View Property Records & Archives

The following files are available in our Property Records Database.

• Planning Files contain preliminary and final plans and maps (i.e., tentative subdivision maps and other maps) as well as project-related correspondence and planners' notes, petitions from neighbors, newspaper clippings, Planning Commission and Staff Hearing Officer Staff Reports, resolutions, photographs, environmental documentation, and other project-related materials. Note: Not all properties have a Planning File.
   
• Street Files contain building permit applications, correspondence, master applications, maps, copies of permits; code compliance documentation, including notices of noncompliance, administrative citations, administrative citation appeal requests and final decisions, and orders of the Building Official regarding dangerous, substandard, or illegal structures; and Plan View Request forms that are used to process requests to view or copy plans containing the subject property.
   
• Certificates of Occupancy: Street files contain property permit history including Certificates of Occupancy. Please note that not all properties have actual certificates. Permit job cards that have a received a final inspection and have a date and signature by the building inspector are often used in lieu of a Certificate.

Property plans are copyright protected. To view property plans schedule an in-person appointment. This includes all civil, architectural, and building plan sets (or "blueprints").

You can find out the status of any active permit application on the Accela Citizen Access Permit Portal. Search by address, permit number or parcel number. You do not need to have an account to view this information.

Simply go to the Permit Portal home page, and click "Search Applications."