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Welcome: You have the power to shape Santa Barbara's future! Plan Santa Barbara is you opportunity to shape the future of the City. Over the next two years, the City is sponsoring a broad-based public outreach process that will focus on future growth and development. We will be discussing, evaluating and adjusting the City's housing, transportation, and environmental policies to best meet our community needs now and in the future. We need to hear from everyone. What do you love about Santa Barbara? What are you hopes for the City's future? What are you most concerned about.

News

Development Trends Workshops Held in April 2008

The first series of workshops in Phase II of Plan Santa Barbara have been completed and a video of the two workshops is now available for you to watch online! Read More ...


Process for County’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation Underway

Cities and Counties in California are mandated by state law to update their General Plan Housing Elements every five years. Each update begins with the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process, in which the State determines the total number of additional housing units that are needed throughout the state and then apportioning that number among the 58 counties. Within each county the local governments jointly determine how to distribute the number of housing units amongst themselves. Each jurisdiction must then ensure that their respective allocation of housing units can be accommodated under their housing element policies and zoning districts requirements. Read More ...


Plan Santa Barbara – Youth Survey

The PlanSB effort needs to hear from our young people. A Youth Survey to get high school students input on what they think about their neighborhoods, jobs, parks, downtown, the waterfront, and mobility around town will be administered in high schools over the next month. Read More ...


Community Input Summary Report - Completed

Comments from the Round 1 public outreach process have been summarized in The Community Input Summary Report which is now available online for your review. Read More ...


Features

Building Heights in the City of Santa Barbara

Building heights in the City are established by the City Charter and the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. For information on heights please see the Building Heights Fact Sheet and the Building Heights Map below. Learn more...


Building Heights Map

The Building Heights Map shows various building heights by area. Learn more...