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City of Encinitas Permit and Service Delivery — Performance Standards + Process Guide

TI O N 8 Level 3-NOD or Level 3-HRG

Administrative Discretionary Permits with or without a Hearing
E C

S Decision-Maker Deputy Director

Appeal City Council

Type • Coastal Development Permit—administrative
• Design Review—administrative

• Minor Use Permit—not alcohol-related
• Sign Program
• Parcel Map Waiver

• Tentative Parcel Map
• Variance—administrative

Timeline 4–9 months
5–14 months if not exempt from CEQA*

TOTAL CITY AND APPLICANT
ROUNDS OF REVIEW PROCESSING TIME

One Cycle Review 4 months
Two Cycle Reviews 6 months

Three Cycle Reviews 8 months
Four Cycle Reviews 9 months

Additional Time if Not +1–5 months
Exempt from CEQA*
(95% of Level 3 projects are exempt)

* Applicable to Mitigated/Negative Declarations and similar CEQA documents only. An M/ND that
does not extend beyond the permit cycle reviews and does not involve responses to significant
public comments will take about one month longer to process. An M/ND that takes the maximum
allotted review cycles and involves responses to significant public comments could take an
additional five months to process. Most M/NDs will be processed in between these minimum and
maximum additional times.

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