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Fill out the same zoning applications online, save your progress, and download a completed copy. Official PDFs remain available.
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Balance & Sustainability
The Commonwealth Zoning Board administers a land use and zoning system that protects the interests of landowners and the general public as a whole.
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What are you here to do?
Please call the Zoning Office at 234-9661 with your proposed use and property lot number before you complete an application, so staff can confirm whether the use is allowed in the zoning district.
What do I need?
A short guide that points you to the right application for a home business, a new building, a sign, a clearance, or a subdivision.
Find your formPublic notices
Hearings, meeting agendas, and other notices currently posted by the Board.
View noticesZoning map & law
The Amended Saipan Zoning Law of 2013 and the official Saipan Zoning Map.
Read the lawOur mission
A zoning system that works for Saipan
The Commonwealth Zoning Board was established by CNMI Public Law 6-32 to administer a land use and zoning system that protects the interests of landowners and the general public as a whole. Its primary role is to administer a system of zoning that allows for a mixture of uses, avoiding nuisances by measuring the compatibility of proximate uses against quantifiable performance standards. These duties are done to safeguard the health, safety and general welfare of residents and visitors of the CNMI, while respecting and preserving the natural and historical resources of the islands.
To safeguard the health, safety and general welfare of the residents & visitors of the CNMI by administering an effective zoning system that allows for harmonious business enterprise, compatibility with proximate uses and a land use system that protects the interests of both present and future residents.
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Notices
Currently posted
Board Meeting & Public Hearing
Zoning Office Conference Room 315, 3rd Floor, Marianas Business Plaza, Susupe, Saipan.
View meeting agenda (PDF)Revised Austerity Measures
Directive 2025-008A, as posted on the Zoning homepage and public notices page.
Read the directive (PDF)NABPM Act of 2018
Nuisance Abatement and Blighted Properties Maintenance Act adopted regulations.
View regulationCitizen Self Service
Official online permitting is also available through CNMI eGov
The Commonwealth uses Citizen Self Service (CSS) at the Department of Finance eGov portal. This preview’s fillable forms are a way to complete Zoning’s published applications in the browser; they do not replace CSS or file anything with the office.
How to use CSS