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Single Family Home Additions

This information will be valuable to read and understand before you submit an application for design review for an addition to a single family home.

  1. Submittal Requirement Checklist (Updated 10/07; PDF)

  2. Plan Application (Updated 8/07; PDF)

  3. Basic Residential Site Regulations, 01/06 (PDF)

  4. Informational Handout on How to Calculate Floor Area Ratio

  5. Albany Fire Department Requirements for Single Family Residential Additions/Renovations

  6. Required Findings for Residential Additions

  7. Parking Standards For Residential Additions (PDF)

  8. Green Point Checklist - Addition/Remodel (Created 8/07; PDF)
    *note: please check with our office to obtain a separate Green Point Checklist for New Homes (newly constructed house).

Carefully read the items above. In particular, Items 3-5, 8 contain information that will be used to evaluate your project by both the Planning Staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission.

After you have reviewed the above items, please contact the Community Development Department at (510) 528-5760 and schedule a preliminary submittal appointment with one of the staff planners. They will go over the Supplemental Requirements Checklist with you and mark the form accordingly for your use.


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