Huntington Beach Official City Website - Government - Departments

Planning

Huntington Beach City Hall, 3rd Floor
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 536-5271
Public Hours
Monday –Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Planning is a broad discipline of policy planning, development and review, and zoning code enforcement. At its most basic level, City Planning implements California State law for the development and maintenance of a General Plan and the corresponding Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance as well as reviewing and processing applications for various development projects based upon these documents. Traditional planning departments contain two or three divisions to perform these functions. The City of Huntington Beach Planning Department follows this traditional model and is comprised of the following divisions:

Advance Planning, which maintains the General Plan, and processes long-term projects, policy documents, and environmental documents;
Current Planning, which reviews and processes development applications according to the General Plan and Zoning Code;
Neighborhood Preservation/Code Enforcement, which works to maintain quality neighborhoods and inspects projects after construction to verify and maintain compliance with the Zoning Code

The Huntington Beach Planning Department, in conjunction with Public Judicial Bodies, also functions in broader roles as advocates for social and economic equity, proponents for quality urban design and Environmental Protection, and facilitators for the public political decision-making processes.