Why Choose All American Story Poles
All American Story Poles handles story pole installation for residential and commercial projects throughout Los Altos, CA and Los Altos Hills, CA. We work with homeowners, builders, and developers who need accurate story poles for their project to move through the planning and approval process. With over 15 years of experience, we know what the planning departments expect.
Story poles shall be used for the following:
- New buildings
- Second story additions
- Additions exceeding 900 square feet and increases in roof height
- Accessory structures (exceeding 900 square feet)
- Second units (if in conjunction with new residence or major addition)
- Driveway entrance modifications, sports court and pools (outlined with stakes and ribbon at
- ground level)
- Open Space easements
- Trees proposed to be removed (marked with ribbons or tags or some type of obvious marke
Getting Through the Approval Process
Los Altos and Los Altos Hills require a physical representation of a building's footprint and roofline before a project approval is issued.
We manage the full process in-house: story pole design, drafting, and installation. Our story pole plans are formatted to be clear and readable for the planning commissioners and city staff.
What You Get Out of It
Accurate story pole installation gives your project a cleaner path through the review process. Planners can make faster decisions when the story poles are professional and complete.
Neighbors can see exactly what's being built, which reduces the chance of appeals.
How a Project Typically Goes
1. Consultation. We review your plans and provide a written proposal
2. Design and drafting. We prepare your story pole plan.
3. Site measurements. We work with our team of surveyors to stake the pole locations on vacant sites or our installation team will accurately measure and install pole locations and heights on sites with existing buildings.
4. Installation. Our crew installs the temporary framing mock up.
5. Photographs. Photographs of the completed installation are sent as conformation of the completion of the installation.