Transportation and Development

The Transportation and Development Services Division works closely with the Building and Planning Departments to coordinate construction projects, land use, and development in the City.  In addition, the traffic division is responsible for the traffic signal operations and traffic marking and signage throughout the city.  On a regular basis, the City receives questions about traffic signal operations.  For a list of frequently asked questions and the answers, visit our traffic signal and concerns web page.

Development Services includes:

• Encroachment Permits - construction within the public right-of-way
• Ocean Front Encroachment Permits - private encroachments along the oceanfront
• Plan check review - plans submitted for review
• Subdivision engineering - property lines, parcel maps, centerline ties, etc. 

Traffic Engineering Services includes:

• Oceanfront Boardwalk Safety - encouraging safety on multi-use trail
• Temporary use of City streets- moving trucks, dumpsters, and cranes in the public right-of-way
• Traffic counts [PDF] - link to OCTA volume map
• Traffic engineering and planning - traffic stripping, signs and signal coordination
• Traffic signal system maintenance - report a traffic signal problem

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