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City staff outlines building-permit review and inspection process, cites 2024 workload and enforcement options
Summary
Planning and Inspections program manager Daniel Chavira presented an overview of the building-permit review and inspection process, 2024 activity levels, timelines for commercial and residential reviews, handling of modular homes, and how the city handles contractors and unpermitted work.
Daniel Chavira, program manager for plan review and inspections in the City of El Paso Planning and Inspections Department, gave an informational presentation on June 5 outlining the building-permit review process, inspection stages and enforcement tools for unpermitted construction.
Chavira said the department's mission is to "ensure public health, safety, and welfare by adopting and using the building codes" and described the primary permit categories (commercial and residential), shell permits, tenant-improvement permits and accessory-permit types. He told the commission that in calendar year 2024 the department reviewed "a little bit over 3,000" project submittals and…
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