Residential & Commercial Plans Review
A Plans Review will be required in the following scenarios:
- A Single-Family Dwelling with basement of any type or size
- A Single-Family Dwelling 5000sf or greater
- All Townhome developments
- Pole barn type structures with conditioned living space regardless of square footage
- All Commercial use structures
A minimum of three (3) working days should be allowed for this review. NOTE: Prior to permit issuance, other approvals such as approvals from State Fire Marshal’s Office, Planning Department and/or Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) may be required.
Only design drawings prepared and sealed by a Tennessee registered architect or engineer are accepted when a plans submittal if required.
All Commercial Projects requiring a complete set of registrant sealed design drawings must include the following: (*Note - this list is not intended to be all inclusive)
- A Cover Sheet drawing showing a code analysis for the building with any currently adopted minimum building, fire, life safety and accessibility codes enforceable at the time of the submittal.
- A Civil/Site Plan previously approved by the Rutherford County Planning and Engineering Department.
- Life Safety Plan showing the use for each space with occupant loads, travel paths and distances, exit doors with capacity, smoke partitions/barriers, fire-rated partitions and fire walls with appropriate legends.
- Architectural floor plans showing the use of each space, dimensions, door, door hardware schedules, sections, details and UL fire-resistance rated assemblies.
- Structural design plans and details with seismic and other minimum design loads.
- Mechanical/HVAC system design drawings.
- Plumbing system design drawings.
- Fire protection sprinkler/standpipe/fire pump system design drawings where required.