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Permit Processing Guide pdf
Permit Processing Checklist pdf
Permit Worksheet pdf - Currently being updated
Plan Review Correction List pdf Residential plan review correction list per CBC 2007 Edition

Plan Review Correction List pdf Non-Residential building, Residential Tracts, Multi-Family V-N Construction plan review correction list per CBC 2007 Edition (Rev. 6/09)

Plumbing Plan Review Correction List pdf Plumbing plan review correction list per CPC 2007 Edition
Mechanical Plan Review Correction List pdf Mechanical plan review correction list per CMC 2007 Edition
Electrical Plan Review Correction List pdf Residential Electrical plan review correction list per CEC 2007 Edition
Electrical Plan Review Correction List pdf Commercial and Industrial Electrical plan review correction list per CEC 2007 Edition
Selected Tables pdf TRUS JOIST® TimberStrand® Parallam® Microllam®
B1 pdf Requirements for construction plans for residential 1/08
B2 pdf Requirements for construction plans for non-residential 1/08
B3 pdf Allowable axial loads 1/08
B4 pdf Bolt design values for connections 1/08
B5 pdf Size adjusted design stresses (psi) for visually graded douglas fir-larch lumber 1/08
B6 pdf Properties of joist and beam sections 1/08
B7 pdf Residential floor headers 1/08
B8 pdf Residential roof headers (l/240) 1/08
B9 pdf Residential roof headers (l/180) 1/08
B10 pdf Masonry Fireplace Detailing 1/09
B11 pdf Residential hip & valley rafters (l/240) 1/08
B12 pdf Detached retaining wall - Level Grade and Fence with Retaining Wall 10/08
B13 pdf Residential floor headers with concentrated center load (l/360) 1/08
B14 pdf Detached Garage 6/09
B15 pdf Residential roof headers with concentrated center load (l/240) 1/08
B16 pdf Attached carport & detached carport 2/09
B17 pdf Attached patio cover & detached patio cover 1/08
B18 pdf Allowable spans for patio rafters 1/08
B19 pdf Residential roof headers with concentrated center load (l/180) 1/08
B20 pdf Overview of structural requirements of the 2007 Ventura County Building Code (VCBC) 6/08
B21 pdf

Cuts, notches and bored holes in studs, mechanical penetrations of wood shearwall panels, and cuts, notches and bored holes in joists & rafters

1/08
B22 pdf Cantilever residential floor beams (l/360) 1/08
B23 pdf Allowable span tables for ceiling joists 1/08
B24 pdf Cantilever residential roof beams (l/240) 1/08
B25 pdf Values of moment of inertia required to limit deflection 1/08
B26 pdf Cantilever residential roof beams (l/180) 1/08
B27 pdf Allowable span tables for roof rafters 1/08
B28 pdf Allowable span tables for roof rafters 1/08
B29 pdf Allowable span tables for roof rafters 1/08
B30 pdf Allowable span tables for roof rafters 1/08
B31 pdf Allowable span tables for floor joists 1/08
B32 pdf Steel, wood and masonry fences 2/09
B34 pdf Earthquake design factors 1/08
B35 pdf Balloon & gable end framing details - Currently being updated 5/99
B36 pdf Square footings 1/08
B37 pdf Cantilever steel pipe column selection table with lateral load applied at top 1/08
B38 pdf Cantilever timber column selection table with lateral load applied at top 1/08
B39 pdf Isolated unreinforced round footings for cantilever posts with horizontal top load 1/08
B40 pdf Most commonly used Earthquake/Wind load shear transfer details 1/08
B42 pdf Wind load determination - alternate method 1/08
B43 pdf Allowable span tables for floor joists 1/08
B44 pdf Allowable span tables for ceiling joists where uninhabited attics have limited storage 1/08
B45 pdf Section properties of structural glued laminated timber - western species 1/08
B46 pdf Structural glued laminated timber roof beams construction load 1/08
B47 pdf Structural glued laminated timberfloor beams floor live load 1/08
B48 pdf Residential floor headers (l/360) 1/08
B49 pdf Requirements for foundation and soil investigation report 1/08
B50 pdf Foundation and soil investigation report- waiver request 1/08
B52 pdf Permit, Plan Check, and Inspection Procedures for "After-The-Fact" (A.T.F.) Construction 10/09
B55 pdf Residential stairways and handrails 4/09
B56 pdf Duplication of Plans and Documents 1/08
B56-A pdf Request to Duplicate Plans 1/08
B56-B pdf Request to Duplicate Plans & Documents - Designer 1/08
B56-C pdf Request for Duplication of Plans & Docs - Owner 1/08
B59 pdf Pool/Spa Alarm Certification 5/09
B60 pdf High fire hazard/fire hazard severity requirements 1/08
B61 pdf Swimming pool grab bars and handholds 2/09
B62 pdf Public records search request 7/08
B64 pdf Inspection of Pneumatically Placed Concrete (Gunite/Shotcrete) for Swimming Pools 5/09
B65 pdf Mobile home foundation system 10/08
B66 pdf Residential building energy conservation for new buildings (effective 6/1/01) 2/09
B67 pdf Residential building energy conservation for additions (effective 6/1/01) 11/08
B67 2010 pdf Residential building energy conservation for additions (APPLICABLE January 01, 2010) 10/09
B67A pdf Residential building energy conservation for additions (effective 6/1/01) (Alternative Package) 2/09
B68 pdf Accessibility to public buildings 1/08
B70 pdf Slope setbacks 1/08
B74 pdf Residential roof headers with symmetrical triangular load (l/240) 1/08
B75 pdf Residential roof headers with symmetrical triangular load (l/180) 1/08
B79 pdf Streamlined permits acknowledgement 1/09
B80 pdf Request for permit and use of a temporary power system 1/08
B81 pdf Request for appeals board hearing 1/08
B83 pdf Streamlined permit acknowledgement (Small Ag Produce Stands) 3/09
B86 pdf Requirements for steel moment frames in light framed low rise buildings 1/08
B87 pdf County of Ventura certificate of building set back and building height 7/08
B88 pdf Special inspection exemptions for masonry retaining wall construction (R and U occupancies only) 11/08
B89 pdf Plan requirements for Metal Buildings 6/09
B90 pdf Wind Load Determination 1/09
B91 pdf Conventional Light-Frame Wood Construction Guidelines 1/09
Residential energy forms - Internally linked PDF pdf 10/05
Non-Residential energy forms - Internally linked PDF pdf 10/05
E10 pdf Service poles 6/08
E18 pdf Residential Solar Photo-Voltaic System 10/08
P1 pdf Permitting a gray water system 2/08
P12 pdf Burial Depths for Yard Piping and Electrical Lines 5/09
P13 pdf Septic Tank Abandonment 8/09
Forms/Information Bulletins/Office Memos
Expedited plan review application pdf 1/08
Request for plan check extension pdf 1/09
Annual Maintenance Permit pdf 3/09
Covenant and Agreement regarding the Maintenance of Yards pdf (Sideyard Agreement) 8/09
State Adoption of Pex Pipe pdf (Building Standards Bulletin) 8/09

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