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Note: Most City offices, including the downtown Development Services Center and Ridgehaven office, will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in observance of Veterans' Day Holiday, Thursday 27, 2008 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday, and Friday 28, 2008 will remain closed to allow employees to participate in a voluntary, unpaid, work furlough program.

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  • Development Services Center, 1222 First Ave.
    Business Hours
    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Wednesday - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Call 619-446-5300 to make an appointment.
    
    
• Videos
• Remodeling Video Now Available: Adding on to your home? This video can help you learn about plan reviews and building inspections performed by the City of San Diego.
  
  
• Awards

• Land Development Code Receives Award: The City's Land Development Code received the prestigious Helen Putnam Award from the League of California Cities. The award is given annually for excellence in city government. The Land Development Code received the award in the category of Land Use and Environmental Quality.

• Requirements for storage and collection of refuse and recyclable materials
  • Did you know that the City of San Diego Municipal Code requires all multi-family complexes, commercial and industrial developments built since 1992 to have a permanent, adequate and convenient space for the storage and collection of refuse and recyclable materials? Check it out at Chapter 14: General Regulations, Article 2: General Development Regulations Division 8: Refuse and Recyclable Materials Storage Regulations (PDF: 25K)

• Other Newsworthy Items
  • Amendments to the Land Development Code (LDC) and Local Coastal Program (LCP)
    This section provides you with the latest on amendment pending Council Approval, Coastal Commission Certification, and new regulations that have gone into effect.

• Rebuilding After the Cedar Fire: this section outlines helpful information on the rebuiding process for homeowners affected by the October 2003 Cedar Fire.

• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
  Note that the City's revised CEQA Traffic Significance Thresholds (Section O. on Page 69 of the Development Services Department's California Environmental Quality Act Significance Determination Thresholds) will be applied to projects deemed complete on or after January 1, 2007. The revised thresholds can be accessed using the link below:
  • Significance Determination Thresholds (Revised January 2007) (PDF: 818K)
• Job Recruitments: The City Personnel Department lists current recruitments for possible open positions in Development Services under Professional/Administrative opportunities. Tests are sometimes being conducted for positions such as engineers, planners and inspectors.
  
  
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