

• Local Arborists
• Archaeological Consultants List
• Local Biotic Consultants
• Salamander Protection Zone
• Significant Tree Replacement List
• Stream Care Guide

Erosion & Stormwater Pollution Control

• Construction Site Stormwater BMP Manual
• Erosion and Sediment Control on Construction Sites
• Local Erosion Control Consultants
• Slow it, Spread it, Sink it!

Floodplain Management

• Elevation Certificate
• Final V-Zone Certificate
• Floodproofing Certificate
• Flood Safety Brochure
• No Rise Certificate
• V-Zone Certificate

Grading, Geology & Soils

• Civil Engineer Transfer of Responsibility Form
• Final Grading Inspection Form
• Geologist Final Inspection Form
• Geologist Plan Review Form
• Geologist Transfer of Responsibility Form
• Grading Plan Checklist
• Local Civil Engineering Consultants
• Local Engineering Geologists
• Local Geotechnical (Soils) Engineers
• Request for Planning Staff Services
• Soils Engineer Final Inspection Form
• Soils Engineer Plan Review Form
• Soils Engineer Transfer of Responsibility Form

Housing

• Interested Purchasers Form
• Measure J Brochure
• Measure J Brochure (Spanish)

Zoning & Development

• Agricultural Buffer Planting List
• Animal Keeping
• Applicants Rights
• Discretionary Permit Levels of Review Summary
• Folding Plans
• Height:  How to Measure the Height of a Structure 
• Historic Buildings:  Allowed Changes 
• Home Occupations
• Neighborhood Notification of Proposed Development
• Nonconforming:  Evaluating Modifications of Structures
• Owner/Agent Approval Form
• Parcel Buildability Determination
• Permanent Mobile Homes
• Request For Planning Staff Services
• Residential Parking
• Residential Uses
• Second Units Overview
• Second Units - Parcel and Structure Size Regulations 
• Shed Regulations on Residential Zoned Parcels
• Vacation Rental Application
• Zone District Summary