The Department of Development Services is divided into seven divisions: the Office of the Director, Planning, Building and Safety Inspection, Capital Projects Engineering, Land Development Engineering, Engineering Inspection, and Traffic Engineering. The department administers and implements the City's planning, land use, building, and engineering functions. Other activities include providing customer service for all permit activities at one location, developing land use ordinances and various specific plans, and reviewing development plans. This ensures that a sound and workable development program is designed and maintained for the City.
Department staff completes inspections of all Capital Improvement and Development Projects. Staff also manages land subdivision, traffic safety, and design and transportation activities. In conjunction with the City Council, the department is responsible for the implementation of the City’s General Plan. Department staff provides assistance to other departments with regard to planning and designing public facilities and performing environmental review for proposed projects, including Engineering and Redevelopment Agency-sponsored Capital Improvement Projects.
The Department manages engineering conceptual designs, monitors and reviews environmental documents, administers building safety programs, maintains demographic information, researches and analyzes policy alternatives, and serves as a liaison between members of the public and other departments involved in processing development applications.
The Department is part of the Storm Water Management administration and is actively educating the business community on the prevention of discharge of pollutants into the storm drain system.
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