Identify the original map number.

A pre-application meeting is 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 to the meeting.

Schedule a Pre-Application Meeting.

Complete an application package and gather necessary documents for an amendment to a:

• Lot Line Adjustment - Attachments Necessary for an Online Submittal
• Tentative Parcel Map - Attachments Necessary for an Online Summittal
• Tentative Tract Map - Attachments Necessary for an Online Submittal

Please apply for a subdivision amendment through the online service PermitSLO.

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

1. To apply online, click Subdivision Application
2. Click Apply
3. Login by providing your email address and clicking "Next", or "Create an account", if you are a new user.
4. Follow the step-by-step instructions.
5. Upload the Attachments Required for a Subdivision Amendment Online Submittal before clicking Submit.

*Digital Copies are now required with submission*

Planning staff will look over the application submittal package and contact the primary contact with any questions.

Planning staff will email the billing contact an invoice. Pay invoice here*.

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

Please note for all Planning and Building applications, after 15 days of non-payment of invoice, the application will be voided and resubmittal will be required.

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.