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Advance Planning Division

The Advance Planning Division is responsible for developing and implementing Culver City's long-term vision, values, and goals through land use and policy planning. To do this and understand and address opportunities and issues affecting the community and region, Advance Planning partners with the community, other City Departments, boards, and commissions; and local, regional, and state agencies.

Please refer to the Current Planning Division if you have questions on planning permit applications, forms, and development projects.

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Advance Planning Projects

Picture Culver City! General Plan 2045

The Final Review Draft of the General Plan is now available! The General Plan adoption hearings are scheduled for Planning Commission on August 14, 2024 and City Council on August 26, 2024.

Final Draft General Plan 2045(PDF, 86MB)

Appendix A - Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Element Appendix(PDF, 1MB)

Appendix B - Mobility Element Supportive Documentation(PDF, 9MB)

The City reviewed comments received on the Public Review Draft General Plan and determined recommended changes to include in the Final General Plan for Planning Commission and City Council consideration. The comment table tracks all comments received and contains City responses to each comment. The comment table summary explains the comment table, how to use the table, and explains how input on the Plan was received.

Comment Table Summary Memo(PDF, 330KB)

General Plan Comment Table(PDF, 693KB)

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General Plan 2045 - Culver City

Zoning Code Update

Zoning Code Update(PDF, 9MB)

Zoning Code Update - Tracked Changes Version(PDF, 15MB)

The update of the Zoning Code is intended to support the city’s growth in an orderly manner and promote and protect the public’s health, safety, peace, comfort, and general welfare in conformance with the General Plan. The following are objectives of the Code update:

Update the Zoning Code to implement the land use patterns and development framework established in the Culver City 2045 General Plan Update.
Update the zoning map with zoning districts that implement and are consistent with the General Plan land use designations.
Update the development regulations, processes, and procedures in the Zoning Code to be consistent with the General Plan and recent changes to State law.

Zoning Code Update Logo and City Hall aerial photo

General Plan 2045 Environmental Review

The Final Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the General Plan 2045 is now available!

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that the City study the Plan's potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures to avoid or offset any negative impacts. The City evaluated the potential environmental impacts of the Plan and determined that a full Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be required to analyze the General Plan 2045 and Zoning Code environmental impacts.

Final Program Environmental Impact Review(PDF, 30MB)

The City previously released the Draft Program Environmental Report for public review. The public comment period was open from March 28, 2024 through May 13, 2024.

Adopted Plans

Housing Element

The Housing Element’s purpose is to identify the City’s housing needs and outline goals, policies, and programs to address them. The Housing Element is an eight-year plan, extending from October 15, 2021, through October 15, 2029. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) approved the Housing Element on October 10, 2022.(PDF, 153KB)

2021-2029 Housing Element

The Housing Element will primarily address these issues: 1) Preserving and improving the existing housing stock, 2) Providing housing for special needs populations, 3) Supplying enough new housing to meet the City’s fair share of the region’s need, and 4) Affirmatively furthering fair housing. The 2021-2029 Housing Element has five chapters.

View/Download the Housing Element as a combined file(PDF, 3MB)

Housing Element Appendices

The Housing Element includes six appendices. Appendix A evaluates the 2013-2021 Housing Element and Appendix B contains background information on the City’s inventory of sites for housing development. Appendix C identifies affordable housing units that are at risk of converting to market rate during the next ten years and outlines potential resources and methods that could be used to preserve their affordability. Appendix D summarizes the public participation program and Appendix E summarizes fair housing issues along with fair housing goals and actions. Appendix F lists the Acronyms used throughout the Housing Element.

Appendix A : Evaluation of the 2013-2021 Housing Element(PDF, 262KB)

Appendix B : Residential Sites Inventory(PDF, 19MB)

Appendix C : Inventory of Affordable Housing Units(PDF, 113KB)

Appendix D : Public Participation(PDF, 205KB)

Appendix E : Fair Housing Assessment(PDF, 12MB)

Appendix F : Acronyms(PDF, 41KB)

Adequate Sites Inventory

The purpose of the housing element’s site inventory is to identify and analyze specific land (sites) that is available and suitable for residential development in order to determine the jurisdiction’s capacity to accommodate residential development and reconcile that capacity with the jurisdiction’s Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA).¹

View/Download Culver City's Sites Inventory as a PDF(PDF, 153KB)

View/Download Culver City's Sites Inventory as an Excel sheet(XLSX, 207KB)

1. The sites inventory will be updated per Measure 4.A (Adequate sites for RHNA) of the Housing Element.

General Plan 2045

The General Plan is a broad, long-range policy document that guides future development, conservation, and contains goals and policies for city departments. Cities and counties in California are required by State law to have a General Plan. State law requires that the General Plan be made up of seven elements: Land Use; Circulation (Mobility); Housing; Conservation; Open Space; Environmental Justice; Noise; and Safety. The City of Culver City has also adopted additional optional elements including Governance and Leadership; Arts Culture and the Creative Economy; Economic Development; Parks, Recreation, and Public Facilities; Infrastructure; and Greenhouse Gas Reduction. The General Plan 2045 was adopted by City Council on 08/26/2024, and will go into effect 10/09/2024.