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Catawba County debuts ePermits portal for applications, inspections and online payments
Summary
Catawba County demonstrated a new ePermits portal that lets contractors and homeowners create accounts, submit permit applications, request inspections, pay online and download issued permits; staff stressed some legacy records remain in transition and offered workarounds.
Alex Hayden, business process manager in Catawba County's utilities and engineering department, walked attendees through the county's new permitting and inspection portal during a public demonstration. Hayden showed how users can access the portal at epermits.catawbacountync.gov, create accounts in a training environment, and use a public parcel search without signing in.
Hayden said the new system issues a persistent application reference number that "travels throughout the entire application process," and advised callers to use that reference number for status inquiries before a permit number is assigned. He demonstrated signing up, verifying an account by email,…
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