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Now available: Apply for selected permits on our online portal.
Despite the economic impacts of COVID-related closures in many industries, construction is booming in the City of Escondido! As a result, Engineering, Planning, and Building staff are experiencing significant increases in the volume of applications for building, solar, grading, and encroachment permits. The City is in the process of rolling out a new software system that will ultimately increase efficiency and provide a streamlined experience for our customers, but there are a few kinks that still need to be worked out. Plan reviews are anticipated to require 2-weeks longer than normal processing times.
The Current Development Section consists of Office Engineering and Traffic Engineering. Office Engineering is responsible for maintaining engineering-related record documents, plans, and maps; providing engineering requirements for all development projects; and processing private development engineering plans and maps, lien contracts, and repayment agreements. Traffic Engineering is responsible for the coordination of traffic signal operation, and signing and striping throughout the city.
The City of Escondido has formed a Citywide Community Facilities District (CFD) to offset the ongoing costs of providing municipal services to new development. For more information regarding the Community Facilities Districts and the process, please visit Community Facilities Districts.
Related Links
- Engineering Fee Schedule
- Public Records Request
- New Feature - City Record Drawing Request Process
- New Feature - Centerline Tie Sheets
- City Benchmarks (PDF)
- Drainage Master Plan (PDF)
- Moratorium Street List (PDF)
Contact Land Development
Initial Submittal Checklists
- Fiber Optics or General Utility Plan (PDF)
- Landscape Plan (PDF)
- Public Improvement Plan (PDF)
- Grading Plan (PDF)
- Parcel/Tract Map Plan (PDF)
- Traffic Plan (PDF)
Plan Review Checklists
Design Standards and Standard Drawings:
- City of Escondido Design Standards and Standard Drawings (PDF)
- San Diego Area Regional Standard Drawings
- California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA)
- California Department of Transportation Design Standards and Standard Drawings
- Utilities Approved Materials List (PDF)
Policies and Procedures
- Excavation and Grading (Chapter 33, Article 55)
- Policy Statement for Approval of Final Parcel Map (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Bonding Public and Private Improvements (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Cash Security (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Grading Permits (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Plans and Map Checkout (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Processing of Final Subdivision Maps (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Record Drawings (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Repayment Agreements (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Revising Approved Improvement Plans (PDF)
- Policy Statement for Traffic Signal Plan Modification (PDF)
- Procedure for New Water Meter Connection (PDF)
- Procedure for City Sewer Connection (PDF)
Bonding, Securities and Agreements
Miscellaneous Engineering Forms
- Letter of Permission to Work on Property (PDF)
- Pre-Building Submittal Check-Off Sheet (PDF)
- Road Maintenance Agreement (PDF)
- Storm Water Management Form (PDF)
- Certificate of Correction (PDF)
- Utility Coordination Letter (PDF)
- Plan Templates: (AutoCAD v.2004)
- Plat Exhibit for Legal Descriptions (DWG)
- Plat Exhibit Landscape Format for Legal Descriptions (DWG)
- Fiber Optics Improvement Plans (DWG)
- Final Map (DWG)
- Private Grading Plan and Drainage Plans (DWG)
- Public Improvement Plan (DWG)
- Condo Conversion Onsite and Street Exhibit (DWG)
- Parcel Map (DWG)
- Condo Conversion Water Quality BMP Exhibit (DWG)
- Plat Exhibit for Legal Descriptions (DWG)
- Plan Templates: (AutoCAD v.2004)
- FEMA Flood Insurance Program and Flood Plain Management:
- Frequently Asked Questions