*NOTICE: Effective Wednesday, October 1, 2025, development and entitlement fees will increase. Projects submitted on or after this date will be subject to the new fee amounts. Contact staff for more information.

Applications

• Planning Application Form
• Preliminary Review Application Form
• Temporary Banner Application Form
• Note: Over-the-Counter submittals, Zoning Letter requests, and Landscape Plan Review submittals can be emailed directly to planning@cityoflancasterca.gov. Please include a Planning Application Form with your submittal.

Cannabis

• Cannabis Submittal Checklist
• 2025 Cannabis Fee Schedule

Checklists - Entitlements

• Staff-Level Submittal Checklist
  This checklist outlines submittal requirements for the following entitlements, which are approved by Planning staff action:
  • Director's Review (DR)
  • Lot Line Adjustment (LLA)
  • Minor Use Permit (MUP)
  • Sign Review (SR)
  • Site Plan Review (SPR)
  • Temporary Use Permit (TUP)
  • Tentative Administrative Parcel Map (TAPM)
  • Time Extension (TEX) 

• Public Hearing Submittal Checklist
  This checklist outlines the submittal requirements for the following entitlements, which are approved by Planning Commission or City Council action and require public hearings:
  • Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
  • Tentative Parcel Map (TPM)
  • Tentative Tract Map (TTM)
  • Variance (VAR)
  • Zone Change and/or General Plan Amendment (ZC/GPA)

Checklists - Other

• CEQA Review Materials Checklist
• Public Noticing Materials Checklist
• SB9 Two-Unit Project Checklist
• SB9 Urban Lot Split Checklist
• Site Plan and Exhibits Checklist
• Wireless Communications Facility (WCF) Checklist

Development Standards

• Commercial and Industrial Development Regulations
• Single Family and Multi-Family Residential Zones Development Regulations
• Mixed-Use Zones Development Regulations

Fees

• 2025 Director's Review Fee Schedule
• 2025 Planning Fee Schedule

Forms

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Entertainment Project Description Form
• Certification of Survey
• Easements of Record Affidavit
• Environmental Assessment Form
• Financial Interest Disclosure
• Fire Department Form
• Housing Project Description Form
• Mailing List Affidavit
• Owner Authorization
• Petition for Zone Change/General Plan Amendment
• Prescriptive Compliance Certification
• VMT Analysis Screening

Maps

• General Plan Land Use Map - 2015
• Lancaster Zoning Map - 2025

• Urban/Rural Public Noticing Boundaries - 2024
• LA County WaterWorks District Boundaries - 2024

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