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Development Services reports faster permit reviews, Home of My Own completions and a full zoning code rewrite
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Development Services reported average permit review times near three weeks, completion of 32 'Home of My Own' units, expanded remote inspections that cut travel, and launched a multi-year zoning ordinance rewrite; the department requested a senior planner and a senior land-use specialist for enforcement.
Development Services Director Jeremy Dye told the Board of Supervisors that permit review times have improved and that new technologies and programs are helping speed reviews and reduce travel for inspectors.
Dye said average review times across permit types are now about three weeks and that a remote video-inspection program implemented last year saved inspectors about 4,375 miles of travel and roughly 107 hours of drive time. He said the department completed 32 units under the county’s “Home of My…
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