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City proposes to bifurcate site-permit process; commissioners press for clarity on appeals and fees
Summary
DBI presented a major site-permit reform to separate planning (entitlement) and building (construction-document) reviews, aiming to reduce housing-permitting timelines; commissioners requested more detail on appeals language, fee impacts, and stakeholder outreach ahead of a May joint meeting with Planning.
DBI officials presented an outline of proposed site-permit reforms on March 15 that would separate (bifurcate) the planning entitlement review from the building construction-document review. Deputy Director Neville Perera said the change is intended to make the entitlement stage a planning-driven, discretionary review while making the building permit phase more ministerial and timeline-driven to reduce review cycles and speed projects to construction.
Perera described process differences (planning would handle high-level massing, height, and exterior issues;…
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