The Planning Permit applications are available on our Applications page. The 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
  This application applies to exterior modifications of commercial and industrial buildings and some residential projects (additions, re-painting, landscaping removal, new custom homes, etc.)
• Historic Preservation
  Historic preservation policies, regulations, and processes that apply to residential buildings in residentially zoned properties in the Downtown Specific Plan Area.
• Lot Line Adjustment
  This application is required to move a property line between two or more existing adjacent lots or parcels without creating a new lot. 
• 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.
• Outdoor Dining Permit
  An Outdoor Dining Permit Application is required for any outdoor dining use.
• 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.
• 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.
• Variance
  Application for an exemption from compliance with the terms or conditions of a building or zoning regulation or ordinance.