Title 24 reports for Pomona permits.
Pomona’s Development Services Department takes plan check by email submittal, publishes its own ADU Plan Check Guide, and runs a 4-day work week — worth knowing before you plan your permit timeline.
Email submittal, and a published ADU fee schedule
Pomona’s Building & Safety Division (part of Development Services) accepts electronic plan submittal by email rather than a dashboard-style upload portal, alongside walk-in service Monday through Thursday — City Hall is closed Fridays, a genuine scheduling quirk worth building into your permit timeline. The city publishes its own ADU Plan Check Guide and, notably, actual sample fee figures on its ADU page: a 749 sf ADU runs roughly $2,562 plan check + $3,148 permit fee with no development impact fee, while a 1,200 sf ADU runs roughly $4,093 plan check + $3,150 permit + $18,711 in development impact fees — the development impact fee kicks in at 750 sf of livable area (state law exempts ADUs under 750 sf), a step worth flagging to a client sizing an ADU near that line.
Pomona has also implemented AB 2533 for pre-2020 unpermitted ADUs/JADUs (the city can’t deny a legalization permit solely for code noncompliance, or charge impact fees to legalize one, with a narrow exception). No local energy reach code beyond CALGreen/Title 24 was found 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: Upland & Chino, Ontario, West Covina & Covina and Rancho Cucamonga.
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.
Pomona plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Does Pomona's impact fee jump at a certain ADU size?
Is Pomona's Building Division open on Fridays?
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 Pomona plans.
The CF1R comes back ready for Pomona's Building & Safety Division — formatted for email submittal.