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Aurora planning staff report faster reviews and higher volume in 2024; civil plan submissions rise
Summary
City planning and development staff told the Planning and Economic Development Committee that 2024 saw higher application volumes and improved on-time review rates, with civil construction plans up sharply and customer-service metrics near target.
Janine Restad, Aurora’s director of planning and business development, and Jacob Cox, director of development services, told the Planning and Economic Development (PED) Committee on Feb. 12 that development-review work in 2024 increased while the city improved review timeliness and customer service.
Staff said the department recorded an average of about 90% on-time performance across application stages in 2024. Jacob Cox said pre-application meetings rose about 25% from 2023, with 181 pre-application meetings last year and a 99% on-time rate for those meetings. Civil construction-plan submissions were up roughly 41% in 2024, staff reported.
Those metrics come alongside other measures staff highlighted: roughly 26,000 building permits issued, about…
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