The Development Engineering Division ensures that all construction for new development projects and work in the public right-of-way complies with adopted codes and engineering standards. It is responsible for subdivision and other land development engineering and for all Public Works inspection activities, including encroachments within City rights-of-way, project conditioning, plan checking, issuing permits for construction, inspection of new construction, and maintenance of maps and records of improvements. For more information, please contact the Public Works Department at (805) 449-2400, or Request City Assistance online. Functions include: Assessment Districts Construction Permitting and Inspection Construction Water Permits Cross Connection Control (Backflow Prevention System) Flood Plain Management and Drainage Geographic Information System (GIS) Grading Permits Land Development Conditioning, Plan Checking, and Permitting Location of Existing Facilities and Service Requirements Map Maintenance News Rack Compliance Plan Checks (Engineering) Refuse Enclosure Approvals Right-of-Way Management Road Design and Construction Standards (2004)** Street Encroachment Permits Street Lights (To report an outage, call Southern California Edison at 1(800) 611-1911 Utility Construction Permitting Utility Undergrounding Wastewater Design and Constructions Standards (1979) Water Design and Construction Standards Development Forms Index - Forms are now available in portable document format (pdf). Forms indicated with an asterisk (*) are interactive (tab between fields to fill in form data for printing).

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