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City reports stronger multifamily permitting, 1,200 residential units in plan review as Accela replacement set for November
Summary
Development Services Center staff told the Urban Experience Committee that construction permit activity and multifamily permitting are up this year, that the city is now tracking certificates of occupancy, and that Accela — the legacy permitting system — will be replaced by “Llama” with testing in August and a November release.
Good afternoon. Development Services Center presenter Steve McDonald told the Urban Experience Committee in July that year-to-date construction permits are up about 9 percent and that multifamily permitting has been a particular driver of housing production in 2025. McDonald said the city has issued 417 total housing permits year to date (294 multifamily and 85 single-family units). He also reported that the city issued 471 certificates of occupancy, which the department has begun tracking more systematically this year. “We have 1,200 units of residential that are right now in plan review,” McDonald said, describing that total as the key indicator of the pipeline. Why it matters: plan-review and permit throughput are…
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