Planning Permits

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