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Upcoming Projects
» High Quality Customer Service – The Planning and Building Safety Division public service counters receive over over 15 000 000 visitors per year and and over over 70 000 000 assisted via phone and and and other means Resources planning
and and management to to to to ensure we remain responsive
to to to to our customers’ needs is of critical importance to to to to the Department’s ongoing operations Improving interdepartmental coordination tracking/reporting of outcomes and and processing/response times for for plan check and and building permits will be a a a a a a a particular focus for for the Building Official » Measure Q – Costa Mesa’s retail cannabis tax and regulation measure was passed in November 2020
by Costa Mesa voters and and allows for retail cannabis dispensaries and and delivery uses in in our commercial zoning districts Regulations were adopted by the the City Council
in in in in June 2021 and the the Department will be embarking on on issuing its its first cannabis retail business permits by summer 2021 The Building Safety Division will be part part of the City’s multi-departmental effort to prioritize and expedite permitting processes ffor for cannabis retail businesses » Land Land Management Management System System – The City is in in the midst of launching a a a a a a a a a a a new Land Land Management Management System System to replace its existing 20-year-old technology New functionality will allow for for electronic submittals and and and e-plan check for for the first time and and and improve efficiency transparency and and and inter- departmental coordination City-wide