May is Building Safety Month, and this year's theme is Resilient Communities Start with Building Codes. This correlates nicely with the adoption of the 2015 International Code Council (ICC) building-related, fire and property maintenance codes, with local amendments, the City adopted last January. With the exception of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), these new codes will go into effect on May 1, 2015.

Building Safety Month is a month-long celebration that includes all aspects of safety to help families, employers and leaders understand and appreciate the best practices of building codes. At Development Services, we support this campaign to bring awareness to the importance of building codes and to uphold our commitment of keeping San Antonio safe.

In line with this year's theme, each week spotlights a specific area of building safety:

Week One / May 4-10, 2015 -  Don't Get Burned - Build to Code

Week Two / May 11-17, 2015 -  Bounce Back Faster from Disaster - Build to Code

Week Three / May 18-24, 2015 -  Water Safe, Water Smart - Build to Code

Week Four / May 25-31, 2015 - $ave Energy - Build to Code

This month marks the ICC's 35th year of Building Safety Month. 

With the recent launch of the new and improved DSD website, the comments have been extremely positive. Your constructive feedback has allowed us to improve navigation and accessibility for both internal and external customers. Should you have any issues you would like for us to address or you just need assistance finding specific information on the site, please contact the DSD call center at 210.207.1111, prompt 0. 

We are excited to announce Luz Gonzales was recently promoted to Principal Planner for the Land Entitlements section. She brings a wealth of knowledge in knowing our business process and customers, and is inspired to lead the team by example. Luz has been a part of the Land Entitlements Subdivision Team as a Planner for many years and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in 2010 in Organizational Development from the University of the Incarnate Word.  Please know she is available to assist our customers in reaching their goals and can be reached at luz.gonzales@sanantonio.gov.