Roofing and Roof Repair in Pacific Palisades, CA

We offer roofing and roof repair in Pacific Palisades under City of Los Angeles rules. LADBS issues the permits; essentially all of ZIP 90272 is mapped Very High fire hazard by our calculation, so roofs are Class A; the City's cool roof rule covers pitched re-roofs that the state's zone 6 rule leaves out; and fire rebuilds follow the Mayor's emergency orders.

For Palisades owners we offer roofs for rebuilt homes, built to Class A and the City cool roof rule; inspections of roofs that survived the fire, with drone photos; tile lift and relay on older tile roofs; standing-seam and stone-coated steel; flat TPO roofs; and commercial roofs. Before a re-roof we arrange solar panel removal and reinstall. Every job starts with an on-site visit and a written proposal, with the photos shown to you; we clean up daily with a nail magnet and close with a final walkthrough.

• Permit officeLos Angeles Department of Building and Safety; re-roofs under 6 lb per sq ft as an online express permit
• Fire rebuild helpOne-Stop Rebuilding Center, 1828 Sawtelle Blvd., and a support center at 16925 Marquez Avenue
• Title 24 climate zone6 (ZIP 90272)
• Cool roof on a re-roofCity rule: over 50% replaced needs a CRRC-rated product, pitched roofs included
• Housing age before the fireMedian year built 1967; 70% built before 1980

What does the roof of a rebuilt Palisades home have to meet?

The current City of Los Angeles code, unless LADBS approved the house's plans under the 2019 code: those plans can be reused. On a lot in the Very High zone that means a Class A roof, and the City cool roof rule applies as well: the City wrote its cool roof ordinance to "cover all new roofs and renovations above an appropriate threshold". A house built in 1976, the City says, "will need to be built to the current building code."

CAL FIRE records that the Palisades Fire started on January 7, 2025 southeast of Palisades Drive, burned 23,448 acres before containment on January 31, and destroyed 6,845 structures across its whole footprint. Six days after it started, the Mayor issued Emergency Executive Order No. 1, revised on March 18, 2025.

• A like-for-like rebuild up to 110% of the old footprint and height skips City discretionary review.
• For a lot whose house was destroyed or substantially damaged, City departments are directed to finish reviews within 30 days of a complete application, and LADBS to inspect within two business days of a request.
• Permit help in person: the One-Stop Rebuilding Center at 1828 Sawtelle Blvd. and the Palisades Inspections and Permitting Support Center at 16925 Marquez Avenue, both 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

What about a Palisades roof that survived the fire with damage?

It is handled as a repair or a re-roof on a standing home, with two fire-related breaks. Emergency Executive Order No. 7 (April 25, 2025) suspended plan check and permit fees for the "repair or reconstruction" of fire-damaged single-family homes and duplexes, and the City applies it to owners who held the property on the fire date. LADBS lists fire damage repair up to 10% of a home's replacement cost as an express permit with no plan check.

For a roof that survived, a roof inspection with drone photos is the first step we offer, and you see the photos before any proposal. The permit and fire-zone rules for an ordinary re-roof are the same as elsewhere in the city; they are set out under roofing rules across Los Angeles.

Is my Palisades home in the Very High fire hazard zone?

Almost certainly. Laying CAL FIRE's 2025 recommended map over ZIP 90272, we calculate about 15,240 acres as Very High, essentially all of the ZIP's land, and the Fire Department lists Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highland and Castellammare among the communities in the City's Very High zone. Confirm the parcel on the State Fire Marshal's viewer, which is the map the Fire Department points owners to.

For the roof, the zone means Class A for a re-roof and for any repaired section, under LADBS's fire-zone checklist; Class A fire-rated roofing explains what the rating covers.

Does a pitched re-roof in zone 6 need a cool roof?

Under state law, no; under City law, yes, once more than half the roof is replaced. ZIP 90272 is in Title 24 climate zone 6, where the state's cool-roof rule reaches only flat and low-slope roofs. The City's Green Building Code (LAMC 99.04.106.5, Ordinance 187,208, effective November 5, 2021) sets values for both slopes, and LADBS applies it on residential replacements of over 50%:

So a Palisades owner reading only the state's cool roof requirements for zone 6 would miss the City rule on a pitched roof. The City's exceptions are listed under roofing rules across Los Angeles.

Does a Palisades re-roof need a coastal permit or design review?

Not a Coastal Development Permit, if the job qualifies for the City's coastal exemption. City Planning's exemption form lists re-roofing under "Repair or Maintenance" as long as it does not replace 20% or more of the structure's materials with materials of a different kind; that exemption exists only in the Single Jurisdiction Coastal Zone, which ZIMAS shows by parcel. A 1979 Coastal Commission order, E-79-8, also excludes defined sub-areas of the Palisades from coastal permits for listed kinds of development, and for eligible fire rebuilds the Mayor's orders lift the coastal permit requirement.

Design review is narrower than many owners expect. The Pacific Palisades Commercial Village and Neighborhoods Specific Plan covers the commercial areas, and its definition of a project "does not include a one-family dwelling". Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments are the exception: City Planning requires work on them to meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.

What does an older Palisades roof trigger when it is replaced?

It depends on what is on it now. Before the fire, the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey put the median home in ZIP 90272 at 1967, with 70% built before 1980 and a quarter in the 1950s alone, so many standing roofs carry wood shake or tile:

• A wood shake roof cannot go back as shakes, which the City bans; in the Very High zone the new covering is Class A.
• A tile roof cannot be covered over with a new roof (LAMC 91.1512.3).
• Sound tile can be lifted and relaid over new underlayment, which LADBS treats as an express permit with no cool roof requirement; see tile roofing.
• New tile over more than half the house takes a cool-rated tile under the City rule, unless an exception applies.

To get a written proposal for your roof, book an on-site visit; roof replacement shows what a full re-roof includes.

Services and guides for roofs in Pacific Palisades

• Roof Replacement: Roofs for rebuilt homes and re-roofs of over half a roof, Class A with a City cool rating.
• Roof Inspection & Maintenance: Drone photos of roofs that survived the fire, before any repair is proposed.
• Tile Roofing: Tile lift and relay on older homes, an express permit item with no cool-roof requirement.
• Roof Repair: Fire-damaged sections on standing homes, repaired to Class A.
• What Is a Class A Fire Rated Roof, and When Does California Require One?: What Class A means in a ZIP code that is nearly all Very High fire hazard.
• Cool Roof Requirements in California: What Title 24 Asks of a Re-Roof: The state values that sit under the City's stricter pitched-roof rule.

Roofing in Pacific Palisades: common questions

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