No, but a fax request may be sent.

According to the City of Los Angeles Electrical Code section 93.0402, as well as section 110.2 of the State of California and National Electrical Code, only the conductors and equipment required or permitted (by the code) are acceptable when they are approved.

If an unlisted electrical product is inadvertently installed in the City of Los Angeles, the installer can request for a field evaluation of the product from the City of Los Angeles Electrical Test Lab or from a recognized testing agency, however, the equipment would not be permitted to be energized to operate until either an approval is obtained from the Electrical Test Lab, or an acceptable field evaluation by a recognized test lab is completed and a satisfactory report is submitted to the Department electrical inspection in order to obtain approval from them.

Yes. You may select as many inspection types as you wish. Please limit your selection(s) to work that is ready to be inspected.

No, work cannot be started until a valid permit is issued.

No, all plan sheets must be combined into one PDF document.

If your plans qualify for electronic plan check service, you may submit online through ePlanLA.

Plastic waste and vent piping in residential occupancies are allowed when the residential portion of the building is 2 stories or less.

Yes, but with some exceptions. Please see the Information Bulletin P/BC 2014-079 for more details.

For non-structural items, an ICC report is acceptable. For structural elements, you will need a LA Research Report. See the Information Bulletin P/BC 2014-119.

No, since the pipe sizing tables for rain rainwater are based on a minimum 1% slope.