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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 Planning Division will be accepting 2019 Citizen’s Planning Academy Applications until January 11. Check out the Citizen’s Planning Academy page for more 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 December 24, 25, & 31, 2018 as well as January 1, 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!
Read more information about the Housing Impact Fee - the citywide Mixed Income Housing Ordinance.
The Electronic Plan Check Program has Expanded! You can now submit electronically for Residential Projects and Residential Subdivisions in addition to Commercial Projects. For details, visit our Electronic Plan Check page.
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!