Design and engineering for Pacific Palisades
We are ten minutes away in Agoura Hills, and we design, engineer and permit residential projects across Los Angeles County.
Who issues building permits in Pacific Palisades?
Residential projects in Pacific Palisades are permitted by LADBS, with Coastal Zone review where applicable. Parts of the community fall inside the Coastal Zone, which adds coastal review to the building permit, and much of the area is hillside and in a very high fire hazard severity zone. Rebuilding after the January 2025 fires has its own set of expedited processes — confirm current requirements with the city before design starts.
What shapes a design here
These are the conditions that change a Pacific Palisades project before the first sketch. Confirm current requirements against the agency — rules change.
- Coastal Zone review applies to part of the community.
- Baseline Hillside Ordinance applies on sloped parcels.
- Post-fire rebuild processes are in force — verify the current path with LADBS.
Our work in Pacific Palisades
Services in Pacific Palisades
Accessory dwelling units
California removed most of the discretion that used to stop ADUs.
Home design
Most of what determines whether a house works is settled early, on a site plan, before anyone has drawn a kitchen.
Structural engineering
In seismic California the lateral system is not a detail added at the end — it decides where walls can go and how big an opening can be.
Civil engineering
On a flat lot the civil scope is small.
Additions & remodels
Every remodel has a point where continuing to keep the old structure costs more than replacing it.
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Thinking about a project in Pacific Palisades?
Send us the address. We come back with the zoning position for that parcel, the permit path for this jurisdiction, and a fixed fee for the first phase.