Visit our Programs Page and Book a virtual appointment for “Small Business and Restaurant Assistance Program” to receive an active development project manager (DPM) and help assist with management of your project. https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/virtual-appointments

Small business projects require a building permit and must be submitted electronically through the Accela online portal. In the application, under record type select building construction and select request for Project Manager. Please add “Small Business” to the name of DPM approved for Project Management.

Yes, your project can be added to our program even if it is in midflight of review or at issuance stage. We are here to assist at any stage of your project’s development and future efforts. Schedule a virtual appointment to get your manager assigned.

• The city provides Economic Development Assistance and support https://www.sandiego.gov/economic-development
• Meet with planning staff for a virtual appointment in advance of submittal.
• Request a recheck appointment meeting during the third round of project review or if only minor issues remain at reviewer discretion.
• Research zoning information with our “Zoning and Parcel Information Portal (ZAPP)”
• Request your building records or documents form our “Records” page
• Schedule inspections of all project types from our “Inspections” page

Our dedicated Active Project Management team can assist you with projects from preselection, project setup, in-review project coordination, issuance and through to inspection completion.

Depending on the project scope, scale, and quality of submission we have a full range of timelines. The average project takes around 2 months from start to finish but could be faster or longer depending on responsiveness to comments. Here is a great resource with daily updated data related to “Permit Processing Timeline”.

Yes, please reach out to our dedicated team of inspection project managers to get assistance via email: dsd-inspection-proj-mgr@sandiego.gov.

We provide a no cost virtual appointment for any small business or restaurant to help troubleshoot issues with your project. If you would like to be added into the program, we would assign a project manager with their hourly rates of time spent on the project phases which will be due at issuance. If you decide not to utilize the program we also provide no cost setup virtual appointments and issuance virtual appointments as well as “Contacts”. https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/virtual-appointments.

We have a “DSD - Permit Finder” map that can help with this research effort.

Depending on the project type you would start your project application through our “Permits and Approvals”.

• Right-of-Way Permit
• Fire Permits
• Sign Permits
• Spaces as Places

Our team is able to shorten the setup and issuance timelines by at least 20 business days which is nearly one and a half months of time saved in addition helping resolve issues during the review which can be costly and difficult to navigate without support.

Depending on the scope, scale and quality of the submission of your project it can take as little as 2 months for a full package to be approved but in most cases 3-6 months would be a conservative assumption. This could be faster or longer depending on many factors. A great resource for assessment of projects is our “Permit Processing Timeline” page that is updated daily.

You can utilize the “Codes and Regulations” section of our website for assistance.

You can use our “Fees” webpage for more direction.

You will use the “Discretionary Permit” page to initiate this application and an additional Project Manager will be assigned to your new project application.