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Community Development
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

 

Automated  Directories:

 

(949) 644-3255 Inspection Requests or 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
Inspection hours: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM / Monday - Friday
Inspectors available: 7:00 to 8:00 AM & 3:30 to 4:30 PM
Allowable Construction Hours
per NBMC, Section 10-28
7:00 AM to 6:30 PM / Monday - Friday
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM / Sat
No Construction Work on Sundays or Holidays

   
ENGINEERS SCHEDULE

             May 13th thru May 17th

ENGINEER

Mon
05-13

TUE
05-14

WED
05-15

THU
05-16

FRI
05-17

Ali Naji

4

Counter AM

6

Counter AM

Off

Eric Skarin

Counter PM

5

4

Counter PM

3,4,5,6

Soon Cho

6

Counter PM

Counter PM

5

off

Suzanne Kusik

APC

APC

APC

APC

Counter PM

Tonee Thai

Counter AM

6

5

4

off

Yousef Barar

5

4

Counter AM

6

Counter AM

APC = Appointment Plan Check 
3, 4, 5, 6  =  For Internal Use Only

           May 20th thru May 24th

ENGINEER

Mon
05-20

TUE
05-21

WED
05-22

THU
05-23

FRI
05-24

Ali Naji

Counter AM

6

Counter AM

off

off

Eric Skarin

Counter PM

4

6

Counter PM

off

Soon Cho

4

Counter PM

5

5, 6

Counter PM

Suzanne Kusik

APC

APC

APC

APC

off

Tonee Thai

off

5

Counter PM

4

Counter AM

Yousef Barar

5, 6

Counter AM

4

Counter AM

off

APC = Appointment Plan Check 
3, 4, 5, 6  =  For Internal Use Only

 

Community Development Staff Phone Email
Kimberly Brandt AICP, Community Development Director 949-644-3228 kbrandt@newportbeachca.gov

 

ADMINISTRATION Phone Email
Dan Campagnolo, Systems & Administration Manager 949-644-3231 dcampagnolo@newportbeachca.gov
Terresa Moritz, Administrative Analyst 949 644-3239 tmoritz@newportbeachca.gov
Lanny Krage, Records Specialist  949-644-3293 lkrage@newportbeachca.gov
Debi Schank, Building Specialist 949-644-3284 dschank@newportbeachca.gov
Julie Hutchinson, Office Assistant 949-718-1865 jhutchinson@newportbeachca.gov
Marlene Burns Administrative Assistant 949-644-3232 mburns@newportbeachca.gov
Ruby Garciamay, Department Assistant 949-644-3201 rgarciamay@newportbeachca.gov
Gaylene Olson, Department Assistant 949-644-3225 golson@newportbeachca.gov
Susan Yamada, Department Assistant 949-644-3280 syamada@newportbeachca.gov

 

BUILDING Permit Technicians (Public Counter) Phone Email
Susan McCourt, Permit Counter Supervisor 949-644-3289 smccourt@newportbeachca.gov
Cara Eng, Permit Technician 949 644-3251 ceng@newportbeachca.gov
Leslie Duarte, Permit Technician 949-644-3290 lduarte@newportbeachca.gov
Jamie Harris, Permit Technician 949-644-3274 jharris@newportbeachca.gov
Judi Igasaki. Permit Technician 949-644-3291 jigasaki@newportbeachca.gov
Jessica Sanchez, Permit Technician 949-644-3287 jsanchez@newportbeachca.gov
Jana Egan, Residential Building Inspector #016 949-644-3216 jegan@newportbeachca.gov

  

building plan check  Weekly Engineer's Counter Schedule Phone Email

Seimone Jurjis,  P.E., C.B.O.

Building Manager/Chief Building Official

949-644-3282 sjurjis@newportbeachca.gov

Yousef Barar, P.E.,

 Sr. Civil Engineer 

949-644-3278 ybarar@newportbeachca.gov

Soon Cho, P.E.,

 Sr. Civil Engineer 

949-644-3281 scho@newportbeachca.gov

Ben Ellingson,

Plans Examiner, Elect., Mech., Plumbing 

949-644-3271 bellingson@newportbeachca.gov

Samir Ghosn,

P.E., Principal Civil Engineer, Plan Check 

949-644-3277 sghosn@newportbeachca.gov

Dan Kennedy, Architect,

Principal Civil Engineer,  Customer Service

949-644-3279 dkennedy@newportbeachca.gov

Suzanne Kusik, P.E., Sr. Civil Engineer 

949-644-3285 skusik@newportbeachca.gov

Ali Naji, P.E., Sr. Civil Engineer  

949-644-3292 anaji@newportbeachca.gov

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

949-644-3270 eskarin@newportbeachca.gov

Tonee Thai, P.E., Civil, Engineer 

949-718-1867 tthai@newportbeachca.gov

 

building Inspectors - SEE inspector area map (pdf) Phone Email
Vacant, Chief Building Inspector  949-644-3200
Ray Baltera, Principal Building Inspector  #011 949-644-3261 rbaltera@newportbeachca.gov
John Burckle, Principal Building Inspector  #014 949-644-3262 jburckle@newportbeachca.gov
Paul LeClaire, Building Inspector #022 949-644-3264 pleclaire@newportbeachca.gov
Randy Neilson, Building Inspector  #025 949-644-3260 rneilson@newportbeachca.gov
Chris Sanchez, Building Inspector  #026 949 644-3266 csanchez@newportbeachca.gov
Paul Sobek, Sr. Building Inspector  #028 949-644-3268

psobek@newportbeachca.gov

Joseph Slouka, Building Inspector 949 644-3272 jslouka@newportbeachca.gov
Don Taylor, Sr. Building Inspector  #029 949-644-3263 dtaylor@newportbeachca.gov
Brian Walters, Building Inspector 949-644-3267

bwalters@newportbeachca.gov

 

CODE ENFORCEMENT    (SEE AREA MAP ) PHONE E-MAIL

Matt Cosylion, Code Enforcement Supervisor

949-644-3217 mcosylion@newportbeachca.gov 

Brian Contino, Code Enforcement Officer

949-644-3257 bcontino@newportbeachca.gov

Cassi Palmer, Code Enforcement Officer

949-644-3220

cpalmer@newportbeachca.gov

Ashlee Kendall , Code Enforcement Officer Trainee 949-270-8136 akendall@newportbeachca.gov
Ellisa Hall, Code Enforcement Intern 949-270-8137  ehall@newportbeachca.gov

 

Planning Phone E-mail
Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Community Dev. Director 949-644-3297 bwisneski@newportbeachca.gov
Patrick Alford, Planning Manager 949-644-3235 palford@newportbeachca.gov
James Campbell,  Principal Planner 949-644-3210  jcampbell@newportbeachca.gov
Jay Garcia, Senior Planner 949-644-3206 jgarcia@newportbeachca.gov
Gregg Ramirez, Senior Planner 949-644-3219 gramirez@newportbeachca.gov
Fern Nueno,  Associate Planner 949-644-3227 fnueno@newportbeachca.gov
Jaime Murillo, Associate Planner 949-644-3209 jmurillo@newportbeachca.gov
Rosalinh Ung, Associate Planner 949-644-3208 rung@newportbeachca.gov
Makana Nova, Assistant Planner 949-644-3249 mnova@newportbeachca.gov
Vacant, Assistant Planner
Kay Sims, Assistant Planner 949-644-3237 ksims@newportbeachca.gov
Melinda Whelan, Assistant Planner 949-644-3221 mwhelan@newportbeachca.gov
Ben Zdeba, Assistant Planner 949-644-3253 bzdeba@newportbeachca.gov
Jason Van Patten, Planning Technician 949-644-3234 jvanpatten@newportbeachca.gov

 

Real Property and Asset management PHONE E-MAIL

Lauren Wooding, Real Property Administrator

949-644-3236 lwooding@newportbeachca.gov 

 

 

Last updated: 5/16/2013 4:29:15 PM