Applications & Forms
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, we are only accepting applications submitted online through our EPIC-LA permitting system.
How-To Apply Online | How-To Pay Online
Please note for housing development projects subject to SB 330, the online application contains more information than required for an SB 330 Preliminary Application. Please see below under “SB 330 Housing Development Projects” for the SB 330 Preliminary Application.
Effective July 1, 2017, the Financial Responsibility Form (FRF) must be submitted with an initial deposit payment. When there is a change in ownership or financial responsibility, the Change of Financial Responsibility Form (CFRF) must be submitted to the Department. The FRF or CFRF must be notarized if sent by mail, electronic mail or someone who is not the FRP or CFRP.
Click alphabetical list for all applications & forms.
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
Adult Business Permit
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
- Review of Termination Schedule Findings (PDF)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales Conditional Use Permit (ABC CUP)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Alcoholic Beverage Sales Findings (PDF or Word)
- Alcohol Shelf Plan Guidelines/Sample (PDF)
- CUP Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
Altadena CSD Bed and Breakfast Permit
Altadena CSD Modification
Animal Permit
- Animal Permit Information (PDF or Word)
- Animal Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Animal Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Animal Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
Appeal to Regional Planning Commission
Aviation Permit
- How to File an Aviation Application (PDF)
- Aviation Application Form (PDF or Word)
- Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) Consistency Matrix (PDF or Word)
- Airport Planning Government Agency Roles (PDF)
- Airport Land Use Plans
- ALUC Review and Procedures (PDF)
Business License
Cemetery Permit
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Cemetery Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
Cerritos Island Community Standard District Modification (CSD Modification)
- Cerritos Island CSD Modification Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Cerritos Island CSD Modification Findings (PDF or Word)
Certificate of Compliance
- Certificate of Compliance Information (English) (PDF)
- Certificate of Compliance Information (Spanish) (PDF)
- Certificate of Compliance Application (PDF or Word)
- Certificate of Compliance Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Certificate of Compliance Legal Description (PDF or Word)
Certificate of Exception
Coastal Development Permit
- Land Use Application
- Land Use Checklist
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Coastal Development Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
- Application Process Flowchart (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Guidelines for Writing Your Conditional Use Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- CUP Findings (PDF or Word)
- CUP Modification Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
- Wireless Telecommunications Facility Additional Application Materials and Guidelines (PDF)
DMV Referral
East Pasadena-San Gabriel Community Standard District Modification (CSD Modification)
- East Pasadena-San Gabriel CSD Modification Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- East Pasadena-San Gabriel CSD Modification Findings (PDF or Word)
Environmental Review Board (ERB)
- ERB Checklist Document Under Revision
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Land Use Application
- Land Use Checklist
Farmworker Housing
- Farmworker Housing Ordinance Summary (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- Farmworker Housing Verification Form (PDF)
General Plan Amendment
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Plan Amendment Findings (PDF or Word)
- Guidelines for Writing Your General Plan Amendment Burden of Proof (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
- Financial Responsibility Form (PDF)
- Change of Financial Responsibility Form (PDF)
Hillside Management Areas Conditional Use Permit (HMA CUP)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Hillside Management Findings (PDF or Word)
- CUP Findings (PDF or Word)
- Sensitive Hillside Design Measures Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
Historic Preservation
- Landmark and District Nomination Instructions (PDF)
- Landmark and District Nomination Form (PDF)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Historic District Property Owner Consent Form (PDF)
- Certificate of Appropriateness, Administrative (Use Land Use Application)
- Land Use Checklist
- Additional Resources
Housing Permit for Affordable and Senior Housing
- Density Bonus Fact Sheet (Bilingual)
- Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Fact Sheet
- Application Forms:
- Additional Information:
- Supplemental Forms for SB 330 Review:
- Supplemental Forms for SB 35 Review:
- Supplemental Forms for AB 2162 Review
La Crescenta-Montrose Community Standard District Modification (CSD Modification)
- La Crescenta-Montrose CSD Modification Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- La Cresecenta-Montrose CSD Modification Findings (PDF or Word)
Land Division
- Pre-Existing Site Conditions and Occupant Income Certification (PDF or Word)
- Land Division Application (PDF or Word)
- Land Division Application Checklist (English) (PDF)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Financial Responsibility Form (PDF)
- Change of Financial Responsibility Form (PDF)
- Bond Release Inspection Checklist (PDF)
- Final Map Submittal Checklist (PDF)
- Affidavit of Easements of Record (PDF)
- Disclosure Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Existing Tenant Notice (Condo-Conversion Project) (PDF or Word)
- Prospective Tenant Notice (Condo-Conversion Project) (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
- Slope Density Exhibit Guidelines (PDF)
- Cover Letter for Revisions Guidelines (PDF)
- Flag Lot Supplemental Information (PDF)
- Land Use Radius Map Example (PDF)
- Tentative Map Findings (PDF) or (Word)
Large Family Child Care Home-Notice of Intent to Operate
- Notice of Intent to Operate a Large Family Child Care Home (PDF)
Lot Line Adjustment
Mills Act Program Historical Property Contract
Applications for 2017 will be accepted from January 2, 2017 through July 27, 2017. Please consult with planning staff before filing an application.
- Historical Property Contract Application
- Application Supplemental Questionnaire
- Proposed Work Program Instructions
- Exemption from Disqualification
- Additional Resources
Minor Conditional Use Permit
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Minor Conditional Use Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Guidelines for Writing Your Conditional Use Findings (PDF or Word)
- Minor CUP Findings (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Minor Conditional Use Permit for Non-Conforming Apartments Disclaimer (PDF or Word)
Minor Conditional Use Permit for Non-Conforming Apartments
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Guidelines for Writing Your Conditional Use Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- Minor CUP Findings (PDF or Word)
- Minor Conditional Use Permit for Non-Conforming Apartments Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Minor Conditional Use Permit for Non-Conforming Apartments Disclaimer (PDF or Word)
Minor Parking Deviation
- Minor Parking Deviation Flyer (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Minor Parking Deviation Checklist (English and Spanish) (PDF or Word)
- Minor Parking Deviation Findings (PDF or Word)
Mixed Use Developments & Joint Live and Work Units
- Mixed Use Developments & Joint Live and Work Units Ordinance Summary (PDF)
Non-Conforming Review (NCR)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- NCR Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
Oak Tree Permit
- Oak Tree Permit Checklist (English) (PDF or Word)
- Oak Tree Permit Checklist (Spanish) (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Oak Tree Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Oak Tree Care and Maintenance (PDF)
- Oak Tree Diagram (PDF)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
One-Stop Counseling
- One-Stop Counseling Information
- Land Divisions One-Stop Counseling Application (PDF or Word)
- Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program One-Stop Counseling Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permits One-Stop Counseling Application (PDF or Word)
Parking Permit
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Parking Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
Reasonable Accommodation Request
Rebuild Letter
Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind)
- Additional Forms
- Additional Information
Revised Exhibit “A”
Rowland Heights Sign Programs for Commercial Centers
- Information for Sign Programs for Commercial Centers in Rowland Heights (PDF)
Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (LCP)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Local Implementation Program (LIP) Exemption Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program One-Stop Counseling Application (PDF or Word)
- SMM LCP Coastal Development Permit Supplemental Checklist (PDF)
- Emergency Coastal Development Permit Checklist (PDF)
- LCP Amendment Findings (PDF or Word)
- LCP Biological Resources Findings (PDF or Word)
- LCP CDP Findings (PDF or Word)
- LCP Oak Tree Findings (PDF or Word)
- LCP Parking Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
- LCP Variance Findings (PDF or Word)
SB 330 Housing Development Projects
- SB 330 Preliminary Application (PDF)
Shared Water Wells
- Shared Water Wells Checklist (English) (PDF or Word)
- Shared Water Wells Checklist (Spanish) (PDF or Word)
- Shared Water Wells Findings (PDF or Word)
Significant Ecological Area (SEA) Counseling
- SEA Counseling Application Checklist (PDF or Word)
- SEA Counseling Application (PDF or Word)
- Biological Reports Guide (PDF)
Significant Ecological Area Conditional Use Permit (SEA CUP)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- SEA Findings (PDF or Word)
- CUP Findings (PDF or Word)
- Biological Constraints Analysis Report (Link)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
Site Plan Review
Site Plan Review Amendment
Small-Cell Communications Facilities (SCF)
- Land Use Application (PDF)
- Land Use Application Checklist - Small-Cell Communications Facilities (PDF)
- Small Cell Wireless Communications Facilities Design Standards - Self-Assessment Checklist (PDF)
Special Events Permit (SEP) formerly Temporary Use Permit (TUP)
- Special Events Application (PDF or Word)
- Special Events Checklist (English) (PDF or Word)
- Special Events Checklist (Spanish) (PDF or Word)
- Special Events Permit Findings (PDF or Word)
Substantial Conformance Review
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
- East Los Angeles 3rd Street Form-Based Code and Specific Plan Findings (PDF or Word)
Surface Mining Permit
- Surface Mining Permit Application, Checklist, and Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Financial Responsibility Form (PDF)
- Change of Financial Responsibility Form (PDF)
Temporary Outdoor Services Permit Program
- Temporary Outdoor Dining Permit (Program Info & Application)
- Temporary Outdoor Personal Care Services Permit (Program Info & Application)
Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Program (UAIZ)
Variance
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Variance Findings (PDF or Word)
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Parking Matrix Form (PDF or Word)
Wind Energy Conversion System-Noncommercial (WECS)
- See Renewable Energy
Winery
Yard Modification
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Yard Modification Acknowledgement Form (PDF or Word)
- Yard Modification Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Yard Modification Findings (PDF or Word)
- Land Use Application
- Land Use Checklist
Yard Sale Registration
- Registration Form (PDF or Word)
- Registration Form (Spanish) (PDF or Word)
- Informational Flyer (English or Spanish)
Zone Change
- Ownership and Consent Affidavit (PDF or Word)
- Environmental Assessment Information Form (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Application (PDF or Word)
- Zoning Permit Checklist (PDF or Word)
- Zone Change Findings (PDF or Word)