Who makes the decision?

Project Type	Decision Maker*		Appeal Body**
Agricultural Preserve Contract or Cancellation	BOS		None
Conditional Certificate of Compliance	ZA		BOS
Coastal Development Permit (w/o hearing)	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Coastal Development Permit (w/ hearing)	ZA***		PC & BOS
Community Plans	BOS		None
Conditional Use Permit - Minor	ZA		PC
Conditional Use Permit - Major	PC		BOS
Conditional Use Permit - Amendment	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Design Review	BAR		PC & BOS
Development Plan - Preliminary	P&D Director/ZA/PC		PC & BOS
Development Plan Final	P&D Director/ZA/PC		PC & BOS
Development Plan - Amendment	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Emergency Permit	P&D Director		None
General Plan Amendment	BOS		None
Government Code Consistency	PC		None
Grading Permit	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Hardship Determination	ZA		None
Home Occupation Permit	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Land Use Permit	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Limited Exception Determination	PC		BOS
Local Coastal Program Amendment	BOS		None
Lot Line Adjustment	ZA or PC		BOS
Modification	ZA		PC & BOS
Nonconforming Status & Extent of Damage	ZA		None
Official Map	BOS		None
Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Plan	PC		BOS
Oil & Gas Abandonment & Removal Procedures	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Ordinance (Development Code) Amendments	BOS		None
Overall Sign Plan	P&D Director/ZA/PC		PC & BOS
Reclamation Plan & Surface Mining Permit	PC or ZA		PC & BOS
Reversion to Acreage	BOS		None
Rezone (Zoning Map Amendment)	BOS		None
Road Naming	ZA***		PC
Sign Certificate of Conformance	P&D Director		PC & BOS
Sign Modification	ZA		PC & BOS
Specific Plan	BOS		None
Tentative Parcel Map (4 lots or less)	ZA (if CEQA exempt)		BOS
	PC (if not CEQA exempt)		BOS
Tentative Tract Map (5 lots or more)	PC		BOS
Use Determination	PC		BOS
Variance	ZA		PC
Zoning Clearance	P&D Director		None



Acronyms
BAR (Board of Architectural Review)
BOS (Board of Supervisors)
CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act)
MPC(Montecito Planning Commission)
PC (Planning Commission)
ZA (Zoning Administrator)


Notes
Within the coastal zone, appeals of ZA decisions are heard by the BOS

*Within the Montecito Planning Area, where the PC or ZA is listed as the decision maker, the project will be heard by the MPC; where the BAR is listed as the decision maker, the project will be heard by the Montecito BAR.

**Certain Coastal Zone decisions may be appealed to the Coastal Commission.

***P&D Director is the decision maker where the hearing requirement has been waived.