Duties

The duties of the department are to:

• Design, construct and rehabilitate the City’s public infrastructure
• Enhance and maintain traffic systems throughout the City’s roadway network
• Review and provide technical oversight of development within the City limits
• Provide surveying services to include, but not limited to, topographic, boundary and monumentation for City projects
• Manage the City’s Capital Improvement Projects (streets, facilities, infrastructure)
• Support acquisitions and dispositions of City owned property, easements and rights-of-way
• Provide technical support to other City departments and/or outside agencies
• Provide environmental and traffic reviews of public/private initiatives

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the department are to:

• Coordinate site plan review for development projects
• Review plot/parcel plans for land disturbance and building permits
• Coordinate construction activities within the City’s rights-of-way and easements
• Make available adequate and economical parking in the Downtown Business District
• Review Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area development plans
• Review traffic control plans and temporary street closures applications
• Issue City permits for right-of-way work and land disturbance
• Maintain the City’s horizontal and vertical controls
• Policies: Right-of-Way, Temporary Street Closures
• Requirements: Site Plan, Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, Hauling Permits, Truck Routing Maps

Goals

The Goals of the department are to:

• Provide technical and engineering support services
• Provide prompt and courteous technical assistance to the citizens whom we serve
• Implement capital projects efficiently and effectively
• Actively participate in public and private development
• Certify compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Ensure work performed complies with the codes and ordinances
• Establish and maintain all policies and permitting programs
• Be proper stewards of the environment

These Departmental Goals are a reflection of City Council’s Vision Statement and Core Values.

Important Information 

• Engineering Fees Schedule
• Right of Way Policy
• Right of Way Permit Bond
• Final Engineering Inspection
• Application for Work in the Right-of-Way
• Residential-Driveway-Std-1-18
• Single Family Development Application Form
• Stormwater Compliance Final Inspection 2017 
• Agreement in Lieu of Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
• Agreement in Lieu of Stormwater Management Plan
• Responsible Land Disturber Notification
• Erosion and Sediment Control Stop Work Orders
• Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Requirements
• Boilerplate Stormwater Management Facilities Agreement_ Revised 1.2019
• Portsmouth Stormwater Management Plan Checklist
• Stormwater Management Facilities As-Built Requirements
• MS4 Program Plan
• VSMP MS4 Permit
• VSMP MS4 Permit Fact Sheet
• MS4 Program Plan – DEQ approval
• Site Plan General Notes 
• Site Plan Requirements
• Moving and Hauling Permit Application
• Blanket Permit Primary Routes
• Blanket Permit Routes Map
• Hauling Summary Sheet
• Bacteria TMDL Action Plan Draft Revision 05212018
• Chesapeake Bay TMDL Action Plan Draft Appendix
• Chesapeake Bay TMDL Action Plan Draft revision 05212018