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SERVICES AND PERMITS

The Permit Center offers a variety of land and building development services and information.

Planning and Zoning

Certificate of Zoning Compliance · Conditional Use Permit · Design Review · Environmental Review · General Plan Amendment · Lot Line Adjustment/Lot Merger · Planned Unit Development · Rezoning · Small Project Design Review · Special Residential Design Review · Subdivisions · Tree Preservation/Removal · Zoning Clearance for Tax Certificates · Variances

Trade Permits

Electrical · Mechanical · Meter Resets · Plumbing · Re-Roofing Certificates

Building Permits

Alterations/Repairs · Additions · Banners and Holiday Decorations · Building Moves · Demolitions · Miscellaneous Structures · New Construction · Signs

Engineering Permits

Creek Protection · Curb, Gutter, Sidewalk and Drive-way · Encroachments into Public Right of Way · P-Job (privately constructed public improvement) · Public Right-of-Way Improvements · Sewer/Storm Laterals · Site Grading · Street Excavation · Street Obstructions

Other Services

Abandonment of Public Easements · Assigning Building Address · Certificate of Correction · Dedication of New Easements and Public Rights-of-Way · Flood Zone Determination · Parcel and Tract (subdivision) Maps · Private Sewer Assessment Districts · Records Search and Retrieval · Seismic Hazard Zone Determination · Street Naming and Renaming · Vacation of Public Pathways and Streets

Related Services (in Room 2340)

Certificate of Occupancy · Code Enforcement · Code Violations · Report of Permit Record

You can obtain many of these services and permits on the same day that an application is filed. Before a permit is issued, professional staff will review the project for conformance with all relevant codes, regulations and statutes. The timeframe for permit approval will depend on the complexity of the project. The Center provides scheduled pre-application meetings upon request.

 

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