Pre-approved plans
A coordinated path from standard plan to construction.
LA County’s pre-approved standard plans may reduce design costs and review time, subject to your property’s conditions and required approvals. ROAM is preparing designs for submission to the program: ROAM Design Studio LLC would provide the agreed design and permitting services, and ROAM Builders Inc. would provide construction under a separate agreement.
How the county program works
- Designs in the county catalog are reviewed once, up front, against zoning, building codes, and the Altadena Community Standards District.
- Before choosing a plan, confirm with County Planning and Building and Safety that it fits your property. You must contract directly with the design professional who created it and submit an application, site plan, and required site-specific details for additional review and permits.
- Costs can include the design professional’s charges, application and site-review fees, and project-specific consultant work. Confirm current fees and any applicable waivers with the County and your designer; cost and time reductions are not guaranteed.
- County pre-approval is not an endorsement of the designer or firm, or a guarantee of their ability to complete your project. Do your own due diligence.
- Pre-approved plans cannot be customized; changes move a project back into the general review process. The right fit matters more than with a custom design.
What ROAM is bringing to the catalog
Designs that fit Altadena's character — drawn with wildland-urban interface fire-hardening built in, sized against realistic insurance-proceeds budgets, engineered by licensed engineers, and reviewed for buildability by the team that will build them. Each design we submit will be published here with its county status clearly marked; nothing on this page will be called "pre-approved" until the county's approval actually exists.
Want to be first to see them?
Start a Rebuild Roadmap and note your interest in pre-approved plans, or contact us — we'll walk you through the program and whether a standard plan or a custom design fits your lot and budget better.