For projects requiring story poles for project approval, story pole plans are the starting point of the process. In California, planning departments, HOA's and Architectural review boards use story poles to assess building placement, height, and overall impact before approving projects. At All American Story Poles, we design and deliver precise story pole plans, helping property owners and project teams move through the design review process.
Story pole plans are often referred to as silhouette plans, temporary framing plans or staking plans. These plans represent pole locations, top of roof elevations and string line connections, clearly illustrating the intent of the story pole construction to be completed on site.
Story poles provide a full size mock up of a proposed structure, making it easy for Property Owners, City Planners, Architects and Neighbors to understand scale, massing, and rooflines of the proposed project. This improves communication during the review process.
In CA, story poles are commonly required during Zoning, Planning, HOA or Architectural Review to ensure proposed developments are clearly represented on-site. A well-prepared story pole plan is designed to simplify the roof design to provide a clear, accurate view of the project's scale and massing, most importantly the highest ridge lines and major eave lines.
Prevent Delays With Accurate Plans
With over 15 years of experience, we create clean, easy-to-read story pole plans as part of your project review and submittal process.
Our streamlined story pole plans create consistency between drawings and installation. This helps project reviewers understand exactly what will be installed on site prior to the installation.
Accurate preparation of the story pole plan provides efficient fieldwork, especially on challenging sites with restrictions or complex layouts.