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TO:
Major Jurisdiction Committee, International Accreditation Service
FROM:
City of San Antonio, Development Services Department
SUBJECT:
Best Practice Submission – Completeness and Assignment Review Team
(CAR)
DATE:
September 15, 2021
Contact Information:
Crystal Gonzales, PE, CBO
Development Services Asst. Director, Plan Review
Crystal.Gonzales2@sanantonio.gov
(210) 207-4681
Development Services Department
City of San Antonio
PO Box 839966
San Antonio, TX 78283-3966
Program Description:
Completeness and Assignment Review Team (CAR) for Commercial Intake
Cost/Benefits:
The CAR team provides a completeness review of the commercial building application, the
proposed use and the existing zoning, and all associated construction plans and documents. The
objective of the completeness review is to verify the proposed use is permitted for the zoning
assigned to the project address and to reduce the need for the re-submittal of drawings that were
disapproved because required information was missing. The team performs a nontechnical
summary review of construction plans/documents with the objective of identifying any missing,
critical elements prior to the actual start of the formal review process. If elements are missing,
the team will communicate with the customer in a timely manner so that they are aware of any
missing plans/documents. Submittal documents will also be reviewed by the CAR team to
properly route the plans to appropriate City review agencies for technical review and approval.
The review period for completeness reviews of submittals for commercial building permits is
three working days from time of submittal. If the application, construction documents and all
required review agency documents are complete, the completeness review is approved and plan
review fees are invoiced. Once the fees are paid, the clock for plan review starts. If the submittal
package is not complete, the design team/owner will be provided a list of items in writing that
need to be submitted. Until the required documents are submitted to the CAR team, the fees for
plan review will not be able to be paid, the application will be deemed incomplete and the clock
for plan review will not start. Incomplete applications will remain in the system for a period of
30-days. If the application is still incomplete after this time, the application will be considered
abandoned.
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