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 bilingual 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 — a steep step-up in impact fees above roughly 1,000 sf 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: T24 Studio’s 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.
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.
Your first report with me
One per client, homes under 3,000 square feet. Full energy model, CF1R and CHEERS registration. It’s a test run — send one job and see how it goes.
Every model after the first
The standard rate once you’re a client — the second building, ADU plus main house, the next project that walks in. Back in 3 business days.
Over 3,000 square feet
Quoted from the plans before any work starts, same day.
24×36 plan-sheet set
Your CF1R laid out full size, matched to your drawing set. Comes back as a PDF you drop straight in.
Revisions
Two revisions included, plus questions any time. Past two I quote first, before I touch it.
Commercial / tenant improvement
Send the plans and you’ll have a flat quote back the same day. No deposit, no minimum.
How it works
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Send the plans
A PDF of the architecturals and the project address. If something’s missing I ask once, in one email — not five.
Mechanical and plumbing don’t have to be picked yet. If the plans don’t call out the HVAC or the water heater, I model what I’d normally specify for that job and tell you exactly what I assumed. Change any of it and I’ll rerun — that’s not a revision.
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I build the model
If the design does not comply as drawn, I tell you what the model needs to pass and the least disruptive way I can find to get there — your call what goes on the drawings.
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You get it back ready to sign
CF1R registered with CHEERS, you named as the responsible designer. 3 business days — 24–48 hours on your first one. Pay on delivery: Zelle, Venmo or Cash App.
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.