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Applications go in through the city's Citizen Self Service portal to Building and Safety Services, which then routes the plans to three divisions: Planning, Building and Safety, and Engineering. The city says it typically takes five to ten business days to process an application. If review is required, plan check fees are invoiced first, then the plans go out, and comments come back within ten business days of routing.

Official info: San Ramon building permit process

Under Zoning Ordinance section D6-22 the Zoning Administrator decides whether your project counts as minor or major. Minor work is reviewed alongside the building permit plan check. Staff check that an addition carries the same theme as the existing structure: roof design and materials, stucco or siding finishes, window design, mullions and trim. Major work needs an Architectural Review application. From there the Zoning Administrator can refer it to the Architectural Review Board for a recommendation, before a decision by the Zoning Administrator or the Planning Commission.

Official info: San Ramon architectural review

The city's own addition checklist says a sanitary district stamp is required on the front sheet of the drawings, and it names both Dublin San Ramon Services District and Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. Which one you deal with depends on where you live. DSRSD provides wastewater service to portions of southwest San Ramon, while Central San covers much of the rest of the city, Dougherty Valley included. Work on the sewer line outside the house needs its own permit from your district, which the city building permit does not cover.

Official info: City addition plan requirements

San Ramon Valley Unified charges a development impact fee of $5.17 per square foot on new residential construction and additions over 500 square feet. Residential work of 500 square feet or less is exempt. The paperwork runs in three steps. You fill in your part of a Certificate of Compliance, the permitting agency fills in its part, and you take proof of square footage to the district. Pay by check or cash, then bring the signed certificate back before the city will release your building permit.

Official info: SRVUSD development impact fees

Anyone applying for a building, remodeling or demolition permit in San Ramon must reuse or recycle 65 percent or more of the construction and demolition debris the project generates. A signed Waste Management Plan is required for a complete demolition, meaning removal of an entire structure, and for any other project with a valuation of $100,000 or more. The city cannot issue the permit until an authorized city representative approves and signs that plan.

Official info: San Ramon construction debris rules

San Ramon is unusual on this point. If your property is a single family residence that cannot be further subdivided, you do not need a tree removal permit. There is one exception: a native oak measuring six inches in diameter at 54 inches above the ground. The rules tighten on commercial property and on land owned by a homeowners association. There, a non oak tree over eight inches at that same height does need a permit, excluding willow, fruit, eucalyptus, alder, cottonwood and pine. All removal work must be done by licensed tree care professionals, and review may take two weeks.

Official info: San Ramon community development FAQs

On a single family lot a detached ADU is capped at sixteen feet in height. Setbacks are a minimum of twenty feet from the front property line and four feet from each side line and the rear. One covered or uncovered parking space is required, with exemptions including sites within half a mile of public transit. Every new accessory dwelling unit also carries a recorded deed restriction prohibiting short term rentals, filed with the city and the Contra Costa County Recorder. The city does not allow an ADU to be sold separately from the main house.

Official info: San Ramon ADU handout (City of San Ramon)