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Planning Department Public Counter Hours at City Hall:
Monday and Wednesday: 8:00am - 12noon
Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30am - 12noon
Monday -Thursday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm, By Appointment Only
Friday: Closed
The Planning Department is responsible for all planning related activities in the City of Sonoma. Key responsibilities include the following:
Current planning (processing applications for planning permits, such as use permits, tentative maps, design review and commercial signs and reviewing building permits in order to assure compliance with applicable regulations).
Long-range planning (updating the General Plan, developing and implementing other planning documents, such as the Bicycle Plan, and working with the Sonoma County Community Development Commission on affordable housing).
Maintaining the City’s Geographic Information System, a database-driven mapping system that currently includes information on zoning, basic property characteristics, water and storm drain infrastructure, and the location of flood plains.
Recent and current work of the Planning Department includes policy options for the regulation of vacation rentals, wine tasting rooms, and cannabis, which are described on the Key Initiatives page.
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The Public Hearing on Appeals of Three (3) Use Permits/Sites for Verizon Small Cell Facilities in Commercial Districts scheduled to be heard at the City Council Meeting Monday, March 16, 2020, will be continued to a date yet to be determined due to social distancing advisements and orders from the State and the Sonoma County Department of Health...
A joint meeting of Sonoma City Council and the Planning Commission will be held on Monday, January 27, 2020, at 6:00 pm. The full agenda is on our CivicWeb Portal. The item on the regular calendar is: Updates, Discussion and Consideration of Housing Legislation, General Plan, Development Code, Housing Element / Regional Housing Needs Allocation,...
The City of Sonoma has provided a new "preliminary application" for new housing development projects in order to comply with SB 330 - "The Housing Crisis Act, 2019”, which becomes effective January 1st, 2020. The document is available on the City's website at www.sonomacity.org/documents/housing-development-project-application.
