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Commercial and Multi-Family Plans Submittal Check List


Building Permit Application must be completely filled out, including:

  • Job address
  • Legal description - Lot, block, filing, subdivision, or tract and/or section, township and range
  • Owner’s information - Name, address, phone number, email address
  • Contractor’s/contact person’s information - Name, address, phone number, email address
  • Use of building - Commercial, industrial, etc.
  • Class of work - New, addition, alteration, repair, move, other
  • Description of work
  • Valuation - Labor and materials (excluding lot costs)
  • Type of heating - Natural gas, propane, electric, other
  • Water source - Public or private
  • Sewer system - Public or private
  • General information - Lot size, lot coverage, impervious coverage, building floor area, stories, height, units, parking
  • Signature of contractor or owner and date

**** PDF copies of all plans; must be stamped by Colorado Licensed Engineer***

Property and buildings/improvements need to be dimensioned.


APPROVED Site Plan and Civil Plans - Showing the following:

  • Legal description - Subdivision, lot, block, filing, etc.
  • Property lines - All existing property lines must be shown. If for a duplex, also show partywall.
  • Setbacks, building envelope(s), easements, and any dimensions
  • North arrow and scale - On each page
  • Driveway - Material, slope (grade %), culverts, adjacent streets and any dimensions
  • Structures – Proposed and existing, including sheds, barns, decks, patios, etc. 
  • Water features - Streams, creeks, springs, ponds, ditches, 50' setback from 100 yr. flood, etc.
  • Existing and proposed contours - Grading/drainage around structures, drainage compliance, erosion control, etc.
  • Drainage plan - Include directional indicators for positive drainage away from the building. Drainage to be contained on site. The contours must be shown in 2' increments. If applicable, show path of 100-year storm runoff flow.
  • Finish floor elevations - Shown on the building footprint
  • Existing and proposed wells, septic tanks, leach fields, etc.
  • Connections - From road right of way to the building - water, sewer, gas, propane, phone, electric, cable, etc. ALL Utilities should be shown upon the site and labelled as existing or proposed.

Erosion Control BMPs (best management practices) - properly installed silt fence and/or straw waddles around the perimeter of the lot, a vehicle tracking pad at the point of vehicle entry/exit to the lot, solid waste containment, sanitary facilities, and a concrete washout basin on the lot

Existing and proposed curb & gutter, sidewalk, crosspans, driveway cuts

Construction parking / staging

Retaining walls - Materials, highest and lowest point. Engineer-stamped detail required if retaining wall is over four feet.

Parking Plan –Off-Street Parking and Loading by Use

Project Specifications and Manuals

  • Cover sheet - Must be wet stamped and signed by a Colorado State Licensed Architect
  • Project summary - Including area calculations (actual square footage/allowable), occupancy classification summary, type of construction, height, fire sprinklers, etc.
  • Complete project manual and specifications - Including window and door schedules (including sizes, hardware and fire rating schedules), construction details, construction and materials specifications.
  • Two (2) soils/geotechnical report copies for the building site

Architectural Sheets All sheets of plans must be wet stamped & signed by Colorado State Licensed Engineer

  • Complete floor plans - For each level. Complete dimensions, drawing scale noted
  • Complete building cross sections and construction details
  • All rooms or areas - Clearly shown on the floor plan. Label use of each room or area. Include seating plans for any assembly areas. Clearly show all equipment rooms (mechanical, electrical, elevator, etc.)o All wall types - Clearly labeled and referenced on floor plans. Identify all fire resistive wall construction.
  • Complete construction details - For all fire-resistive elements of the building referenced on floor plans and cross-sections. Include wall assemblies, floor/ceiling assemblies, roof/ceiling assemblies, shaft wall assemblies, structural frame, etc. All construction details must have the fire resistive listing number referenced on each assembly detail (ex. UL P528).
  • All doors and windows - Clearly labeled and referenced to the door and window schedules. All door swings shown per exiting requirements.
  • Complete stairway and guardrail details and construction plans
  • Roof covering, exterior wall covering and interior finishes - Clearly shown on plans 

Floor finish plans

  • Reflected ceiling plans
  • Accessibility - Plans must show compliance with accessibility requirements for all elements of the building per ANSI 117.1/ADA/FHA (ex. restroom details). Show disabled path of travel throughout the building where applicable. Full architectural plans, fully dimensioned and labeled.

Structural Sheets All sheets of plans must be wet stamped & signed by Colorado State Licensed Engineer

Design specifications sheet - including:

  • Roof live/dead load (snow)
  • Floor/deck/corridor live/dead loads
  • Wind design
  • Seismic design
  • Special loading for parking garages, etc.
  • Foundation design criteria per soils report. Soil/geotechnical report referenced.
  • Footing/foundation plans - With complete dimensions, wall heights, etc.
  • Footing/foundation - Reinforcement details provided and referenced from plan
  • view.
  • Framing plans - For each level of building. All walls, columns, beams, joists, rafters and other structural elements clearly shown.
  • Complete construction details - Showing connections of structural framing elements including details for special connections (welding, bolting, etc.)

Mechanical All sheets of plans must be wet stamped & signed by Colorado State Licensed Engineer

  • Floor plans for each level - With single line drawings overlaid showing the following:
  • Size, location and materials of all ductwork, plenums, registers, return air, and outside air intake registers
  • Size and location of all combustion air ductwork and openings
  • Size, type and termination of gas appliance flues/vents
  • Locations of all fire and combination smoke/fire dampers or ceiling damperso Complete equipment schedules - For all mechanical equipment (boilers, furnace, exhaust fans, etc.) 
  • Commercial kitchen hoods - Additional information on hood sizes, duct sizes, CFM calculations, etc. and Grease Traps are required

Plumbing All sheets of plans must be wet stamped & signed by Colorado State Licensed Engineer

  • Floor plans for each level - With single line drawings overlaid showing the following:
  • Drain, waste, vent layout and sizing - Show materials, drainage slope, sewer location etc.
  • Water piping and sizing - Show materials, length and size of pipe, water meter location, fixture unit demands. Show locations and type of all backflow prevention devices.
  • Gas piping and sizing - Show materials, length and size or pipe, gas meter location, BTU/hour demands
  • Any additional piping plans - Roof drains, medical gas, condensate, etc.
  • Complete plumbing fixture schedules - For all plumbing equipment
  • Commercial kitchens - Additional information on plumbing fixtures, food preparation or serving equipment, grease interceptors, etc. is required.

Electrical All sheets of plans must be wet stamped & signed by Colorado State Licensed Engineer

  • Floor plans for each level - With single line drawings overlaid showing the following:
  • Lighting - Fixtures, receptacles, switches, exit and emergency signs and lighting, panel locations, etc.
  • Single line diagram-power - Showing service entrance-conduit and wire size, main disconnect size, grounding electrode and grounding electrode conductor size, feeder conduit and wire size, transformers, generators, etc.
  • Panel schedules - Showing bus sizes, breaker sizes, circuit description, voltage, phase, amperage, etc.

Fire Protection Plans – For fire alarm, sprinkler, commercial building, tenant finishes, kitchen hoods, haz-mat and IGH piled storage please have them complete out plan review application and email to FFFD: siacino@fffd.us ; dpuccetti@fffd.us; jvenerable@fffd.us