Title 24 reports for Thousand Oaks permits.
Thousand Oaks has written down that it will not pursue local reach codes for new buildings — while a renovation-threshold measure aimed at existing homes sits on its own dashboard at 2027, marked Under Review.
State code now, existing homes under review
Thousand Oaks runs the 2025 code family by Ordinance 1741-NS, effective January 1, 2026: TOMC 8-14.01 Energy, 8-16.01 CALGreen. There is no local amendment to the Energy Code: its only other section, 8-14.02, is a scope clause that says “plumbing systems,” carried over from the plumbing chapter. CALGreen picks up two: a scope clause and a new 101.12 fee to verify compliance with the mandatory measures. The city is absent from both CEC approved-ordinance lists, and its climate dashboard says why: the updated State codes substantially address the intent of these measures, so the City will not pursue local reach codes. That is scoped to new buildings. Measure BE2.1 — existing homes renovated above a specified threshold, on a Flexible Measures or equivalent compliance path — is dated 2027, Under Review.
The trap here is geographic: 91360, 91361, 91362 and 91377 are Climate Zone 9; Newbury Park, 91320, is Zone 6 — same city, a different envelope. Everything else moves through TO/24, where inspections can only be scheduled through your portal and fee invoices arrive from an automated address the city warns may land in spam. No plan-check turnaround is published; the only timing language is that the Building Division will attempt to process the permit as soon as possible. The clock it publishes runs the other way: an application expires at 180 days with a single 90-day extension, and plan review fees are paid again on expiry — so a correction round is expensive. The Building Division’s ADU completeness form is the only document stating the energy requirement.
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.
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.
Thousand Oaks plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Which Thousand Oaks document states the energy requirement?
Does Thousand Oaks publish a plan-check turnaround?
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 Thousand Oaks plans.
Put the ZIP in the notes — Newbury Park models in Climate Zone 6 and the rest of the city in Zone 9, and that choice is made before anything else in the report is.