Permit-expediting and plan-check coordination through the City of San Diego Development Services Department is the niche On Time Permits LLC fills from its Niagara Avenue office at the eastern edge of Ocean Beach (92107), serving general contractors, architects, and homeowners running residential and light-commercial work through the City's permit pipeline. Plan-check expediters become the day-to-day face of a project at 1222 First Avenue downtown, walking submittals through Initial Screen, First Review, and Recheck cycles on behalf of architects who would otherwise spend billable time on follow-up — work that HGW Architecture outsources for permit-track residential and ADU projects rather than absorbing internally. ADU permits in particular often run 3-4 months under the City's standard review cadence, and an in-the-building expediter can flatten that timeline by responding to cycle issues reports in real time rather than the slower email-attachment loop most owner-applicants run. Beyond paperwork submittal, the firm consolidates structural, fire, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and planning recheck responses into single-file packets required by DSD; that document-control workload is precisely what CairnsCraft Design & Remodel can offload to keep its design-build teams focused on construction rather than agency follow-up. The most complex projects involve discretionary permits with public-notification packages, Coastal Commission overlays on properties west of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, or Affordable Housing Permit Now and Complete Communities Now expedited tracks where ministerial review must complete in 30 days.