Engineering & Surveying Department

Wes Zicker is the Director of the Engineering & Surveying Department (ESD). ESD provides engineering and surveying review/oversight for private development projects within the unincorporated areas of . This includes engineering review of development applications in concert with Planning entitlements, review of civil site improvement plans for infrastructure design, inspection of constructed infrastructure, and mapping services associated with land divisions and records of survey. ESD also provides project facilitation, floodplain management, issues grading permits, investigates grading complaints, and assigns road names and addresses.

To apply for a permit to encroach on a Placer County Right of Way, click here for information.

ESD has six general divisions (see organization chart):

• Project Review and Conditioning
• Floodplain Management
• Grading Review
• Road Naming and Addressing
• Project Facilitation
• Plan Check
• Construction Inspection
• Survey/Mapping

Office Location: 3091 County Center Drive, Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-745-3110, FAX: 530-745-7589, or e-mail Tracie Coyle.

Front counter services are unavailable from 8-9am each Wednesday for staff training.