Planning Documents

Commonly Used Standards

  1. Building Setbacks (residential) (PDF)

Design Guidelines

  1. Citywide Design Guidelines (PDF)
  2. El Toro Design Guidelines (PDF)
  3. Light Industrial Area Design Guidelines (PDF)
  4. Orange County Complete Streets Design Handbook (OCCOG) (PDF)
  5. Orange County Complete Streets Funding Toolkit (PDF)
  6. Retaining Wall Design Guidelines (PDF)
  7. WCF ROW Design_Development Standards (07-16-19)

General Plan


  1. Housing Element Annual Progress Report 2019 (PDF)
  2. 0_General Plan Policy Document

Planned Communities Documents

  1. PC 1 - Lake Forest (PDF)
  2. PC 2 - El Toro (PDF)
  3. PC 3 - Rancho de Los Alisos (PDF)
  4. PC 4 - Serrano Highlands (PDF)
  5. PC 5 - Rancho Serrano (PDF)
  6. PC 6 - Pacific Commercentre (PDF)
  7. PC 7 - Baker Ranch (PDF)
  8. PC 8 - Foothill Ranch (PDF)
  9. PC 9 - Portola Hills (PDF)

CEQA Guidelines

  1. 2017 Guidelines for Local Implementation of CEQA (adopted April 18, 2017) (PDF)
  2. CEQA Significance Thresholds Guide 2020 + Transpo Analysis Guidelines(PDF)
  3. VMT LOOKUP TABLE (Attachment f - Transportation Analysis Guidelines)

Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance

  1. Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (9.146.110) (PDF)
  2. Guidelines for Implementation of the Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (PDF)
  3. Certification of Landscape Design (Updated 3-7-16) (PDF)
  4. Landscape Installation Certificate of Completion (PDF)