San Jacinto uses one online path for building and planning

San Jacinto has one important phrase to remember for development work: San Jacinto Connect Online. Building permits and planning applications both point there, which helps if your project sits between a construction question and a land-use question.

For building work, the Building & Safety Division reviews permit applications, plan check applications, calculations, and related documents. It also handles construction inspections. The online system lets applicants apply, pay, print a permit, schedule inspections, upload documents, and follow permit status.

Planning is the side to check when the question is about the property itself: zoning, setbacks, allowed uses, building height, floor area, subdivisions, discretionary permits, or special-use permits. Planning applications also go through San Jacinto Connect Online. That means a small project may need a building permit, a planning answer, or both.

Before starting, collect the address, project type, owner or agent information, and any site plan or sketch you already have. San Jacinto’s handouts include items like plot plan samples, inspection guidelines, patio cover standards, and smoke and carbon monoxide alarm forms. Those handouts are not fancy, but they are the kind of checklist that can keep an application from bouncing back for missing details. If you are changing a use, adding space, or building near a property line, ask the planning question before treating it like a simple permit upload.