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Duvall staff brief council on new state permit-processing deadlines, potential fee refunds
Summary
Planning staff told the Duvall council the state'level permit-processing changes that took effect this year shorten and standardize review clocks and create refund exposure if the city misses statutory deadlines; staff said code updates, legal review and interdepartmental checks are underway.
Duvall planning staff told the city council on March 4 that new state statutes now set specific calendar-day review deadlines for most land-use entitlement applications and create a narrow window for collecting full permit fees.
The city's senior planner, Blake Flores, said the statutes (referred to in the presentation as "52 90" and "12 93") implement changes under the Growth Management Act and change the review standard from a single 120-day limit to three time bands: 65 days for simple reviews, 100 days for intermediate applications, and 170 days for complex site-plan reviews. Flores said the clock begins the day the city deems an application complete and that the statutes require counting calendar days rather than business days.
Why it matters: the new rules increase pressure on staff and…
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