Land Use, Zoning, Entitlement, and Permit Consulting Services
Schmitz & Associates helps serious property owners, buyers, developers, investors, architects, attorneys, brokers, and project teams navigate complex planning, zoning, entitlement, permitting, and development approval matters across Southern and Central California.
Professional guidance before decisions become delays.
The best time to involve Schmitz & Associates is before buying, designing, submitting, responding to an agency, preparing for a hearing, or committing significant capital to a property decision.
Before Purchase or Escrow
Evaluate zoning, buildability, entitlement risk, development standards, and likely approval pathways.
Before Agency Review
Organize the planning strategy, submittal path, consultant coordination, and likely review concerns.
When Problems Surface
Respond to agency comments, violation notices, public hearing concerns, or stalled permit review.
Planning and approval support for complex property matters.
Land Use Consulting
Understand how zoning codes, general plans, overlays, development standards, and review processes affect a property or project.
When to call: before purchase, design, submittal, or major project decisions.
Request a consultationZoning Analysis and Property Review
Review permitted uses, development standards, constraints, overlays, entitlement needs, and likely approval pathways.
Useful for: buyers, owners, developers, brokers, attorneys, and architects.
Discuss a zoning reviewDevelopment Feasibility and Due Diligence
Evaluate whether a property or concept is realistic before capital is committed, including approval needs, timing risks, and agency concerns.
When to call: before purchasing property, during escrow, or before advancing design.
Request feasibility guidanceDevelopment Entitlements
Support for discretionary approvals, hearings, permits, conditions, development agreements, submittals, and agency coordination.
When to call: when a project needs city, county, Coastal Commission, or other agency approval.
Plan entitlement strategyPermit Processing and Agency Coordination
Manage submittals, plan check comments, consultant coordination, review timelines, and communication with reviewing agencies.
When to call: before submittal, after comments, or when a project is stuck in review.
Get permit supportCoastal Development Permits
Strategy and coordination for coastal development permits, local coastal programs, appeal periods, and Coastal Commission considerations.
When to call: before buying, designing, rebuilding, improving, or altering coastal property.
Discuss a coastal projectConditional Use Permits and Variances
Evaluate discretionary approval options, prepare justification, coordinate documentation, and support public hearing preparation.
When to call: when a use or development does not clearly fit standard zoning rules.
Talk through your CUP or varianceLot Splits, Land Division, and Lot Legality
Support for parcel questions, lot line adjustments, subdivisions, lot legality issues, and development rights concerns.
When to call: before buying, selling, splitting, merging, developing, or relying on a parcel.
Review a lot or parcel issueViolation Resolution
Understand agency concerns, evaluate options, coordinate responses, and work toward practical resolution of zoning or permit issues.
When to call: after a notice of violation, correction letter, enforcement inquiry, or agency request.
Request violation supportPublic Hearing Support
Prepare strategy, materials, findings context, and presentation support for Planning Commission, City Council, Coastal Commission, and related hearings.
When to call: before a hearing, after staff comments, or when opposition or complex findings are expected.
Prepare for a hearingHave a property, approval, permit, or agency issue to discuss?
Tell Schmitz & Associates where the property is located, what decision is coming next, and what type of planning, zoning, entitlement, or permit help you need.