The Orange County Growth Management Department deals with property located in unincorporated Orange County. Please confirm that your property is not located in one of the County's thirteen cities and that you are meeting with the correct County department.

Many questions do not require a personal visit, but can be answered by email.

• Building Safety
• Contractor Licensing
• Residential Permitting
• Commercial Permitting
• Sub-Permits
• Inspections
• Planning
• Comprehensive Planning
• Planning & Zoning
• Development Review
• Zoning
• Zoning Verification
• Lot Splits
• Variances or Special Exceptions
• Development Review
• Landscape Inspection
• Fiscal & Administrative Services
• Impact Fees and Concurrency

• Residential construction
• Non-Residential construction
• Permits
• Fee payment
• Zoning categories
• Licenses
• Zoning: land use compliance & conditions
• Hearings
• Comp Plan
• Complaint procedures
• Code interpretation- Code book
• Research & project review
• Forms
• Maps
• Department visits requiring no wait (e.g. poster and letter pick-up, public records request, zoning verification letters)
• Alterations
• Replacement windows & doors
• Pools/spas/enclosures
• Reinspections
• Pre-power/TCO
• Sub permits (roofing, electrical, plumbing)
• Submit/pickup plans/revisions
• Certificates of Occupancy
• Accessory Structures
• Landscape Inspection

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