Planning and Zoning manages and implements the City’s General
Plan, Local Coastal Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance,
Landscape Guidelines, Flood and Seismic Hazard mapping, and California
Environmental Quality Act. This Division processes various land
use entitlements for public hearing by the City and provides design
review, plan check, and field inspections for zoning, environmental,
and other conditions of approval for new and existing development.
In
addition, this Division processes a variety of administrative and
ministerial permits ranging from signs and home occupations to liquor
licenses and temporary events. The Division also administers the
City’s census data, historic resources, and provides CC&R
oversight to the City’s 31 Homeowners Associations and 75
commercial, industrial, and residential planned unit developments.
