Discretionary Forms

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• Discretionary Forms

  PDS-1007** Accela Citizen Access (ACA) Registered Users Form for the Financially Responsible Party and Designated Users

  PDS-126** Acknowledgement of Filing Fees and Deposits

  PDS-234** Agricultural Homestay Zoning Verification Permit Checklist

  PDS-232** Agricultural Microbrewery or Micro-Distillary, Small, Zoning Verification Permit Checklist

  PDS-263** Agricultural Preserve Application

  PDS-206** Airport Overflight Agreement

  PDS-509** Airport/ Heliport Supplemental Information

  PDS-655** Alcohol Beverage Control Permit

  PDS-235 Amplified Live Music At Boutique Wineries Noise Setback Reduction Application Checklist

  PDS-505** Applicant's Guide to a Site Plan - Signs in the Right-of-Way

  PDS-015** Applicant's Guidelines & Agreement for Online Submittals for Wireless Facilities

  PDS367** Application for an Environmental Initial Study (AEIS)

  PDS-910**Application for the Establishment of Community Facilities District (CFD)

  PDS-268** Bond for Model Home Agreement

  PDS-1004** Change of Financial Responsibility Form

  PDS-1015** Coastal Development Permit Exemption Request Form

  PDS-336** Commitment Requirement for Affordable Housing Priority Permit Process

  PDS-241R** Condition Satisfaction Application Initial Submittal Form

  PDS-242** Condition Satisfaction Re-Submittal Form

  PDS-201** Consent For Proposed Gate Or Gate Entry Structure Across A Private Road Easement

  PDS-386** Consent to Granting of Administrative Permit

  PDS-384** Consent to Granting of Administrative Variance

  PDS-903 Deed Review for Legal Lot Verification for Building Permits

  PDS-346DB** Density Bonus Supplemental Application

  PDS-396** Department Of Environmental Health & Quality Project Pre-Screen

  PDS-346** Discretionary Permit Application

  PDS-212 East Otay Mesa Site Plan Submittal Requirements & Checklist

  PDS-589** Environmental Plan Check Application

  PDS-579** Environmental Review Questionnaire for Agriculturally Related Clearing Permits

  PDS-366** Environmental Review Update Application

  PDS-320** Evidence of Legal Parcel

  PDS-399F** Fire Availability

  PDS-326** General Plan Amendment Initial Consultation Meeting Request

  PDS-580** Hazardous Waste/ Substance Site Verification Form

  PDS-377** Horse Stable Zoning Verification Permit Checklist

  PDS-255** Host Home Affidavit

  PDS-340 Incentives for Affordable Housing or Density Bonus Projects

  PDS-325** Initial Consultation Meeting Request

  PDS-602B Land Development SB 9 TPM Viability Assessment

  PDS-240** Land Division Statement Owner's Certificate

  PDS-407** Landscape Certificate of Completion 

  PDS-406C Landscape Certificate Of Completion Checklist: Counter Submittal

  PDS-406E Landscape Certificate Of Completion Checklist: E-mail Submittal

  PDS-407A** Landscape Certificate of Completion Using Prescriptive Compliance Option

  PDS-404C Landscape Documentation Package Checklist: Counter Submittal

  PDS-404E Landscape Documentation Package Checklist: E-mail Submittal

  PDS-301** Large Scale (SPECIFIC PLAN) Amendment

  PDS-327** Major Pre-Application Meeting Request

  PDS-215** Minor Deviation Minimum Requirements Checklist

  PDS-269** Model Home Agreement

  PDS-347** Model Home Permit Supplemental Application

  PDS-701** Noise Variance Supplemental Application

  PDS-319** Notice of Permit Application 

  PDS-230** Notice of Proposed Opening or Vacation of a Street, Highway, Public Service Easement or Open Space Easement

  PDS-582 Notice To Applicants: Site Plan Design Review Checklist Exemption-Centerline Ordinance Acknowledgement

  PDS-524** Notice To Property Owners

  PDS-305** Ownership Disclosure Form

  PDS-581** Plan Check Pre-Application Notice

  PDS-239 Plat  (Print on legal size paper only, 8.5" x 14", or it will NOT be accepted)

  PDS-394** Preliminary Floodplain Evaluation

  PDS-715** Project Description

  PDS-514** Public Notice Certification

  PDS-135 Request for a Boundary Adjustment And/Or Certificate of Compliance Not Approved for Development

  PDS-349** Request for Merger of Parcels - Boundary Adjustment with a Certificate of Compliance

  PDS-350** Request for Merger of Parcels - Certificate of Compliance

  PDS-328** Request for Waiver of Major Pre-Application Meeting

  PDS-735 SB 330 Preliminary Application 

  PDS-602C SB 9 Parcel Map Initial Submittal Checklist

  PDS-602A SB 9-TPM Processing Checklist 

  PDS-606** SB-9 2-Lot TPM Permit Application Form

  PDS-601** SB-9 Affidavit of Owner

  PDS-600** SB-9 Checklist Provides Overview of the SB-9 Requirements

  PDS-602 SB-9 Minimum Submittal Requirements

  PDS-523 SB-9 TPM Notice

  PDS-399SC** School Availability

  PDS-399S** Sewer Availability

  PDS-400S** Sewer Commitment

  PDS-1008** Site Plan Permit Design Review Checklist Exemption - Staff Checklist

  PDS-508** Site Plan Permit Design Review Checklist Exemption Request Requirements

  PDS-718** Subdivider Certification Regarding Remainder Parcel

  PDS-346S** Supplemental Application

  PDS-299** Supplemental Public Notice Certification

  PDS-330** Supplemental Questionnaire for Major Project Pre-Application Meeting Request

  PDS-491** Tentative Map Application Checklist for Administrative Time Extensions and Revised Maps

  PDS314** Urban Minor Subdivision Environmental Review Exemption Application

  PDS-222** Variance Advisory Form

  PDS-346V** Variance Supplemental Application

  PDS-213** Vehicle Dealer's License Addendum

  PDS-354** VISA/MC Cardholder Authorization for San Diego County Permitting Purchases Only

  PDS-399W** Water Availability

  PDS-400W** Water Commitment

  PDS-405** Water Efficient Landscape Worksheet

  PDS-410** Water Use Application Using Prescriptive Compliance Option

  PDS-513** Zoning Verification Permit - Ministerial - Meteorological Testing (MET) Facility

  PDS-517 Zoning Verification Permit - Organic Materials Processing

  PDS-334** Zoning Verification Permit - Wind Turbine Project - Small

• Discretionary Permit Guide

  PDS-562 Accela Citizen Access - How to Submit a Pre-Application Meeting Request

  PDS-563 Accela Citizen Access - How to Submit a Verification Request

  PDS-561 Accela Citizen Access - How to Submit an Initial Consultation Meeting Request

  PDS-275 Administrative Deviation from an Approved Planned Residential Development (PRD) Plot Plan 

  PDS-316 Applicant's Guide for a Solar Energy System

  PDS-902 Applicant's Guide to an Administrative Permit for Small Wineries

  PDS-714 Applicant's Guide to Minor Deviations to Plot Plans

  PDS-356 Automatic Time Extensions For Maps (AB 1561, effective 01/01/2021)

  PDS-312 Condominium Conversion Applicant's Guide

  PDS-370 Estimate Of Discretionary Processing Time And Costs

  PDS-382 Flagging Procedure for Projects

  PDS-220 Gates/Fences/Walls Applicant's Guide

  PDS-259 General Plan Amendment Request Procedure

  Grading Handout for Site Plans/ Major Use Permits

  Grading Handout for Subdivisions

  PDS-214 Habitat Loss Permit Filing Requirements

  PDS-383 How to Process a Rezone Request

  PDS-604 Interactive SB-9 Mapping Application

  PDS-559 Landscape Water Conservation Ordinance Waiver Procedure

  PDS-357 Large Scale Project Guidelines for Submittal and Processing

  PDS-329 Major Pre-Application Process FAQs

  PDS-313** Major Use Permit Applicant’s Guide

  PDS-565** Minor Use Permit Applicant's Guide

  PDS-368** Model Home Permit Applicant's Guide

  PDS-546 Oversized Accessory Structure Applicant's Guide

  PDS-218 Property Use Verification for Vehicle Dealer's License

  PDS-516 Public Notice Applicant's Guide

  PDS-515 Public Notice Procedure

  PDS-402 Reclamation Plan Application

  PDS-403 Reclamation Plan Requirements

  PDS-374 Resource Protection Study

  PDS-717** Revegetation Plan Applicant's Guide

  PDS-243 Rules and Regulations Governing Adjustment Plats

  PDS-248 Rules and Regulations Governing Certificate of Compliance

  PDS-605 SB-9 2 Lot TPM Application Guide

  PDS-506** Site Plan Applicant's Guide

  PDS-1009** Site Plan Design Review Checklist Exemption - Applicant's Guide

  PDS-507** Site Plan Design Review Checklist Exemption Instructions

  PDS-331 Site Preparation for Future Development (Borrow Pit)

  Standard Conditions for Tentative Subdivision Maps

  PDS-372** Tentative Map Applicant's Guide

  PDS-249A** Tentative Parcel Map Applicant's Guide

  PDS-246** Tentative Parcel Map Application Checklist of Filing Requirements for Time Extensions, Expired Maps, Revised Maps and Replacement Maps

  PDS-380** Urban Agricultural Incentive Zones (UAIZ)

  PDS-260 Variance Applicant's Guide

  PDS-355 VISA/MC Cardholder Authorization Instructions

• Zoning Informational Handouts

  PDS-611 Accessory Dwelling Unit & Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit Guidelines

  PDS-358 Assessor's Parcel May Not Be A Legal Lot

  PDS-351 Basements/ Story Height Definitions

  PDS-247 California Department of Fish & Wildlife Fees

  PDS-216 Clearing For A Well/Agricultural Clearing

  PDS-310 Clearing Violation Restoration Plan Applicant’s Guide

  PDS-901 Definitions and Accessory Use Regulations for detached Poolhouses, Art or Music Studios, and Recreation Rooms

  PDS-338 Density Bonus FAQs

  Policy G-3 Determination of Legal Parcel

  PDS-586 FAQs - Tiered Winery Ordinance

  PDS-174 FAQs by Large Family Daycare Applicants

  PDS-207 FAQs for Agricultural Tourism

  PDS-202 FAQs for CEQA Exemption Process

  PDS-208 FAQs for Community Gardens

  PDS-209 FAQs for Defense and Indemnification

  PDS-390 Farm/AG Employee Housing

  PDS-226 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notification and Evaluation Process

  PDS-369 Fee Schedule (Effective July 2025)

  PDS-261 Grading and Clearing Applicant's Guide

  PDS-576 Guest Living Quarters

  PDS-307 Height and Story Drawings

  PDS-304 Home Occupations

  PDS-373 Horse Stable - Customer FAQs

  PDS-907 Inactive and Deficit Projects FAQs

  Issue Resolution Flowchart

  Issue Resolution Flyer

  Issue Resolution Policy User Guide

  PDS-359 Kennels

  PDS-322 Location of Accessory Structures on Corner Lots

  PDS-323 Location of Pools

  PDS-324 Mezzanine

  PDS-090 Minimum Plot Plan Information

  PDS-236 Noise Analysis For Ordinance Compliance-Amplifed Live Music At Boutique Wineries

  PDS-577 Non-Habitable Accessory Structures (Attached and Detached)

  PDS-500 PACE Program Fact Sheet

  PDS-501 PACE Program FAQs - Mitigation Bank & Credits

  PDS-726 Requirements For Placing A Sea Cargo Container On A Private Lot

  PDS-308 Retaining Wall Drawings

  PDS-603 SB-9 Exceptions

  PDS-306 Setback Drawings

  PDS-276 Setbacks for Solar Collectors Handout

  PDS-906 Signature Requirements

  PDS-315 Solar Energy Systems Customer FAQs

  PDS-1010 Summary of the "C" Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Area Regulations

  PDS-225 Summary of the 'B' Community Design Review Area Regulations

  PDS-298 Supplemental Public Notice Procedure

  PDS-337 Supportive Housing Ministerial Approval

  PDS-111 Things to Check Before Starting a Project, or Buying Property

  PDS-345 Types of Accessory Dwelling Units

  PDS-800 Vegetation Clearing FAQ

  PDS-195 Wet Bar Limitations

  PDS-333 Wind Turbines - Customer FAQs

  PDS-318 Zoning & Property Research

  SB9 Urbanized Area and Urban Clusters Map

  PDS-444** Zoning Ordinance Summary

• Stormwater

  (PDP) SWQMP Priority Development Project (PDP) SWQMP

  (SP) SWQMP Standard Project (SP) SWQMP

  LUEG:SW Storm Water Intake Form for All Permit Applications (SWQMP Intake Form)  

• Appeals

  PDS-125** Appeal Application

  PDS-157 Appeal Procedure for Administrative Decisions and Administrative Permits

  PDS-159 Appeal Procedure for Boundary Adjustments, Minor Subdivisions and Subdivision Enforcement and Penalty Actions of the Director

  PDS-158 Appeal Procedure for Major Subdivisions

  PDS-163 Appeal Procedure for Site Plans

  PDS-160 Appeal Procedure for Use Permits and Variances

  PDS-430A Appeals Form for Boundary Adjustments

  PDS-125A** Application for Appeal of Scoring for Placement on the CEQA Consultant List

• Policies

  Board of Supervisor Policies are available online on American Legal