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Planning Services

Services provided by the Planning Division are as follows:

Advance Planning:

• Maintain the Comprehensive General Plan
• Process General Plan Amendments
• Process Zoning Map Amendments
• Process Zoning Text Amendments
• Review Affordable Housing Compliance
• Participation in Transportation Planning
• Prepare Specific Plans and Special Studies
• Process Environmental Documentation
  • Negative Declarations
  • Mitigated Negative Declarations
  • Environmental Impact Reports
  • NEPA Documentation
• Floodplain Administration
• Maintain Census/Demographics/Population Information
• Process Local Coastal Program Amendments
• Environmental Board Staffing
• Design Review Board Staffing
• Coordinate Zoning Map/General Plan Map maintenance and production
• Zoning Counter Staffing

Current Planning:

• Second Opinion Services
• Processes applications for:

• Coastal Development Permits
• Conditional Use Permits
• Entitlement Plan Amendments
• Preliminary Plan Reviews
• Tentative Tract Maps
• Variances (Including the Flood Plain Variance)
• Annexation Requests
• Administer Precise Plan of Street Alignments
• Process Lot Line Adjustments 
• Issue Sign Code Exceptions
• Issue Temporary Use Permits 
• Process Tentative Parcel Maps 
• Issue Address Changes
• CC&R Reviews
• Process Certificate of Compliances
• Process Final Maps
• Issue Limited Sign Permits
• Issue Temporary Sign Permits
• Issue Temporary Sales/Event Permits
• Issue Animal Permits

Planning and Zoning Counter Public Hours:

    Monday-Friday
    8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Closed Noon to 1:00 p.m.
    (714) 536-5271

• Zoning Information
• Flood Information
• Entitlement Applications
• Plan Check
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Did you know?

Construction going on in your neighborhood? Huntington Beach City Code allows for construction with an open building permit Monday-Saturday, 7AM-8PM. Work not requiring a permit may be completed Monday-Saturday, 8AM-8PM, and Sunday, 9AM-6PM.

Contact Information

City of Huntington Beach
Planning Division
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA
Phone: (714) 536-5271
Fax: (714) 374-1648
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