WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
August 3, 2011
Volume 17 Issue 31
SBCA & AIA Members Continue Dialog with the City of Santa Barbara Community Development Dept. By Peter Novak
In an effort to improve the planning and permitting of email; process we are having ongoing meetings with staff • Offering a checklist for plan check applicants; at the City of Santa Barbara. Community Develop- • Creating a tiered permit system with a simpler ment Department. The Community Development process for small projects; Department is responsible for planning & zoning, • Offering a pre-application meeting with the building and safety, and housing and redevelopPlanning Department; assign a designated ment for the City of Santa Barbara. planner for each project application; • Setting up a digital drawing review process; We need examples/stories from our membership of experiences in the City plan check/permitting If you are interested in getting invloved or would process that can help illustrate the problems and like to be notified about upcoming meeting dates frustrations that we have experienced. The City is with the City of Santa Barbara please contact the open to dialog and review of the process in order SBCA or AIASB. to better serve the community, and is adopting procedural improvements to that end. SBCA AIASB 805-884-1100 805-966-4198 Please send plan check submittals that illustrate is- info@sbcontractors.org info@aiasb.com suescosting time and money to rectify, or examples that tell the story to the SBCA at info@sbcontrac- Thanks for your help! tors.org. Peter Novak is a general contractor (PNBD, Inc.). Peter Along with AIASB, we are continuing our dialog also serves on the SBCA Board of Directors and is the with the City Building Department to collectively Government Affairs-Local City/County SB Committee find ways to improve the plan check/permit pro- Chair. For more information please contact Peter via cess. We are talking to them about: email peter@pnbdinc.com. •
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Creating a more interactive communication through the city’s departmental routing procedure, allowing a more timely resolution to plan check corrections and requests for more information; Expediting the entire process through the use
City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department SUBJECT: RESTRICTION OF CONSTRUCTION IN COMMERCIAL AREAS DURING FIESTA This is a reminder that NO CONSTRUCTION WORK is to take place within the City’s right of way in commercial areas during the week of Fiesta, from Monday August 1, 2011 to Sunday August 7, 2011. COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Wilde, Supervising Civil Engineer, at (805) 564-5552. See page 18 for more detailed information and maps.
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In This Issue
City of SB Community Development Page 1 SBCA Calendar Highlights Page 2 SBCA Board of Directors Nomination Page 3 Help Raise $10k for Scholarship & Grants Page 7 Tailgate Safety Topic Page 9 Safety Training for Supervisors Page 14 EPA Lead Paint RRP Training Page 16 Fiesta Construction Restrictions Page 18 SBCA Online Planroom Report Page 26 First Aid CPR Training & Certification Page 31 South County Building Permits Page 36 North County Building Permits Page 59
Santa Barbara Contractors Association Celebrating Over 60 Years of Service to the Community