Commercial Building Plans

• Existing and/or proposed structure(s) with exact dimensions
• Parking areas and required number of parking spaces
• Driveway locations and traffic circulation system
• Lot and building line dimensions, as well as dimensions from property line to the project
• Alley with dimensions, if applicable
• All easements, if applicable
• Street names
• Sidewalks
• Bike rack locations
• Location of nearest fire hydrant(s)
• Fire lanes
• Utility or civil engineering site plan, showing water and sanitary sewer

Not required for additions less than 3,000 square feet or 30 percent of existing building footprint

• Calculation of net site area showing all existing and proposed structures, parking and access, other paved areas, and all required buffer-yard areas.
• Calculation of required landscape area
• Location and dimensions of areas to be landscaped and total amount of landscaped area
• Location, number and planting size of all shrubs, and ground cover including both required and
• actual materials provided;
• Location and coverage of required irrigation system
• Delineation of artificial lot, if applicable, including depiction of all proposed and existing structures, access drives, appurtenant parking and other paved areas proposed for expansion or new construction.

• Floor plans showing all rooms and spaces with dimensions & labels identifying the nature and use of each.
• Location of any existing or proposed fire walls, fire barriers, horizontal assemblies, fire partitions, or smoke partitions and associated wall details and UL assemblies.
• Location and dimensions of all portions of the exiting system including window and door schedules.
• Method of construction and types of construction materials.
• Exterior wall envelope details, window and doors including any associated fire ratings, eaves or parapets, and means of drainage.
• Handicap accessibility provisions
• Foundation plans if not part of a comprehensive structural package.

• Equipment schedule with supply and outside air capacity
• Supply and return duct material and sizes.
• Ventilation calculations showing compliance with section 403 or engineer's statement of compliance with ASHRAE 62
• See energy code section for additional requirements
• Engineered design is required for buildings over 5,000 sf.

• Transformer, disconnect, meter, and panel locations.
• Wire sizes and locations --- one line diagrams.
• Lighting and switching diagrams (see energy code section for additional requirements)
• Sufficient information to determine compliance with electrical code
• Engineered design is required for buildings over 5,000 

• All fixture locations and spacing
• Supply and waste piping sizes --- one line diagrams.
• Any specialty devices (grease traps, neutralizers, backflow preventers, etc…)
• Sufficient information to determine compliance with pluming code.
• Engineered design is required for buildings 5,000 sf.

• Insulation materials and their R-values
• Fenestration U-factors and SHGC's
• Area-weighted U-factors and SHGC calculations
• Mechanical and service a water heating system and equipment types, sizes and efficiencies;
• Economizer description --- required for any system over 54,000 btu/4.5 tons
• Equipment and systems controls
• Duct sealing, duct and pipe insulation and locations
• Lighting fixture schedule with wattage and control narrative
• Duplicate lighting floor plan identifying the various daylight zones and the lights designated for each zone and how they will be grouped or independently switched. (commercial only)