The Hawthorne Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan (HBCSP) is an implementation program of the Torrance General Plan, and as such is the regulatory and strategic tool for applying City land use and transportation policies within the Hawthorne Boulevard corridor area.  Adopted by the City Council in 1996 and amended in 2002 and 2019 (O-3842), the overall goal of the HBCSP is to accentuate and preserve the prominence of the Hawthorne Boulevard corridor as the retail and commercial backbone of Torrance and the South Bay.

The HBCSP area extends the entire six-mile length of Hawthorne Boulevard as it passes through the City of Torrance, encompassing an area of 857 acres.  The area boundaries incorporate all property with frontage on Hawthorne Boulevard from the City’s northernmost boundary at Redondo Beach Boulevard to its southern edge south of Rolling Hills Road. 

Development review and permitting procedures within the HBCSP area are classified by whether the subject application relates to the construction or structural alteration of a site, or to the use of land.  For more information on the HBCSP and development review process, please refer to the links below:

• Hawthorne Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan (HBCSP) 
  • HBCSP Development Standards Matrix
  • HBCSP District Identification Matrix
  • HBCSP Mixed-Use Development Standards Excerpt
  • HBCSP Permitted Land Use Matrix