The Planning Application for Development Review is available on our Applications page. The submittal requirements below will assist applicants in submitting the necessary documents.

Application Submittal Requirements

• Administrative Design Review:  Application for the following projects: additions to single-family residences, accessory structures higher than ten feet, and fences, walls, or hedges between six and eight feet in height.
• Annexation:  To change the jurisdiction of a parcel from another jurisdiction (i.e. the County or other city) to the City of Pleasanton
• Conditional Use Permit:  Allows specific uses not otherwise allowed in a zoning district, subject to review by the Planning Commission, and if the use can meet certain conditions.
• Condominium Conversion:  To subdivide apartment buildings, apartment complexes, mobile home parks, and commercial/office complexes into individually owned units.
• Design Review:  Applies to exterior modifications of commercial and industrial buildings and some residential projects (additions, re-painting, landscaping removal, new custom homes, etc.)
• Historic Preservation:  Policies, regulations, and processes that apply to residential buildings in residentially zoned properties in the Downtown Specific Plan Area.
• Housing Site Compliance Review:  Applies to residential development on housing sites designated and/or rezoned as part of the Housing Element Update of the General Plan.
• Lot Line Adjustment:  Required to move a property line between two or more existing adjacent lots or parcels without creating a new log.
• Minor Conditional Use Permit:  Allows specific uses not otherwise allowed in the zoning district, subject to review by the Zoning Administrator, and if the use can meet certain conditions.
• Out of Area Service Agreement / Pre-Annexation Agreement:  To connect to City water and/or sewer services to serve existing residence

• Outdoor Dining Permit:  Application for any outdoor dining use.
• Parklet Design Review:  To install a parklet in the City's right-of-way in downtown.
• Personal Wireless Service Facilities:  To install an antenna that provides coverage for cell phones to send and receive signals.
• Planned Unit Development:  Required for establishing a new PUD Zoning District
• Planned Unit Development - Modifications:  To modify a Planned Unit Development
• Preliminary Review:  To request direction and initial determinations on complex projects, special circumstances, and/or ambiguous code/standards.
• SB 35 Preliminary Application Form:  Preliminary application for a multifamily housing development to apply for approval under SB 35
• SB 35 Information and Submittal Requirements:  Information and formal submittal requirements for qualified multifamily housing development projects

• SB 35 Eligibility Checklist:  Eligibility criteria / checklist for qualified multifamily housing development projects
• SB 35 Supplemental Application:  Formal application in addition to the "Application for Development Review"
• SB 330 Information and Submittal Requirements
• Sign Design Review:  Required for review of signage that does not conform to established sign criteria or where no sign program has been approved.
• Small Cell Wireless Facilities - Checklist
• Small Cell Wireless Facilities - Supplemental Requirements
• Subdivision:  Required for dividing a parcel of land into smaller buildable sites.
• Temporary Use Permit:  Allows specific uses in a zoning district on a temporary basis.
• Variance:  Application for an exemption from compliance with the terms or conditions of a building or zoning regulation or ordinance.