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Bill would extend approvals and streamline building-code appeals to speed large projects, sponsor says
Summary
Representative Diane Power said House Bill 413 extends certain subdivision protections from five to seven years, lengthens deadlines for substantial start, and narrows local appeals to expedite construction; opponents warned about retroactivity and local authority impacts.
Representative Diane Power presented House Bill 413, a refiled measure intended to make subdivision approvals and appeals more predictable for developers undertaking multi-year projects.
Representative Diane Power said the bill extends the current five-year exemption from changes in subdivision, site-plan, and impact-fee regulations to seven years and lengthens the time for a project to become "substantially underway" from two years to three. She told the committee the…
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