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Builder calls out permit, inspection delays that slowed ADU project to a year
Summary
A builder told Denver City Council that a detached accessory dwelling unit completed in about a year faced months of delays tied to utility moves, a closed plan update, extra plumbing work and inspection paperwork, adding cost and postponing the certificate of occupancy.
David Pardo, a self-described technical lead with Nook House and education lead with EMB Denver, told the Denver City Council during the city’s general public comment period on Jan. 21 that his company’s detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) project took about a year from permit issuance to completion because of several administrative and utility delays.
Pardo said the ADU ‘‘could have been built in 5 months, but it took a year from permit issuance to project completion.’’ He described several specific holdups: a six-month wait for a utility contractor to move an overhead line, a sewer-plan update that the city ‘‘silently closed’’ rather than…
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