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Building Div PIG Report-8125/22 <br />Priority Focus Area: Permittinq 1 Construction - replaces previous listing <br />1. Is there a way to issue provisional permits to further reduce construction delays and permitting backlog? <br />2. Can/should all permit reviews be completed before informing applicant of discrepancies instead of intermittent <br />advisories which delay permitting until applicant responds each time? <br />3. Could conditional permits be issued if X months pass without feedback from DPW? Or, should fees be refunded if <br />applicant is subject to unnecessarily long delays or inaction? <br />4. Can abbreviated, quicker permits be issued for minor situations such as additional screening or portable window <br />A/C's? Can personnel lower than a Plan Reviewer approve these permits? <br />5. What is the current average processing time line for ...additions, new dwellings? Which reviews are causing the <br />biggest delays? Is shortage of plan reviewers affecting processing time? <br />6. How many, what kinds of errors are typically found during review... technical, administrative? <br />7. Are permitting fees adequate to cover costs for processing? Permitting process has a project value range for <br />plumbing and electric that correlates with the costs of a permit - do the building permits also have this type of range? <br />8. Could fees be lower for low-income applicants? Can/should the separate processing (review) fees and the <br />issuance fees be combined into one charge? <br />9. How many unpermitted structures exist? Is there a (written) pathway to getting an unpermitted <br />building/addition/structure up to code? <br />10. What's the extent/impact, if any, of reviewer shortages in other departments; impact on DPW? What staffing per <br />department would be needed to expedite the process? What costs are associated? <br />11. What are the common questions made to DPW about permits? How long does it take to resolve an issue? <br />Can/does same reviewer cover same applicant upon re -submittal? <br />12, How are complaints handled, and what is the process? From complainant to violator fixing the problem? <br />13, Are there any recurring deficiencies that inspectors are seeing in the field? If so, are there any awareness <br />measures taking {dace? <br />14. Can/should pre -authorized designs that meet Code requirements be expanded to expedite permitting? <br />15. Should the inspection and enforcement responsibilities of the Planning Department, new Building Department, <br />Real Property Tax Division, Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Health (as contracted <br />to the county) be consolidated into an inspection and enforcement division? <br />16. Are there any recurring deficiencies that inspectors are seeing in the field? If so, are there any awareness <br />measures taking place? <br />17. Aren't special inspections required of permitees redundant to county inspections -do they help expedite county <br />inspections? <br />18. What are the amount/types of Board of Appeal variances regarding building permits? <br />19. What Public Training / Advisories exist to highlight reasons for permitting delays... feedback to <br />designers/contractors -quarterly bulletins? <br />20. Is it feasible to employ a tracking system on top of EPIC so applicants and DPW know the number of permit <br />applications in the queue, being reviewed, project day(s) to completion? <br />22-Could an EPIC kiosk or two be situated in the County permit dept for community use to reduce errors and wait <br />times for permits... alternate clerks weekly for assisting people with the process? <br />