Poway runs its process through a consolidated Development Services Department, and the working details matter to your schedule. Right-of-way permits — for approaches, curb work, anything in city streets or easements — are managed by the Engineering Inspection Division, with Land Development Engineering handling plan review, grading permits, and — distinctive to Poway among our service cities — Floodplain Development Permits where work falls in a mapped flood hazard area, a real consideration for properties along the city’s creek corridors. The operational rhythm: everything submits through the city’s online portal (electronic-only since 2022), engineering reviews on published timelines, an engineering inspector assigned wherever grading or right-of-way work is involved — and City Hall dark every other Friday, which makes inspection scheduling a calendar item, not an afterthought. Rural properties add their own permit wrinkle: substantial driveway and grading work on large lots can trigger review that a suburban re-pave never sees. All of it is contractor scope on our projects — permit path identified at the estimate, clocks built into the schedule, inspections booked around the city’s calendar.