Design and engineering for Tarzana
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 Tarzana?
Residential projects in Tarzana are permitted by LADBS — City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. The parcels running south from Ventura Boulevard climb into the Santa Monica Mountains, and hillside status changes height, grading and access requirements materially. It is worth establishing on ZIMAS before design rather than assuming from the street.
What shapes a design here
These are the conditions that change a Tarzana project before the first sketch. Confirm current requirements against the agency — rules change.
- Tarzana is City of Los Angeles, not an independent city, so permits go through LADBS.
- Check hillside status, zone and overlays on ZIMAS before design.
- Hillside parcels commonly need grading, drainage and geotechnical work alongside the building design.
Our work in Tarzana
Services in Tarzana
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 Tarzana?
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.