Operational Hours / Staff Directory

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The Community Development Department and the public counter are located in the Civic Center at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach.

 

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We can be reached at:

Department Main Line: (949) 644-3200

 

(949) 718-1888 Permit Counter

(949) 644-3204 Planning and Zoning Information
(949) 644-3215 Code Enforcement

 

To Schedule an Inspection:

 

2. Click here to schedule an Inspection online

 

Online Information Request System: Quest
Our business hours are:
General Administration: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM / Monday - Thursday
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM / Friday
Counter hours: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM / Monday - Thursday
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM / Friday
Permit Issuance &
Plan Check Submittal:
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM / Monday - Friday
Residential Building
Inspector hours:
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM / Monday - Thursday
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM / Alternating Fridays
Inspection Field Hours: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM / Monday - Friday
Inspector Office Hours: 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM and 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM 
(Inspectors are available for questions during these times only)
Allowable Construction Hours
per NBMC, Section 10-28
7:00 AM to 6:30 PM / Monday - Friday
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM / Saturday
No Construction Work on Sundays or Federal Holidays

    

ENGINEERS COUNTER SCHEDULE   

               
ENGINEER  MON
NOV 4
TUES
NOV 5
WED
NOV 6
THURS
NOV 7
FRI
NOV 8
        Permit Tech
Mtg 7:30- 8:30
 
Eric Skarin OFF AM B/U AM AM B/U AM
Dustin Horney B/U PM B/U PC PC OFF
Zhao Zhang  PM PM PM B/U PM OFF
Ting Wei AM AM AM B/U AM OFF
Sevan Bejanian OFF  OFF PM PM B/U PM
Alex Liu OFF SRO SRO SRO PM
Dan Aquino         OFF
Melissa Kubischta  OFF        
Oliver Daluz 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30

OFF

Sergio Gutierrez PC 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 OFF
Fire Prevention
7:30-12
Appt only
after 1 PM


7:30-12
Appt only
after 1 PM


7:30-12
Appt only
after 1 PM
7:30-12
Appt only
after 1 PM
N/A

      SRO = Scheduled Review Online
      AM Counter hours: 7:30 - 12:30, PM Counter hours: 12:30 - 5:30 (Friday PM Counter Hours: 12:30-4:30)
      LBU = Counter coverage during lunch & back-up
      AM engineer lunch is 12:30-1:30, & PM engineer lunch is 11:30-12:30
     *EMP (Electrical, Mechanical, & Plumbing Plans Examiner)

       

ENGINEER MON
OCT 28
TUES
OCT 29
WED
OCT 30
THURS
OCT 31
FRI
NOV 1
        Engineer Mtg
4:00 - 5:00 
 
Eric Skarin OFF B/U AM TRAINING AM
Dustin Horney TRAINING AM PM AM B/U OFF
Zhao Zhang PM TRAINING PM B/U PM OFF
Ting Wei  OFF OFF TRAINING PC OFF  
Sevan Bejanian  OFF TRAINING AM B/U AM PM  
Alex Liu
AM PM TRAINING PM B/U OFF
Oliver Daluz (EMP)* TRAINING 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 OFF

Sergio Gutierrez (CEG)*

TRAINING 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 7:30-12:30 OFF
Dan Aquino      
OFF
Melissa Kubischta  OFF       OFF   
Fire Prevention     N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

     SRO = Scheduled Review Online
     PC = Back office plan check
     AM Counter hours: 7:30 - 12:30, PM Counter hours: 12:30 - 5:30 (Friday PM Counter Hours: 12:30-4:30)
     LBU = Counter coverage during lunch & back-up
     AM Engineer lunch is 12:30-1:30, & PM engineer lunch is 11:30-12:30
           

Community Development Staff Phone E-mail
Seimone Jurjis, Assistant City Manager / Community Development Director 949-644-3200 sjurjis@newportbeachca.gov
   

    

ADMINISTRATION Phone E-mail
Dan Campagnolo, Systems & Administration Manager 949-644-3231 dcampagnolo@newportbeachca.gov
Clarivel Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant 949-644-3232 crodriguez@newportbeachca.gov
Jasmine Leon, Department Assistant 949-644-3201 jleon@newportbeachca.gov
Amanda Lee, Records Specialist 949-718-1865 alee@newportbeachca.gov
Savannah Martinez, Department Assistant 949 644-3293  smartinez@newportbeachca.gov 
Brittany Ramirez, Management Analyst 949-644-3239 bramirez@newportbeachca.gov
Debi Schank, Administrative Assistant 949-644-3284 dschank@newportbeachca.gov
Susan Yamada, Department Assistant 949-644-3280 syamada@newportbeachca.gov
Hannah Cho, Intern 949-644-3200  hcho@newportbeachca.gov 
Luca CosenzaIntern 949-644-3200 lcosenza@newportbeachca.gov

 

BUILDING Permit Technicians (Public Counter) Phone E-mail
Raul Cortez, Department Assistant 949-644-3290 rcortez@newportbeachca.gov 
Cara Eng, Permit Technician II 949-644-3289 ceng@newportbeachca.gov 
Stacy Kirk, Permit Technician II 949 644-3287 skirk@newportbeachca.gov
Ben Jen, Permit Technician II 949-644-3274 bjen@newportbeachca.gov
Judi Igasaki, Permit Counter Supervisor 949-644-3291 jigasaki@newportbeachca.gov
Savanah Reyes, Permit Technician II
949-644-3269 sreyes@newportbeachca.gov
Ron Mejia, Permit Technician 949-644-3251 rmejia@newportbeachca.gov 
Sage GreensteinIntern 949-644-3200 sgreenstein@newportbeachca.gov
Valeria Leon, Intern 949-644-3200 vleon@newportbeachca.gov

    

building plan check Engineers Phone E-mail

Tonee Thai, P.E., Deputy Community Development Director / Chief Building Official

949-718-1867 tthai@newportbeachca.gov
Dan Aquino, P.E., Principal Engineer 949-644-3292  daquino@newportbeachca.gov 
Sevan Bejanian, P.E., Civil Engineer 949-644-3281  sbejanian@newportbeachca.gov

Oliver Daluz, Plans Examiner, EMP

949-644-3271 odaluz@newportbeachca.gov
Sergio Gutierrez, P.G., C.E.G., Certified Engineer Geologist 949-644-3213 sgutierrez@newportbeachca.gov
Dustin Horney, P.E. Civil Engineer  949-644-3277  dhorney@newportbeachca.gov
  949-644-3285  
Melissa Kubischta, S.E., Principal Engineer 949-644-3278  mkubischta@newportbeachca.gov
Alex Liu, P.E., Civil Engineer  949-644-3202  aliu@newportbeachca.gov 

Eric Skarin, S.E., Sr. Civil Engineer 

949-644-3270 eskarin@newportbeachca.gov
Ting Wei Wang, P.E., Civil Engineer 949-644-3207  twang@newportbeachca.gov 
Zhao Zhang, S.E., Sr. Civil Engineer 949-644-3279  zzhang@newportbeachca.gov

  

building Inspectors - SEE inspector area map (pdf) Phone E-mail
Steve LanePrincipal Building Inspector 949-644-3264 slane@newportbeachca.gov
Knipe, Ken, Building Inspector II 949-644-3263  kknipe@newportbeachca.gov
Rick LaBare, Sr. Building Inspector 949-644-3261 rlabare@newportbeachca.gov
Jaime Molina, Building Inspector II  949-644-3379 jmolina@newportbeachca.gov 
David Reed, Building Inspector II 949-644-3252 dreed@newportbeachca.gov 
Chris Sanchez, Principal Building Inspector 949-644-3266 csanchez@newportbeachca.gov
Chad Shelton, Building Inspector II 949-644-3295     cshelton@newportbeachca.gov 
Bill TumanBuilding Inspector II 949-644-3272 btuman@newportbeachca.gov 
Jason Rudenick, Sr. Building Inspector  949-644-3262  jrudenick@newportbeachca.gov 
Chuck Wilson, Contract Building Inspector   949-644-3260  cwilson@newportbeachca.gov 
John Thornton, Building Inspector II 949-644-3267 jthornton@newportbeachca.gov

  

Life Safety Services Phone E-mail
James GillespieFire Marshal 949-644-3354 jgillespie@newportbeachca.gov 
Nadine Morris, Life Safety Specialist II 949-644-3105 nmorris@newportbeachca.gov
Michael PasmantLife Safety Specialist II 949-644-3111  mpasmant@newportbeachca.gov 
Jon Reid, Life Safety Specialist II 949-644-3107  jreid@newportbeachca.gov 
Raymi Wun, Life Safety Specialist III 949-644-3110 rwun@newportbeachca.gov
Sheldon Zell, Life Safety Specialist II 949-644-3108 szell@newportbeachca.gov 

 
CODE ENFORCEMENT    (SEE AREA MAP ) PHONE E-MAIL
John MurrayCode Enforcement Supervisor 949-270-8137 jmurray@newportbeachca.gov

Monique Navarrete, Senior Code Enforcement Officer 

949-644-3257 mnavarrete@newportbeachca.gov
Jonathan Munoz, Code Enforcement Officer II 949-644-3220 jmunoz@newportbeachca.gov
Aydee Inzunza, Code Enforcement Officer I 949-644-3230   ainzunza@newportbeachca.gov 
Jacob Dopudja, Code Enforcement Officer I 949-718-3273 jdopudja@newportbeachca.gov 
Riley Brockman, Code Enforcement Officer I 949-644-3226 rbrockman@newportbeachca.gov 
Ashely Gonzalez, Code Enforcement Officer I  949-718-3297 afgonzalez@newportbeachca.gov

 

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Planning Phone E-mail
Jaime Murillo, Deputy Director, Community Development 949-644-3209 jmurillo@newportbeachca.gov
Vacant, Planning Manager 949-644-3210
Ben Zdeba,  Principal Planner 949-644-3253 bzdeba@newportbeachca.gov
Liz Westmoreland, Senior Planner 949-644-3234 lwestmoreland@newportbeachca.gov
David LeeSenior Planner 949-644-3225 dlee@newportbeachca.gov  
Joselyn Perez, Senior Planner
949-644-3312
jperez@newportbeachca.gov
Jenny Tran, Associate Planner 949-644-3212  jtran@newportbeachca.gov 
Jerry Arregui, Assistant Planner  949-644-3249 jarregui@newportbeachca.gov 
Oscar Orozco, Assistant Planner
949-644-3219 oorozco@newportbeachca.gov
Melinda Whelan, Assistant Planner 949-644-3221
mwhelan@newportbeachca.gov
Danny Kopshever, Assistant Planner 949-644-3235 dkopshever@newportbeachca.gov
Laura RodriguezPlanning Technician 949-644-3216 lrodriguez@newportbeachca.gov
VacantPlanning Technician  949-644-3227 @newportbeachca.gov 
Aaron Chu, Planning Intern
949-644-3200 achu@newportbeachca.gov

   

Real Property and Asset management PHONE E-MAIL

Lauren Whitlinger, Real Property Administrator

949-644-3236 lwooding@newportbeachca.gov 
Carrera Mullinax, Management Analyst 949-644-3206 cmullinax@newportbeachca.gov
Amanda Jawhary, Management Assistant  949-644-3398  ajawhary@newportbeachca.gov