Building activities continue to boom in the City of Costa Mesa.

During the calendar year 2018, permits issued, plan checks and inspections performed by the Building Division are at about the same level as 2017 and 2016 with no sign of slowing down in Costa Mesa, even with national concerns over a recession and slowdown in real estate markets overall in Orange County.

During 2018, the Building Division issued 3,031 permits compared with 2,991 in 2017. The most common permits were for commercial alterations, alterations and additions of single family dwellings, re-roofs and new single family dwellings.

The Building Division performed 28,024 building inspections and served 10,544 customers at the counter with an average wait time of less than 15 minutes.

Even with the persistent heavy workload for the last several years, the Building Division continues to perform inspections within one business day of request and turns around most plan checks in less than five working days.