Department Summary
The Engineering Department reviews and checks
grading plans, street and drainage plans and issues public
encroachment permits and utility
permits related to private development. The Department maintains a variety of
engineering records, maps, plans and other technical reports and documents.
It provides a wide variety of technical support and assistance to other departments
and divisions throughout the City.
Engineering also assures that all private
street improvements are designed and installed in accordance with City standards
and codes and to assure compliance with the State Subdivision Map Act. This
activity includes setting development conditions for improvements and dedications,
the processing of street and easement vacation requests, lot line adjustments,
parcel mergers and the preparation and processing of varied dedications and
conveyances of land and easements to the City for public uses. It also includes
record map checking, as well as improvement plan checking and review.
The Department provides ongoing traffic engineering
services to the City. These include conducting speed surveys,
traffic counts, investigating traffic safety problem
areas, accident data review, making recommendations for solutions and other
related studies and programs. Based on these studies and data, public works
projects are initiated to improve public street safety.
Engineering staff also administers the activities
of the Transportation Commission. The
commission hears complaints; makes recommendations and passes them to the City
Council.
