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68℉Residential Express Service
Residential Express enables permit issuance on the day of your appointment. It is available only for qualifying projects on one-story single-family properties.
- If your project is an ADU or JADU or combines with an ADU/JADU project, you must use the ADU Service.
- If your project qualifies for OTC Service, you may instead use Residential Express Service if you want a virtual appointment and are willing to pay the Express Service Fee.
Fee. The express service fee is 1.5 X the fee for regular Residential Permit Service. Find fee information in the Building Fee Schedule.
QUALIFYING PROJECTS
- Additions/Remodels to One-Story Single-Family Residences – Must not involve major roof framing modifications and must meet the following criteria:
- Additions must be < 500 sq. ft.
- Remodels must be ≤ 750 sq. ft.
- Addition + Remodel ≤ 750 sq. ft. where the addition component is < 500 sq. ft.
- Detached Accessory Building or Structure used as tool shed, storage shed, playhouse, or similar use – must be < 500 sq. ft.
CRITERIA FOR THIS SERVICE
Property must NOT be:
- Listed on the City’s Historic Resources Inventory or on the California Historical Resources list for Santa Clara County.
- In a Flood Zone A, AE, AH, or AO; see Flood Hazard Zone Map or call 408-535-7803 or email floodzoneinfo@sanjoseca.gov
- In a Planned Development Zoning District; check Zoning Map.
- In a Geohazard or Seismic Hazard Landslide zone; determine this at property information at www.SJPermits.org.
- In a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) area - See page 3 of the WUI Fire Conformance Policy.
- There cannot be a code case or code violation on the property.
- The project does not entail removing any ordinance-size tree.
- The project cannot be located in an easement that prohibits construction. If there is an easement, you must identify it on the site plan. The title report to your home will identify easements (you can contact a title company for a copy of the title report). Tract and parcel maps at the County Surveyor Record Index may show easements but may also be less accurate than a title report.
APPLICATION & SUBMITTAL PROCESS
- Design your project and prepare a submittal package including drawings showing the proposed changes, structural calculations (if applicable), supporting documents, and required forms. To ensure you submit a complete package, please complete the Single-Family & Duplex Projects Submittal Checklist.
- Format your digital files and name them according to the Electronic Plan Review - File Format Requirements (this is important to do correctly).
- Upload your submittal package following the instructions at Upload Your Project Files. For signing forms digitally, see the Digital Signature Instructions.
- Book an intake appointment using the link on the bottom of this page.
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
Appointments are available Tuesday through Thursday morning and can be booked up to two weeks in advance. Please be advised that your appointment will be cancelled if your submittal package is not uploaded on the day you book your appointment.
IMPORTANT! Before you click, be ready to provide the project address and scope of work in the Notes section of the appointment window; this information is essential for staff to prepare for the appointment.
** Click this link to schedule your Residential Express appointment. **