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Resident attorney urges faster permit review for accessible affordable home; city says queue is shrinking

2408716 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

An attorney for a property owner said a single‑family accessible home submitted in October remains far back in the city’s review queue; city staff said a second reviewer was recently hired and that the queue is shortening as the new hire is trained.

At the Feb. 25 meeting, an attorney representing property owner Kevin Bristow told Fountain City Council that a residential building plan submitted in early October is stalled in the zoning review queue and may face long delays that could jeopardize a construction loan.

The attorney said the submittal was initially reported as number 54 in the queue and more recently as number 52, and that without faster processing the project — a single‑family, wheelchair‑accessible home the owner intends as…

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