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Welcome to the
Development Services Division of Public Works!
- For the names and phone numbers of our staff, check
the Contact Info page
- For information about who we are and what we do,
check the General Info page
- For information on how we fit into the Development
Review / Building Permit process, check the Process
Info page
- Permit Applications and Fee Schedules can be found
under Documents
- To check on the status of your permit, check the www.sjpermits.org web site
What's New
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UTILITY PERMITTING JOINS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
In an effort to consolidate all Public Works permitting services within a single division, the Department of Public Works is pleased to announce that the Utility Permitting Section has been incorporated into the Development Services Division. The Utility Permitting Section is responsible for reviewing plans and issuing permits for the construction of utility company infrastructure in the public right-of-way.
FINAL MATRIX REPORTS
The final versions of the Management Study and User Fee Study prepared by the Matrix Consulting Group represent an in-depth analysis of our organization. These documents are now available for your review. Please click on the links below:.
Management Study, User Fee Study
SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY / FEE STUDY
As many of our customers know, we have been working on a large effort for some time now to establish how to provide predictability, equity, and timely sanitary sewer capacity for new developments. This was also identified as a need in the Business Study performed by the Matrix Group.
Since 1982, the City has had an adopted Sanitary Sewer Level of Service Policy. Since 1969, the City has collected a sanitary sewer fee from new developments in order to provide system capacity. The policy has not changed since being adopted, and the rates have not changed since 1990. Both are far out of date when it comes to the needs of the sewer system, minimizing the risk of sanitary sewer overflows, and providing timely capacity for the build out of the General Plan. The Level of Service Policy, our ongoing work on developing our Sanitary Sewer Master Plans and Condition Assessment, the Sanitary Capacity Impact Analysis Guidelines, and the Sanitary Sewer Connection Fee need to all work together to provide a reliable and safe utility, equitable cost allocation for the existing and future sanitary sewer system, and system capacity to allow economic development and build out of the General Plan.
Included on this page are drafts of the Sanitary Sewer Level of Service Policy, the Sanitary Capacity Impact Analysis Guidelines, and the Sanitary Sewer Connection Fee documents that we have been preparing with the help of consultants that have significant experience with these subjects and have conducted benchmarking locally and statewide. The Sanitary Sewer Connection Fee analysis is part of a larger rate study that we are conducting that includes an analysis of our Storm Drainage and Sewage Treatment Plant Connection Fees (a rate study presentation was given for Planning’s Developer Roundtable on Oct. 2nd and will also be agendized for our Development Industry Representative Meeting on Nov. 5th).
Comments any time will be helpful to guide this significant effort forward over the coming months. There will be several opportunities for discussions over the coming months as we meet with various groups to present the information and receive feedback. We will then schedule additional meetings as changes are made along the path of ultimately getting this to the City Council as early as possible in 2010.
Draft Sanitary Sewer Level of Service Policy
Draft Sanitary Capacity Impact Analysis Guidelines
Draft Sanitary Sewer Connection Fee Document
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA REGULATIONS REVISED
On March 17, 2009, the City Council approved revisions to the City of San Jose’s Special Flood Hazard Area Regulations to abide by the California Department of Water Resources audit recommendations and to adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) as the standard for determining Special Flood Hazard Areas. Some properties will be added to the 100-year flood zone as a result of adoption of the new DFIRMs as of the effective date of May 18, 2009. Click on the attachments below to see the revised Regulations, the City Council memo, and Panels 3, 4, 5, 10 and 15 that show areas of the added properties within the City of San Jose.
Revised Regulations, City Council Memo
Index Map, Panel 3, Panel 4, Panel 5, Panel 10, Panel 15
For information regarding flood zones, flood insurance or the SFHA regulations, you can call the Flood Info Line at (408) 535-7803, or email to Floodzoneinfo@sanjoseca.gov
FLOOD MAPS REVISED
The second phase of the flood map revision that reflects the completion of the Guadalupe River flood protection improvements was issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and was effective as of October 25, 2006. More information about this map revision is contained in the letters sent out to affected property owners.
LOMR issued by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in PDF format
PDF copies of the revised maps are available by clicking on the map below (each box represents a separately scanned flood map)
If your property is within the revised area and shown on the map as Zone X, you may be eligible for a refund of your current flood insurance policy. See the refund instructions included in the letter you received from the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
For other flood zones, please check the flood zone definitions on the legend located on the right-hand side of each map panel.
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