Identify the original map number.

Pre-application meetings are intended to aid prospective applicants in understanding the required rules and regulations that apply to their project and to reveal potential problems. The goal of providing a pre-application meeting is to make the permitting process as efficient and understandable as possible. These meetings are typically optional. If the applicant chooses to utilize this process, there is a separate fee that must be paid prior the meeting.

Complete the Land Division – Checklist & Application Package.

*Digital Copies are now required with submission

 

1. Access the Online Services (PermitSLO).

2. Click on Apply on the third tile on the top.

3. Select “Planning Applications” on the top bar.

4. Click the "Apply" button next to "Subdivision Application".

5. Log In or lick on Register, to submit the application online.

7. Follow the step-by-step online instructions.

8. Upload the following to the Attachments tab before clicking "Submit":

1. A completed Land Division – Checklist & Application Package
2. A Map and supporting Plans
3. Any Additional Required Documents (see checklist)

 

*** Please ensure all documents reflect the original map number. ***

Planning staff will email the applicant an invoice, which the applicant can pay online here*.

*Make sure to add INV to the invoice number (e.g. INV2022-01234), when searching for the invoice online.

Once the invoice is paid, the project review timeline will begin.

Department of Planning & Building staff reviews the application for consistency with applicable map act and subdivision regulations and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Staff schedules the application for a public hearing - either a Subdivision Review Board, or Planning Commission based on the subdivision entitlement type.

During the public hearing, the hearing body considers the application and reaches a decision to either approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application.

Any aggrieved person can appeal a decision to the Board of Supervisors. Projects located within the Coastal Zone can be appealed to (or by) the California Coastal Commission.

The applicant must record the approved subdivision within two years of its approval date.

The applicant may request a time extension, in writing, to extend the approval date for one year. The maximum number of available time extensions is based on the subdivision entitlement type.