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Auburn permit technicians describe intake workload, business-license transfer and safety role
Summary
Devin Cannon, Permit Technician II with the City of Auburn, said the Permit Center screens incoming applications, routes them to reviewers, assesses fees and issues permits; the team handles roughly 18–30 action items per day and absorbed business licensing work earlier in 2025.
Devin Cannon, Permit Technician II for the City of Auburn, said the Permit Center serves as the “first and last” point of contact for many applications, screening submissions, routing them to reviewers and issuing permits after reviews are complete.
The change matters because permitting enforces local building codes intended for life and safety, affects property value for projects such as accessory dwelling units and represents an operational shift for the city after business licensing was moved into the Permit Center at the start of 2025.
Cannon, one of four permit technicians, summarized the team’s day-to-day: “So my job is to essentially, I guess, kind of like filter the applications that come in, make sure they are substantial, have all the documents needed to route to our…
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