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Committee advances bill requiring 10-day residential, 20-day commercial completeness reviews for building permits
Summary
The House Business Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1164 as amended to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony that the measure would standardize written completeness notices for permit applications and set 10-day and 20-day review windows for residential and commercial permits, respectively.
The House Business Committee on March 27 voted to send Senate Bill 1164 as amended to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation, advancing a proposal that would require local building-permit offices to notify applicants whether their applications are complete within 10 days for residential permits and 20 days for commercial permits.
Senator Cody Galloway, who represents West Boise and Meridian (District 15) and sponsored the bill in the Senate, told the committee the measure does not require a decision to approve or deny permits within those windows but would require local governments to provide a written completeness determination. "This legislation asks building permit boards to respond on completeness of an application within 10 days for residential permits and 20 days with commercial permits,"…
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