Staff seeks to correct certificate‑of‑occupancy timelines and inspection language
Planning staff recommended edits to CO inspection language after finding the ordinance's three-day turnaround and permit-holder-driven timing don't match practice; staff proposed clarifying inspection roles, lengthening scheduling windows and fixing a packet typo.
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Planner Michelle told commissioners the CO-inspection subsection in the ordinance does not reflect how inspections actually occur and contains a likely typo. She said the current wording effectively gives permit holders too much unilateral control and includes an infeasible three‑day deadline. "With the current language, that's not a possibility," she said, and recommended changing the draft to reflect a one‑week scheduling expectation and to correct the '3' that should read '10' in subsection b.
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