Use permit process check (free)
- Use, zone and address
- Why a use permit is needed
- Hearing body and steps
- Neighbor notice: who and when
- Findings to answer
- Likely conditions of approval
Modeled on: Cal. Gov. Code 65905 and 65091
Small businesses that need a use permit
What use are you asking to allow?
Free check of how a conditional use permit works for your daycare, venue or shop: the hearing, who gets notice, and the findings you must answer.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Parcel
- Owners within 300 ft
- Nearby land uses
- Flood zone
How it works
Use permit process check, from one answer
- Tell us the use and the property.
- ePlan maps the parcel and the neighbors who get notice.
- Read the check free. Ready to make your case? Start a zoning application narrative.
What you get
Use permit process check and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Variance or conditional use justification statement door.
Zoning application narrative (CUP or variance)
- Request and property
- Operations statement
- Findings answered
- Conditions offered
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Parcel and owners within 300 feetRegrid nationwide parcel data (county assessor)
- Nearby land usesUSGS/MRLC National Land Cover Database
- Flood zoneFEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
- Aerial photoUSDA NAIP aerial imagery
300 feet
is how far around the property California mails hearing notices to owners, at least 10 days before a use permit hearing
Source: Cal. Gov. Code 65091(a)(4)
Ready for the paperwork?
Draft the written statement for a zoning variance or conditional use permit, answering your town's tests point by point. Free to read.
Questions
Conditional Use Permit: what people ask
Does a conditional use permit need a public hearing?
In California, yes. A public hearing is required on an application for a conditional use permit or variance, on a proposed change or revocation of one, and on an appeal, with notice given under Government Code 65091.
Who gets notice of a use permit hearing in California?
Notice is mailed or delivered at least 10 days before the hearing to the property owner, the owner's agent, the applicant, owners of property within 300 feet, and local agencies whose services the project may significantly affect.
Is a variance the same as a conditional use permit?
No. In California a variance relaxes standards like size or setbacks when special circumstances of the property deprive it of privileges nearby properties have, and it can't authorize a use the zone doesn't allow. Those variance limits don't apply to conditional use permits.
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Conditional Use Permit: check it free
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