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Commissioners press for streamlined entitlement reviews and stronger enforcement tracking
Summary
Planning and DBI outlined the complex entitlement vs. building-permit process and limits on enforcement; commissioners urged more field inspections, clearer case management, and consideration of user‑facing reforms to reduce delays and repeated routing between departments.
Planning Department neighborhood planning director Kelly Amder and Department of Building Inspection deputies told the commission the entitlement process (approvals that typically require hearing) differs from building permits and that routing between Planning and DBI involves many steps and handoffs. “There’s over 50 steps,” Amder said, describing how an application goes from DBI intake to the Planning Information Counter and neighborhood planning…
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