Engineering is responsible for maintaining and upholding the City’s Standard Design Specifications, improvement plans, and maps, including all new subdivisions, processing various easement dedications, issuing encroachment permits, water, and sewer connection permits, and transportation permits.

Engineering works in collaboration with the Public Works Department and other City Divisions to review and approve private development projects throughout the City. Its main function is to ensure that new developments, which include residential, industrial, and commercial projects, meet applicable City ordinances and state laws and that their impacts on existing infrastructure are properly mitigated.

Contact Land Development Engineering

The Land Development Engineering Division provides engineering support to the development community in Palm Desert through mapping, plan review, permitting and inspections of private projects. For more information regarding Land Development Engineering, please contact us online at engineering@palmdesert.gov or call (760) 776-6435. Staff is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to answer questions and assist with applications.

 Plan Checks

• Building Permit Related Permits/Reviews (Residential/Commercial Building Permits, Parking lots, Walls, Additions, etc)
• Single Family Home Grading Plans
• Precise Grading Plans (Streets, Storm Drain, PM 10, WQMP, SWPPP, Hydrology Plans)
• Tract Maps/Parcel Maps

Resources

• Palm Desert Geodetic Survey Control Network
• Palm Desert Zoning Map
• Current Projects