FAQ
How do you handle zoning and permits?
Zoning and permit work is part of the architectural services. Designs aim to meet local rules; paperwork is submitted for approvals before construction. Not legal advice; City of LA / local AHJ decides.
Direct answer
Part of architectural services. City of LA decides.
We handle all zoning and permit requirements as part of our architectural services. We ensure that all designs meet local regulations and submit the necessary paperwork to obtain approvals before construction begins.
That is the Encino / Los Angeles design-build practice. Designs aim to meet local rules. Paperwork is submitted for approvals before construction. The City of Los Angeles or the local AHJ decides. This is not legal advice.
We do not invent a permit timeline or a guaranteed approval. We do not invent licenses, volumes, or years.
What that includes
Zoning, paperwork, and the city review.
Zoning
Designs aim to meet local zoning rules for the Encino lot. The local AHJ decides what is allowed.
Permits
We submit the necessary paperwork to obtain approvals before construction begins. Approval is not guaranteed.
City of LA / local AHJ
The City of Los Angeles or the local authority having jurisdiction decides. This is not legal advice.
Architectural services, not a legal opinion
The city still decides.
121 Design Build is in Encino. Zoning and permit work is part of the architectural services for Encino / Los Angeles projects.
We do not invent an approval date. We do not give legal advice. The City of Los Angeles or the local AHJ decides.
How we work
How zoning and permits move
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1. Lot and rules
We look at the Encino lot and the local rules the design aims to meet.
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2. Drawings
Designs aim to meet local regulations. That is the aim, not a guarantee of approval.
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3. Paperwork
We submit the necessary paperwork to obtain approvals before construction begins.
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4. City review
The City of Los Angeles or the local AHJ decides. Approvals are not guaranteed.
Honest scope
What 121 actually does, and what we do not.
We do
Zoning and permit work
We handle all zoning and permit requirements as part of our architectural services. We ensure that all designs meet local regulations and submit the necessary paperwork to obtain approvals before construction begins.
We do not
Legal advice, guaranteed approvals, invented timelines
We do not give legal advice. We do not guarantee City of Los Angeles approvals. We do not invent licenses, volumes, or years.
Talk through zoning and permits.
If you have a project in Encino / Los Angeles, start with a conversation about zoning and permit work. Call (424) 600-2100.