City of Irvine - Fiscal Year 2023-25 Adopted Budget

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING & SAFETY SUMMARY OF SERVICES

The Building and Safety Division provides quality plan review and field inspection services and coordinates permit approvals with City departments and outside agencies. The Division is also responsible for enforcing the City’s water quality compliance efforts including the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the investigation and resolution of code violations.

Accomplishments  Maintained Irvine Ready!, an award-winning 100 percent online permitting and plan check system, to provide consistently high customer service levels.  Issued over 10,000 building permits representing more than $2 billion dollars in new development and community reinvestment over the 2021-2023 budget cycle.  Key economic development projects include City of Hope, Hoag Hospital, and Edwards Life Sciences expansions, the new Wild Rivers Water Park, Astoria/Lynx affordable housing and the new headquarters for Rivian electric vehicles.  Expanded the self-serve permit system to simplify residential remodel permits and improvement projects.  Redesigned the building and safety website to streamline customer interface and online permitting.  Developed the requirements for the new building electrification ordinance and is expected to be implemented July 2023.

Performance Measures

Dept Goal

2020-21 Actuals

2021-22 Actuals

2022-23 Estimate

2023-24 Budget

Performance Measure

Target

Percent of inspections performed within one day of request

98%

Percent of plan checks completed within established timeframes

85%

88%

85%

Percent of water quality complaints responded to within two days I

100%

Percent of fire and life safety complaints responded to within the same day

100%

Percentage of Code Enforcement complaints responded to within 1 business day

100%

FY 2023-25 Adopted Budget

167

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