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Last Updated: 03/27/2025
Project Suffixes and Descriptions for Case Numbers
Introduced in 2014, below are the suffixes used in the department's project case numbering system – for example 2021-010875PCA – and their corresponding descriptions.
Legacy cases are those that retain their original case number with a single-letter suffix (i.e., 1996.0425C).
| Suffix | Description |
|---|---|
| AHB | Affordable Housing Bonus (100% Affordable) |
| APL | Appeal |
| CND | Condominium Referral |
| COA | Certificate of Appropriateness |
| CON | Consistency Findings |
| CPE | Community Plan Exemption |
| CRV | Miscellaneous Planning Commission Review |
| CTZ | Coastal Zone Permit |
| CUA | Conditional Use Authorization |
| CWP | Citywide Project |
| DES | Designations |
| DNX | Exception (309.1, 309.2, 309.3, 309.4) |
| DRM | Discretionary Review - Mandatory |
| DRP | Discretionary Review - Public Initiated |
| DVA | Development Agreement |
| ENF | Enforcement |
| ENV | Environmental Review |
| ENX | Eastern Neighborhood Exception (329) |
| FED | Federal Section (106) |
| Suffix | Description |
|---|---|
| GNC | Generic Letters |
| GEN | Generic Application w/o Hearing |
| GPA | General Plan Amendment |
| GPR | General Plan Referral |
| IKA | In-Kind Agreement |
| IMP | Institutional Master Plan |
| LBR | Legacy Business Registry |
| LLA | Lot Line Adjustment |
| MAP | Zoning Map Amendment |
| MCM | Monitoring Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Measures |
| MLS | Mills Act |
| MIS | Miscellaneous Permit |
| NCU | Non-Conforming Use Violation |
| OFA | Office Allocation (321) |
| PCA | Planning Code Text Amendment |
| PHA | Phase Application (Development Agreement) |
| PPA | Preliminary Project Assessment |
| PRJ | Project Profile |
| PRL | Project Profile Lite |
| Suffix | Description |
|---|---|
| PRV | Project Review Meeting |
| PTA | Permit to Alter (Major, Minor) |
| REF | Miscellaneous Permits Referral |
| SHD | Shadow Study |
| SRV | Preservation Survey |
| STR | Short Term Rental |
| SUB | Subdivision Referral |
| TDE | Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) - Statement of Eligibility |
| TDM | Transportation Demand Management Plan |
| TDT | Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) - Certificate of Transfer |
| TDU | Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) - Notice of Use |
| VAR | Variance |
| ZAD | Zoning Administrator (ZA) - Letter of Determination |
| ZAN | Zoning Administrator (ZA) – Notice of Special Restrictions |
| ZAR | Zoning Administrator (ZA) - Revocation |
| ZAS | Zoning Administrator (ZA) - Suspension |
| ZAV | Zoning Administrator (ZA) - Verification |
Legacy Suffixes
| Suffix | Description |
|---|---|
| ! | Transportation Studies |
| A | Certificate of Appropriateness/Permit to Alter |
| B | “Beauty Pageant” per Section 321 |
| C | Conditional Use |
| D | Discretionary Review |
| E | Environmental Review |
| F | Federal Environmental Review |
| G | Designate or Redesignate Building Rating |
| H | Proposition M Review |
| Suffix | Description |
|---|---|
| I | Institutional Master Plan |
| J | Application for Statement of Eligibility |
| K | Shadow Study |
| L | Landmark or Historic District |
| M | Master Plan Amendment |
| N | Application for Certificate of Transfer |
| P | Coastal Permit |
| Q | Condominium (New or Conversion) |
| R | Master Plan Referral |
| Suffix | Description |
|---|---|
| S | Subdivision of Land |
| T | Zoning Text Change |
| U | Mitigation Monitoring (as of 3/17/09) |
| V | Variance |
| W | Development Agreement Applications |
| X | Exception to Downtown Controls per Section 309 |
| Y | Application for Notice of Use of TDR |
| Z | Zoning Reclassification; Setbacks |