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The most common services associated with the Planning Division operations involve requests for new construction, remodeling of existing structures and/or new or altered uses of properties or facilities.

The Planning staff has administrative authority to make decisions on various types of proposals, but many development requests must be approved by established City Committees, Commissions and/or by the City Council.

Planning Division services include:
General Plan Rezoning Use Permits Variances Modifications (Minor Variances) Tentative Subdivision Maps Tentative Parcel Maps Lot Line Adjustments Environmental (CEQA) Review Historical Resource Assessment Architectural Review Special Permits Zoning Code Enforcement

Information and procedural requirements for each of these services can be obtained from the Planning Division in the Permit Center. Planning Application (PDF)

Many of the applications processed by the Planning Division staff also must be considered by other City departments and divisions. Some of these items can be scheduled for concurrent review by those departments through the Project Clearance Committee (A.K.A. Subdivision Committee) process. This committee is responsible to determine that certain applications are complete and to conduct any required environmental review. This process allows project applicants an opportunity to meet "around the table" with City staff regarding aspects of their plans.

Project Clearance Committee meetings are held each Monday at 10 a.m. (If Monday is a holiday, PCC meets the preceding Friday). Although the meetings are intended for staff review of the responses by the various departments to the distribution of plans, applicants are encouraged to attend. The decisions of the PCC relate to the determination whether an application is complete, the environmental determination and the appropriate conditions of approval as recommended by staff. The PCC does not enter the decision-making field of the Planning Commission, City Council or Architectural Committee.

The PCC is made up of the City Manager or representative, the Director of Planning and Inspection or representative and the Director of Public Works or representative from the Engineering Department. The Engineering representative is assigned to write the PCC minutes. The draft minutes are to be completed by 8 a.m. Tuesday following the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter. The minutes are then reviewed by the Senior Planner and the City Engineer and are retyped for signature by the Assistant City Manager. Prior to presentation to the Assistant City Manager, two copies are made and one is posted on the wall in the Permit Center and one is posted in the City Clerk's office. In order to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, the date of posting and the initials of the person posting are placed on the first page prior to posting. The copy posted in the Clerk's office is later placed in the Environmental Review file.

When the minutes are returned from duplicating, a copy goes in each of the action files, a copy is sent to each of the applicants, and complete copies of the minutes are distributed to the Planning Commissioners and to contributing agencies in accordance with the list maintained by the Typist Clerk III in Planning.

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