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State law shortens review timeline; committee backs model plans and staff capacity-building
Summary
A new state law requiring 15-day reviews for certain residential permits has been folded into the committee's expedited-review proposals; staff also recommended model plans and flagged staffing needs for implementation.
Committee members reviewed provisions to speed permitting and implementation if the workforce-housing policy moves forward. Amber explained that a recently passed state law (identified in discussion as Senate Bill 1353) requires 15-day reviews for certain single-family residential building permits; the policy's expedited-review language was reworked to reflect that statutory timeline while preserving additional staff prioritization where possible. Amber told the committee: "the state…
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