Building Permit Process

Building Permit Process

1. Visit your local Building Department

 Ross

 San Anselmo

 Sleepy Hollow

 Fairfax

Visit

Building Department

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Building Division

 Visit

Building & Safety Division 

At Building & Safety Division, obtain:

1. Fire Jusrisdiction Transmittal Form (for issuing and relasing holds on building permits)
2. County date-stamps on at least 2 sets of plans.

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Building Division 

At Building Division, obtain:

1. Fairfax Building Division date-stamps on at least 2 sets of plans.

Submit Fire Department Forms directly to the Building Department.  The following must be included with your submission:

1. Completed RVFD Plan Submittal Form.
2. 1 set of architectural plans (wet stamped and signed).
3. $320 Check made out to "RVFD" for the Plan Review Fee.

Visit

RVFD Admin Office 

Submit Fire Department Forms:

1. Complete RVFD Plan Submittal Form.
2. 2 set of architectural plans wet stamped and signed by the architect/designer and date-stamped by the County of Marin Building & Safety Division.
3. $320 Check made out to "RVFD" for the Plan Review Fee. 

RVFD Admin Office 

Submit Fire Department Forms:

1. Complete RVFD Plan Submittal Form.
2. 2 set of architectural plans wet stamped and signed by the architect/designer and date-stamped by the Farifax Building Division.
3. $320 Check made out to "RVFD" for the Plan Review Fee.

 Following Project Review

Collect your plans and keeping them on the job-site

Visit

Building Department

Visit

Building Division

RVFD Admin Office

RVFD Admin Office

Fire Department comments are routed to the appropriate town Building Department.  Staff will contact you when reviews are complete.

Once project work begins, an approved, town-stamped set of plans must be kept on-site at all times.

Completed plans must be picked up at the Ross Valley Fire Department Administrative office at 777 San Anselmo Avenue during business hours.  

Once project work begins, an approved, RVFD-stamped set of plans must be kept on-site at all times.