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<br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y F I R E A U T H O R I T Y <br /> Plan Submittal Criteria Form <br />Required for Single Family or Duplex Residences <br />(Use Commercial form for lots with 3+ dwelling units or new residential tracts) <br /> <br />Complete the Project Information and Questionnaire below, then sign and date the Applicant Certification. <br /> <br /> <br />Project Information <br /> <br /> New Single Family Residence/Duplex  Addition/Remodel  ADU  Other <br /> <br />Address: <br /> <br />Unit #: City or Unincorporated County Area: ZIP: <br />Scope of Work: <br /> <br />Existing <br />Area: <br />Area to <br />be Added: <br />Total Resulting <br />Area: <br />Stories: Area Added in Past 2 Years <br /> (excluding this project): <br /> <br /> Yes No Questionnaire OCFA Plan Type if “Yes” <br /> <br />1.   New – Is this a new single family residence or duplex? *(PR160) Residential Site <br />with Water Availability <br />(PR400-402) Fire Sprinkler <br />2.   ADU – Is this a new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) on the same property as a house that already has <br />fire sprinklers or a house that will have fire sprinklers added as part of this project? <br />(PR400-402) Fire Sprinkler <br />3.   Addition – Is this (A) an addition to a currently sprinklered building, or (B) an addition requiring a fire <br />sprinkler retrofit based on a threshold set by local ordinance? <br />(PR400-402) Fire Sprinkler <br />4.   Distance – Is the most remote portion of the addition, ADU or other detached structure greater than <br />140-feet from the fire access roadway? <br />*(PR160) Residential Site <br /> <br />5.   Total Area – Will the addition result in a total area of greater than 3,600 square feet (sf) for non- <br />sprinklered buildings, or greater than 6,200 sf for sprinklered buildings, including the area of all <br />enclosed spaces, such as garages, stairs, and detached structures separated by less than 10-feet? <br />*(PR160) Residential Site <br />with Water Availability <br />6.   Remodel – Is this a remodel of a sprinklered building with a scope of work that includes adding or <br />removing any interior walls? Note: If “Yes”, then project must be evaluated by a C-16 licensed <br />contractor to determine if a fire sprinkler modification is needed. <br />(PR400-402) Fire Sprinkler <br />7.   Detached Structure – Is this a new detached utility or accessory structure (not an ADU), such as a <br />garage, workshop, game room, pool house, barn, etc., requiring fire sprinklers based on a threshold <br />set by local ordinance? <br />*(PR160) Residential Site <br />(PR400-402) Fire Sprinkler <br />8.   Gate – Is a gate being installed across a driveway or road that is designated as a fire department <br />access roadway, or a driveway or road that serves more than a single home/duplex? <br />(PR180) Gate <br />9.   Methane – Is project located in or less than 100’ from a “Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal <br />Resources” (DOGGR) field boundary or well (active or abandoned), less than 300-feet from an oil/gas <br />seep, or less than 1000-feet from a landfill? (Note: For projects in Yorba Linda, this requirement only <br />applies to new homes, enclosed accessory structures, addition to existing structure greater than 1000 <br />sf, and ADU’s). <br />*(PR160) Residential Site <br />*(PR172-174) Methane <br />Test/Mitigation Plans <br />10.   Vegetation – Is the property/structure (A) on the perimeter of a community containing, or adjacent to <br />slopes or hills, or (B) adjacent to an open space or wildland area containing non-irrigated vegetation, <br />or (C) in a State Responsibility Area or Local Responsibility Area “Fire Hazard Severity Zone”, as <br />defined by the State, or (D) near an area that could be affected by a wildfire in the open space. <br />*(PR125) Fuel Modification <br />(PR182) Accessory <br />Structure <br />*OCFA approval required before issuance of a grading/building permit. All other plans types may be deferred submittals. <br /> Applicant Certification <br />I certify, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the information above is true: <br />Print Name:_______________________________________ Signature:___________________________________________ Date:______________ <br />Phone Number:_____________________________________________ Email:_____________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Attention Building Department Staff – After you’ve verified all questions were answered accurately as “No”, then you may accept this signed form as a <br />written release that an OCFA review is not required. If any questions were answered as “Yes”, then the plan type on the right side may be required. <br /> <br />______If all answers are “No” and the Building Department still requires the applicant to have their plans reviewed by OCFA, or if any answers are “Yes” <br />and the Building Department prefers for OCFA to determine if a review is required, please initial this line and provide an explanation on the Plan Referral <br />Form (on the reverse), to be submitted along with the appropriate plans to OCFA for a determination. <br /> <br />For questions and submittal information, please visit ocfa.org, or call OCFA at (714) 573-6100 <br />SFR <br />