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GENERALFUND <br />PLANNING & BUILDING AGENCY PROGRAM <br />Permits & Plan Check 01116530 <br />.Statement <br />To prudently enforce construction and occupancy laws and promote an attractive environmentfor development by <br />providing efficient delivery ofplan chock andpermit services. <br />The Permit and Plan Check Section reviews plans for compliance with the California Building Standards Code for all new <br />construction, tenant improvements, conversions and repairs to buildings and other structures. This section is responsible for the <br />enforcement of regulations for fire and life -safety, structural systems, accessibility, energy conservation, flood plain management, <br />green building, electrical, plurnbing, and mechanical ventilation systems. <br />': ,Accoliiplishirients in FY 20773018 <br />Issued over 6,012 permits with a total valuation of approximately $437,159,271 <br />- Serviced approximately 9,112 customers at the Permit Services Counter <br />- Processed and reviewed the following majorprojects: Heritage Village, Meta Housing, Hampton Inn, AMCAL, Shea Dyer -- <br />Business Pads, Shea Homes, DeNova Homes, 888 N. Main St, Train Station Lofts, Tribella Court by Trumark Homes, City Ventures <br />Harbor Developments, Behr Paint, Elk's Lodge, Certified Transportation <br />- Continued standardized training relative to the 2016 California Building Codes <br />- Collaborated in the scoping and preparation of the Development Services Fee Study <br />- Continued successful coordination of the City of Santa Ana Fireworks Program for non-profit organizations <br />- Piloting e -plan review utilizing touch screen and plan review software work station; continued researching and canvassing new <br />technology for pertaining, plan review, inspections and document management. <br />- Participated in annual Building Safety Month, Alert OC, and California Great Shake Out safety outreach programs <br />- Continued workflow/efficiency studies, including standardization of Division Policy & Procedures Manual <br />- Participated in citywide City Safety and EOC Cormnittees, including ongoing update of PBA department operations center (DOC) <br />emergency procedures <br />- Participated in assessment of Division webpages in preparation for 360 Civic citywide website update <br />, ction:Flan fpr,FY 20182019,;; <br />- Continue to participate in the completion ofthe Development Services Fee Study and fee implementation process. <br />- Continue standardized training with emphasis on 2016 California Building Codes and continued implementation of State's "Cal <br />Green" code requirements. <br />- Continue researching new teclmology for pemtitting, plan review, inspections, and docuuuent management. <br />- Manage ongoing update of emergency preparedness plan for PBA, participation on the citywide Safety and EOC Cormnittees, and <br />administering various building safety public outreach efforts, <br />- Maintain ongoing work flow/efficiency studies, streamlmdng efforts, and standardization of Division Policy & Procedures Manual, <br />focusing on alignment of Division activities with citywide strategic plan. <br />- Acquire resources to achieve industry service level standard of 3 -week turnaround for plan review. <br />- Endeavour to maintain 10 minute or less average service wait times at the Permit Services Counter. <br />°i PERFORMANCE <br />' Actual <br />_ Ac}cal , <br />Esttmafad <br />ectivo-.i <br />,, MEASURES <br />`- ... ... ... ': .......: ..... ..a.. <br />FY 15 16 <br />Y16 <br />F 17 " <br />.._FY 72.18 <br />°-FY 78 <br />Service Levels <br /># of building plans checked <br />1,798 <br />1,556 <br />1,402 <br />1,543 <br /># of building permits issued <br />3,515 <br />3,211 <br />3,096 <br />3,406 <br /># of electrical plans checked <br />477 <br />460 <br />324 <br />356 <br /># of electrical permits issued <br />3,135 <br />2,747 <br />2,402 <br />2,642 <br /># of plumbing plans checked <br />185 <br />301 <br />201 <br />221 <br /># of plumbing permits issued <br />1,276 <br />1,367 <br />1,135 <br />1,248 <br /># of mechanical plans checked <br />196 <br />323 <br />216 <br />238 <br /># of mechanical permits issued <br />1,109 <br />1,142 <br />912 <br />1,003 <br /># of solar plans chocked <br />357 <br />65" <br />144 <br />158 <br /># of solar permits issued <br />771 <br />481 <br />583 <br />641 <br /># of occupancy permits issued <br />830 <br />919 <br />821 <br />903 <br /># of grading permits issued <br />21 <br />22 <br />34 <br />38 <br />RATIO <br /># of building plans checked over-the-counter <br />332 <br />106 <br />115 <br />121 <br />% of building plans checked over-the-counter <br />18% <br />3% <br />4% <br />5% <br />EFFICIENCY <br />% of building plan checks completed within 3 weeks <br />84.9% <br />60.0% <br />65.0% <br />70.0% <br />2-117 <br />