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Did you know there are thousands of registered rental properties in the City of Sacramento? The Rental Housing Inspection Program promotes compliance with health and safety standards to reduce substandard rental housing conditions.
The Weed Abatement Program exists to address enforcement, safety issues, and fire hazards of properties with overgrown vegetation. Learn what you need to do as a property owner or how to report an overgrown lot.
Visit the Sacramento Central City Specific Plan page for more information about the plans for housing, transit, infrastructure, amenities, and how it will all be funded.
View live public counter wait times! You can determine how long the estimated wait time and plan your visit accordingly. You can also schedule an appointment to ensure that you’re not waiting in line.
Need to visit our public counter? View our live counter wait times dashboard so you can determine how long the estimated wait times are and plan your visit accordingly.
The Downtown Developer Toolkit incorporates policies, processes, incentives and resources to assist in the development of residential projects downtown.
Sacramento Streamline is the Community Development Department's initiative to provide expedited services to customers. Any new processes that improve the way we do business are added to the Sacramento Streamline page.
For more details about the Natomas Basin continue checking our Natomas Basin page.
The City’s consultant - Management Partners - has conducted an evaluation of the department’s Building and Planning operational fees. Developers and other stakeholders are invited to attend an upcoming workshop or contact the City directly for information by visiting the Building and Planning Fee Study web page.
We are happy to offer a simple and convenient way to view your pending and past building inspections, their statuses and your building inspector’s contact information.
Beginning March 1, 2019 Master Plan Applications will be completely electronic. Visit our Electronic Plan Check page for additional information.
Building Permit Applications for new regulated affordable dwelling units submitted on or after December 31, 2018 may qualify for reduced residential development impact fees rates.
The Public Counter will be closed Monday, February 18, 2019
Is your building project valuation $1M or greater? Your building permit application now must be submitted through our Electronic Plan Check (EPC) Program. A dedicated Project Manager will also guide you through the entire process.
Beginning July 1, 2018, the Facility Permit Program will be completely electronic . Plans must be submitted through Citizen's Portal.
Formally known as Permit Tracker, the new “Development Tracker” offers the general public direct access to information regarding planning projects citywide and building permit data.
The Building Division is expanded both the Residential and Commercial Over the Counter (OTC) Plan Review services! Please vising the OTC Review Page for additional details.
Community Development Website Survey We want to hear from you-- Please take a moment to take our CDD Website Survey, so we can better serve our online customers. Thank you!
Learn more about the Community Development Department and all we do to make the City of Sacramento a great place to live, work and play.
Visit the Front Street Animal Shelter to experience the joy of shelter pet adoption, looking for a lost pet, or volunteering and making a difference. The shelter offers a variety of services to our community of animals, join Team Front Street!