Title 24 reports for Arcadia permits.
Arcadia takes plans digitally through its EDGE portal and runs its own Pre-Approved ADU Program — here’s how that shapes what your Title 24 submittal needs to look like.
EDGE portal, and a Pre-Approved ADU Program with real savings
Arcadia’s Building Services Division takes plan submittals through EDGE (ePermitting and Development Gateway) — digital-only, though drop-off at City Hall is still offered up to an hour before closing (the plans themselves still have to be digital, not paper). The city doesn’t publish a specific turnaround-day figure for standard plan check; the one hard number on its Plan Check page is a 180-day clock: the plan review is void if the permit isn’t obtained within 180 days of the date of plan submittal.
Arcadia runs a genuinely distinctive Pre-Approved ADU (PAADU) Program: choosing a listed, previously city-approved detached-ADU plan skips Planning Review entirely (the city states a $696 savings) and gets expedited Building plan check — limited to new detached construction, not conversions. Arcadia’s own ADU ordinance also caps units at 850–1,000 sf depending on bedroom count, bars mezzanines/lofts, requires frosted glass on any window 9+ feet up, and generally requires the ADU to share the primary dwelling’s driveway. No separate Arcadia energy reach code beyond CALGreen/Title 24 was confirmed on the city’s own pages.
One thing that doesn’t change by city: my price and turnaround are flat statewide — $99 first report, $150 flat after, 24–48 hours on your first job. What differs city to city is what happens on the plan-check side before and after the CF1R lands in your permit set, which is what this page covers.
Nearby, same flat rate: Pasadena, West Covina & Covina, Whittier and Glendale.
Prices
Flat fees, in writing before I start. No hourly, no bid package, no change-order games — the number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
One honest note
I’m not a licensed engineer or architect, and I don’t stamp drawings. On the CF1R I’m the documentation author — you stay the responsible designer. Nothing about your role on the job changes.
That’s on purpose. I’m not after your scope or your clients. I do one piece of the permit set — the piece that usually holds it up — and I do it fast.
Arcadia plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Does Arcadia's Pre-Approved ADU Program skip the Title 24 report too?
Can plans be dropped off in person in Arcadia?
Does my ADU or addition actually need one?
Almost certainly. New conditioned floor area — ADUs, JADUs, garage conversions, additions — triggers Title 24. So do alterations that touch the envelope, the ductwork, or the HVAC equipment, including a straight change-out. A remodel that only moves non-structural interior partitions usually doesn’t.
Send it either way. If it doesn’t need a report I’ll say so and there’s no charge for the look.
How fast do I get it back?
24 to 48 hours on your first job, three business days for everything after that — a date you can put on the schedule, not an estimate. If your permit deadline is tighter than that, say so in the notes; I’ll tell you honestly whether I can hit it before you commit.
Send your Arcadia plans.
Whether it's a PAADU listed plan or a custom design, the CF1R comes back registered and EDGE-ready.