Administrative History
The Planning Office is a division of the Department of Planning and Development of the County of Santa Clara. The Planning Office's main role is to plan and regulate land use and development in unincorporated Santa Clara County. Their duties include: maintaining general plan and zoning ordinances, implement planning studies, reviewing zoning applications, reviewing development applications, and monitoring major building projects.
From the guide to the Office of Planning Photograph, Slide and Film Collection, 1906-1980, 1950-1970, (Santa Clara County Archives.)