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
Plan Submittal Criteria Form
Required for Single Family or Duplex Residences
(Use Commercial form for lots with 3+ dwelling units or new residential tracts)
Complete the Project Information and Questionnaire below, then sign and date the Applicant Certification.
Project Information
New Single Family Residence/Duplex
Addition/Remodel
ADU
Other
Address:
Unit #: City or Unincorporated County Area: ZIP:
Scope of Work:
Existing
Area:
Area to
be Added:
Total Resulting
Area:
Stories: Area Added in Past 2 Years
(excl
uding
this project):
Yes No Questionnaire OCFA Plan Type if “Yes”
1.
New – Is this a new single family residence or duplex?
*
(PR160)
Residential Site
with Water Availability
(PR400
-
402)
Fire Sprinkler
2.
ADU – Is this a new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) on the same property as a house that already has
fire sprinklers or a house that will have fire sprinklers added as part of this project?
(PR400
-
402)
Fire Sprinkler
3.
Addition
Is this (A)
an addition to a currently sprinklered
building, or (B) an addition requiring a fire
sprinkler retrofit based on
a
threshold set by local ordinance?
(PR400
-
402)
Fire Sprinkler
4.
Distance – Is the most remote portion of the addition, ADU or other detached structure greater than
140
-
feet from the fire access roadway?
*
(PR160)
Residential Site
5.
Total Area – Will the addition result in a total area of greater than 3,600 square feet (sf) for non-
sprinklered buildings, or greater than 6,200 sf for sprinklered buildings, including the area of all
enclosed spaces, such as garages, stairs, and detached structures separated by less than 10
-
feet?
*
(PR160) Residential Site
with Water Availability
6.
Remodel
Is this a remodel of a sprinklered
building
with a scope of work that includes adding or
removing any interior walls? Note: If “Yes”, then project must be evaluated by a C-16 licensed
contractor to determine if
a fire sprinkler
modification is needed.
(PR400
-
402) Fire Sprinkler
7.
Detached
Structure
Is this a new detached utility or accessory structure (not an ADU), such as a
garage, workshop, game room, pool house, barn, etc., requiring fire sprinklers based on a threshold
set by local ordinance?
*
(PR160)
Residential Site
(PR400-402) Fire Sprinkler
8.
Gate
Is a gate being installed
across a driveway or road that is designated as a fire department
access roadway, or
a driveway or road that
serves more than a single home/duplex?
(PR180) Gate
9.
Methane Is project located in or less than 100’ from a “Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Resources” (DOGGR) field boundary or well (active or abandoned), less than 300-feet from an oil/gas
seep, or less than 1000-feet from a landfill? (Note: For projects in Yorba Linda, this requirement only
applies to new homes, enclosed accessory structures, addition to existing structure greater than 1000
sf
, and
ADU’s
).
*
(PR160) Residential Site
*(PR172-174) Methane
Test/Mitigation Plans
10.
Vegetation – Is the property/structure (A) on the perimeter of a community containing, or adjacent to
slopes or hills, or (B) adjacent to an open space or wildland area containing non-irrigated vegetation,
or (C) in a State Responsibility Area or Local Responsibility Area “Fire Hazard Severity Zone”, as
defined by the State, or (D) near an area th
at
could be affected by a wildfire in the open space.
*
(PR125) Fuel Modification
(PR182) Accessory
Structure
*OCFA approval required before issuance of a grading/building permit. All other plans types may be deferred submittals.
Applicant Certification
I certify, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the information above is true:
Print Name
:_______________________________________
Signature
:___________________________________________
Date
:______________
Phone Number
:_____________________________________________
Email:_____________________________________________________________
Attention Building Department Staff After you’ve verified all questions were answered accurately as “No”, then you may accept this signed form as a
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.
______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”
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
Form (on the reverse), to be submitted along with the appropriate plans to OCFA for a determination.
For questions and submittal information, please visit ocfa.org, or call OCFA at (714) 573-6100
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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
Plan Referral Form
Required for OCFA to review plans upon the request of the Building Department when
the answers on the Plan Submittal Criteria Form (on the reverse) are all “No”.
City Official Requesting Review: City Reference #: __________________________
City / County: _____________________________________ Date: __________________________________
Contact Name: _____________________________________ E-Mail: __________________________________
Title: _____________________________________ Phone #: _________________________________
** Have the applicant complete and sign the OCFA Plan Submittal Criteria Form on the reverse of this form. **
Reason(s) for Review:
Please describe why OCFA Plan Review is or may be required by the City/County:
OCFA COMMENTS:
No further action required on this specific plan type, based
on information provided on: ____/______/______.
Project to be taken in for OCFA Review.
Other:
Name: _________________________________________
Contact #: ______________________________________
Date: _________________________________
OCFA Authorization
Updated: 06/02/2020 rs